Olympic Gymnasts Overshadowed by Massive Olympic Oprah Portrait

Nadia Comaneci via Twitter
Elspeth Reeve 1,161 Views Jul 6, 2012

Who has a hotter bod than Olympic champions? No one—except Oprah Winfrey, as rendered in a massive portrait in her own home seen looming in a photo of several medal-winners. Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian gymnast who scored the first perfect 10 at the Olympics in 1976 and later defected to America, tweeted this photo of herself touring Oprah's house with other Olympians, including 2008 gold medalist Shawn Johnson and 1984 gold medalist Mary Lou Retton. But the thing that caught our eye was Oprah's banging, Vargas girl-esque bod that photobombed them from above. Expect members of current and past Olympic teams to go on more exciting and weird adventures as the games near.

Oprah in full-sized glory:

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