Oprah Winfrey Leaves WeightWatchers Board Months After Admitting to Using Weight-Loss Drug

The talk show host is donating her shares ’to eliminate any perceived conflict of interest around her taking weight-loss medications.’

Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2018. Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

After serving on WeightWatchers’s board of directors for almost a decade, Oprah Winfrey decided to step down.

The New York City-based weight-loss company announced the former talk show host’s departure on Wednesday, noting in a press release that Ms. Winfrey had “decided not to stand for re-election” at its annual shareholder meeting in May.