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Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah and Amy Schumer: Your Life in Focus

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.632.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

As a part of WW Presents Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour, Peabody- and Emmy-winning comedian, actress and New York Times best-selling author Amy Schumer sits down with Oprah in front of a live audience in Charlotte, North Carolina. Amy gets personal about her struggles with IVF, explains why she believes all women are warriors and talks about her revealing social media posts. Amy also shares her thoughts on marriage, being authentic and how she learned to love herself. Amy is also a Grammy, Tony and Golden Globe nominee.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time.

0:12.0

Taking time to be more fully present. Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right now.

0:24.0

Welcome to Oprah's 2020 Visionary Talks. From the stage of my own 2020 vision, your life and focus tour,

0:33.0

WW Weight Watchers Reimagined, and I join forces to bring you candid conversations with some of the world's most famous trailblazers.

0:41.0

Whose story of wellness will empower you to discover the highest truce vision for your life.

0:50.0

Alright, we're ready. I can tell you that it means so much to me that when we first announced this, first of all, I'd never like asking anybody to do anything for me, because I don't like having favors out there in the world.

1:05.0

But it was so incredible when we started this idea of the tour, and we're able to get this wonderful lineup of visionaries and thought leaders who said yes to join us on the WW Presents Vision Tour.

1:22.0

And Amy Schumer represents everything it means to be fearless, to be funny, to be vulnerable, and holy yourself, no matter who is watching.

1:38.0

Please welcome Amy Schumer!

1:53.0

Look at that! Look at my montage! Look at your montage! So nice! That's how I identify as just a girl in the lingerie and heels.

2:08.0

Amy had what sounds like a really tough week, which makes it all the more special that you would give up your Saturday as everyone else has given up their Saturday to make the trip to Charlotte.

2:26.0

Really, was it a grueling week? What's going on? This week was really tough, but I do feel better. I had IVF this week. I don't know what that stands for, but I know I had it, and then I...

2:45.0

You know, I had my egg retrieval on Monday, which is also the last time I pooped. I said I wasn't going to say it, but I did. You can't poop after. But I've been feeling rough all week, but I feel better today, and knowing I was coming to see you.

3:04.0

And you've been sharing this IVF journey on social media?

3:08.0

Yes, I have been posting about IVF. Yeah, I just thought I'll share it. Yeah, because one time we posted you were feeling run down and pretty emotional, because your hormones are all over the place, right?

3:20.0

Yeah, they're still all over the place, so watch out! I mean, it was really... You get shot with a ton of hormones. I still have my... you know, the bruises from where you get the shots.

3:33.0

I mean, I don't want to discourage anyone, but it hurts. Those shots hurt, and then you get to have the egg retrieval, and then after you... you know, your ovaries are filling up with fluid. IVF guys, woo!

3:48.0

And during this time, I saw you posted where you were asking other people just to send me any advice you have about it. Did you get any advice?

3:55.0

Well, you know, it's not something that... there have been some people who have been really open about it. I know Gabrielle Union had, and just people who've shared their journeys with it.

4:04.0

But I didn't really have like a big group to ask about it, so I was like, yeah. Why don't I ask everybody? You don't get all the tips. Just like you guys have Connect, right? For WW, I used my Instagram.

4:19.0

And ask, like, what should I know? What do you wish you knew? And, man, like, women were just really down to reach out and share and help me and like hold my hand through it.

4:32.0

I love that you came in your sweats. So Amy sent me a text earlier and said, I think this is okay to wear. I go, you should wear whatever makes you feel comfortable.

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