OPRAH ENCOURAGES QUEEN LATIFAH TO SHED LBS.

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Trust OPRAH WINFREY to keep her chin up and inspire others even while fighting her own battle of the bulge.

When O heard that pal QUEEN LATIFAH was about to resign as Jenny Craig’s weight-loss pitchwoman, she rode to the rescue and told the Queen – who was despondent because she’d dropped only 20 pounds – that she just had to stay the course.

In a heart-to-heart with her heavyweight pal, Oprah told her to stop fretting about matching VALERIE BERTINELLI’s 40 pound loss and KIRSTIE ALLEY’s spare tire deflation of 75 pounds.

“Oprah told her she needs to take a stand for big-boned black women everywhere – and she doesn’t need to compare herself to Kirstie and Val,” said a pal.

Thanks to O’s weighty pep talk, determined Queen decreed she’ll melt 20 pounds by late spring.