Oprah Winfrey’s Impact on Sunny Hostin

The View: Behind the Table

ABC News

Tv & Film

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode, Sunny Hostin and executive producer Brian Teta discuss Oprah Winfrey's appearance on ‘The View.’ Hostin shares about looking up to Winfrey when she was a young woman and opens up about her journey with weight loss, which Winfrey discusses in her new book, 'Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like to Be Free.’ Hostin touches on constitutional rights during police encounters and critiques the actions of ICE agents. We’re honored to be nominated by the NAACP for Outstanding Talk Series at the 57th NAACP Image Awards! Cast your vote today: vote.naacpimageawards.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Okay, it is Wednesday.
0:31.9	We are behind the table with Sunny Hosten.
0:33.8	Yes.
0:34.3	Coming off the heels of our big show with really the biggest name there is, Oprah Winfrey was here.
0:38.1	I know.
0:38.6	How about that?
0:46.1	We've talked about it before, Brian, when someone comes on to the show and they walk out
0:50.3	and there's this energy in the room.
0:52.0	Yes.
0:52.5	She has that.
0:53.6	She has this thing that it's almost like, it's like the last dragon when you got the glow
1:01.2	and the glow goes around the guy.
1:04.0	For me, she had that I always call her the Oracle because I know for a lot of people,
1:09.4	Barbara Walters is like the person that they,
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