I'm meeting Oprah in 2 hours

And I'm going to bring our message to the world.

Tonight, I’m meeting OPRAH and I’m bringing my mascot with me.

Who is my mascot? No, it’s not MK. It’s my inner child. The one who has no body shame and the one who wants us all to feel the freedom of running around in a swimsuit. I talk about her a lot in Body Talk.

For years we together have created a safe little space on the internet where we preach body acceptance and the value in moving past the body conversation completely so we can focus on LIVING LIFE. It has been a journey but I love what we have made.

I have always felt so lucky to be able to touch individual lives, one at a time, through my Instagram, through Megababe and through Body Talk. I’ll be in honest, in the beginning of this work, I had grand visions: a talk show, big auditoriums, a speaking tour- reaching the masses! And meeting Oprah has been on my vision board for as long as I can remember.

But as the years rolled on, I actually let go of these ideas as I started to see the immense rewards of affecting people one by one with my words. Direct, meaningful conversations. Moments like these: “I wore a swimsuit for the first time in years because of you!” “I stood up to my mother in law who was body shaming my son because of you!” This is what I love and what keeps me going.

Let’s go back to the beginning and why this is all happening. I posted this video on my Instagram as a reaction to Oprah’s special, Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution. I was blown away by all of your comments on the video.

Now was it unusual for me to give my thoughts on Weight Watchers or a special like this? Absolutely not. I have always had an open dialogue and encouraged conversation about the changes I wish the brand would make and the stigma I believe they contributed to for many years. I am outspoken about the effects diet culture has had on society, and I want to use my voice to make change.

Shortly after my video went up, Sima posted. Sima Sistani has been the CEO of Weight Watchers for two years, and is someone I truly believe wants to do good in this world. Her video spoke directly back to me- and I was shocked.

In a world where business figures and celebs are guarded and guided by publicists and rarely interact and respond on social, this kind of response was unusual. But even more shocking was that Sima showed my post to Oprah, and it resonated.

I found out via text…and my mind was blown.

WHAT?!

And what’s more is that it resonated enough with Oprah that she wanted to bring me on for an upcoming discussion she was putting together, which we are taping tonight in NYC.

As I said before, those original thoughts of being on a big stage felt unattainable…something I never thought would come true, dreams. Like the equivalent of thinking of running for president or something outlandish like that.

But in the days and weeks leading up to tonight, my mind has been blown over and over. And dreams can come true!

My purpose there will be to talk about this viral moment, and how diet culture has messed us all up. We all know this, so how do we move forward from here? What is next for society?

People have been quick to jump on Oprah regarding her views on weight loss drugs. But the truth to me is that the drug remains a neutral tool to me for people that need it, and the toxic part of it is the way that has been weaponized in Hollywood, pushing the conversation of body size back into the mainstream.

Oprah is one of my heroes and I am absolutely over the moon and nervous to meet her.

I don’t get nervous to meet people…but this is different. And to be honest, I am nervous people won’t take me or my thoughts seriously. But that’s just me being self conscious, and by tonight, I hope (and know) I’ll be ready to go and articulate myself. Thank you for letting me represent our views on this big of a stage!!!

I hope you tune in!

Katie