Holy Oprah! Talk Show Host Goes Vegan
May 24, 2008 · Print This Article
Wow. Just wow. OPRAH, worshipped by millions of American women (and some men, too), has joined Team Vegan. This is huge, y’all. Could veganism get a better spokesmodel? Could anything get a better spokesmodel? I mean, she features a product on her ‘favorite things’ show and packs of rabid Oprah fans raid stores devouring every trace of it.
Ecorazzi’s got the scoop:
After the first day of being vegan she wrote: “So this first day wasn’t hard at all. For breakfast, I had steel-cut oatmeal with fresh blueberries, strawberries, chopped walnuts and a splash of soy milk and some agave nectar. For lunch, chunky mushroom soup with wild rice and pecans. As a snack, a handful of roasted almonds. And for dinner, a baked potato drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper with a salad of shredded lettuce, cranberries, pine nuts and tiny orange slices with a vinegar and oil dressing.” Delicious!
Now granted as of right now Oprah plans on only doing this for 21 days as part of a cleanse, but I only planned on being vegan for a week and that was 7 years ago. And good news — so far it looks like Oprah has been pretty impressed. She revealed: “Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying. I had been focused on what I had to give up—sugar, gluten, alcohol, meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese. “What’s left?” I thought. Apparently a lot. I can honestly say every meal was a surprise and a delight, beginning with breakfast—strawberry rhubarb wheat-free crepes”
Damn, is this fantastic for animals everywhere. We can only hope that her crazed fans follow suit and at least give it a try. If nothing else, this elevates veganism into the public consciousness in a positive light.
We’ll just have to see if it holds, and undoubtedly vegans worldwide will be watching as well. Woe to Oprah if she tries to pull any veganwashing. Have you ever met a militant vegan? They’re fucking nuts!
Link [Ecorazzi]
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If the Vegans of the world ever succeed at converting everyone to a meatless diet, then the animals of the world stand no chance of survival. My mother was not a vegetarian, by any means, but she believed that animals were not important except as a source of food. In my life I have known thousands like her, and the animal lovers of the world must realize that the majority of the human species will not shed a tear if we are the only species to survive. Only in educating the ‘masses’ to the absolute necessity of other creatures to maintain an ecosphere for mankind, can we hope to insure the survival of other lifeforms on this planet. If meat eaters are instrumental in fostering survival, as they historically have been, then they perform a service that is desperately vital in today’s world, and until that service can be taken on by others, they will remain the animal’s best friend, even though predators. After all, predators are essential to that very ecosystem that keeps all of us alive.