--- title: Maya Rudolph Riffs on Oprah Winfrey's 'Weight Watchers' Role description: In two faux Weight Watchers commercials, Rudolph goes full Winfrey and celebrates an all-consuming love for bread. canonical: https://time.com/4361261/maya-rudolph-oprah-winfrey-weight-watchers/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T15:28:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:07.227Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Maya Rudolph Can't Get Enough Carbs In Oprah Winfrey Parody og:description: In two faux Weight Watchers commercials, Rudolph celebrates her love for bread. og:url: https://time.com/4361261/maya-rudolph-oprah-winfrey-weight-watchers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83028ebc70d2001a/698896f9cd1bba4ef3701065/maya-rudolph-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maya Rudolph Can't Get Enough Carbs In Oprah Winfrey Parody twitter:description: In two faux Weight Watchers commercials, Rudolph celebrates her love for bread. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83028ebc70d2001a/698896f9cd1bba4ef3701065/maya-rudolph-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Maya Rudolph Can't Get Enough Carbs in Oprah Winfrey Weight Watchers Parody Ad  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 8, 2016 3:28 PM CUT  Maya Rudolph as Oprah Winfrey during the "Oprah" skit on Saturday Night Live on February 7, 2004. Maya Rudolph as Oprah Winfrey during the "Oprah" skit on Saturday Night Live on February 7, 2004.Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 8, 2016 3:28 PM CUT Multi-talented comedian and celebrity impression expert Maya Rudolph is back — as Oprah Winfrey. In a clip from last night’s episode of her new variety show with Martin Short, [_Maya & Marty_](http://www.nbc.com/maya-and-marty?utm%5Fsource=search "undefined"), the actress riffs on Winfrey’s relationship with carbs and dieting, putting on two faux Weight Watchers commercials celebrating her increasingly-batty love for all kinds of bread. It starts out simple: “I eat bread every day — and on Weight Watchers plan, it’s OK!” she confesses. “Let’s all have some bread! Look under your seats — what’s under there? Bread!” But in typical Rudolph fashion, the comedy escalates. Think: sculptures made of bread. A “bread” bed. And more. Winfrey has a longstanding connection to Weight Watchers, [appearing in one of their ads](http://time.com/4163543/oprah-weight-watchers-commercial-making-internet-emotional/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") in 2015, [investing $43.2 million](http://time.com/4238781/weight-watchers-revenue-oprah/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") in the embattled weight loss brand, and joining their board. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4361261/maya-rudolph-oprah-winfrey-weight-watchers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4361261/maya-rudolph-oprah-winfrey-weight-watchers/"},"headline":"Maya Rudolph Can't Get Enough Carbs in Oprah Winfrey Weight Watchers Parody Ad","datePublished":"2016-06-08T15:28:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:07.227Z","description":"Y'all bready for this?","url":"https://time.com/4361261/maya-rudolph-oprah-winfrey-weight-watchers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83028ebc70d2001a/698896f9cd1bba4ef3701065/maya-rudolph-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83028ebc70d2001a/698896f9cd1bba4ef3701065/maya-rudolph-oprah.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live","caption":"Maya Rudolph as Oprah Winfrey during the \"Oprah\" skit on Saturday Night Live on February 7, 2004.","creditText":"Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4361261/maya-rudolph-oprah-winfrey-weight-watchers/","name":"Maya Rudolph Can't Get Enough Carbs in Oprah Winfrey Weight Watchers Parody Ad"}}]}] ```