EXCLUSIVEHeidi Montag fires back at claims she used Ozempic to lose 22lbs and says her incredible figure is down to ‘hard work’ and a healthy lifestyle: ‘Everyone is looking for a shortcut’

Heidi Montag has fired back at social media trolls who accused her of using weight loss drugs like Ozempic to drop 22lbs.

Speaking to Dailymail.com, the 37-year-old – who is a spokesperson for the diet supplement brand Hydroxycut – said that her trim figure is down to hard work and healthy eating.

‘I think in this society everyone is looking for a shortcut and a lot of people are taking a shortcut,’ she said.

‘If anybody looks at my life and my journey it’s about hard work and it’s not about short term effects – it’s about long term, healthy effects.’

While she admitted to using Hydroxycut to help shed the pounds, The Hills star stressed that she maintains an ‘all encompassing lifestyle’ involving regular workouts and mindful eating to stay slim.

After she welcomed her second child Ryker in November 2022, Heidi’s weight jumped to 134lbs before she turned to diet, exercise, and Hydroxycut to slim down

‘People can say whatever they want. They always have about me, they always will,’ she said.

‘But if they know and see what I’m doing on a daily basis, they see it as a lifestyle of working out, eating healthy, and incorporating Hydroxycut.’

Last December, Heidi told Dailymail.com that she’d managed to get down to a size two again.

‘I can fit back into my skinny jeans and the little black dress before I started having children,’ she gushed at the time.

After she welcomed her second child Ryker in November 2022, Heidi’s weight jumped to 134lbs for the first time in her life.

That’s when she decided to get back in shape, which eventually led to her signing on as a Hydroxycut spokesperson.

Using the supplements, combined with a steady diet and a trainer-backed exercise routine, she would go on to lose 22 pounds over the course of 12-weeks from July to October 2023.

‘I think in this society everyone is looking for a shortcut and a lot of people are taking a shortcut,’ said Heidi

Heidi hasn’t been shy about flaunting the results of her hard work since losing weight

Heidi has been flaunting her new figure on social media for months and even went skiing in a hot pink bikini back in March.

She also ripped off her top during a night out in Hollywood with husband Spencer Pratt and music producer Lil Aaron to show off her cleavage and abs.

The reality star is now feeling more confident than ever before and has returned to the recording studio to restart her music career.

She released her first and only album, titled Superficial, back in 2010 at the height of her MTV fame.

Tragically for Heidi, the record bombed on the charts and was savaged by critics, leading her to quit music for the next 15 years.

Before and after: Heidi lost 22lbs in 12 weeks after changing up her diet and exercise regimen

The Hills stunner admitted she was eating unhealthy foods before she switched up her diet

The reality star says she’s more confident than ever and isn’t shy about embracing her womanhood or flaunting her figure on social media

Now she’s back in the booth and ready to release new music this summer.

‘I have an incredible album. I think I have fourteen songs on the album right now and they’re all really singles too,’ she said.

‘It’s edgier than I’ve ever sang to. I think that being almost 40 I’m fully in my womanhood and feeling that sexuality and the life that I’m in,’ she continued.

‘I really wanna be able to take it to the next level and show different sides of who I am. I am a mom, and I do have all these other sides, but I’m also Heidi.’

The blonde bombshell has already been in the studio with artists like Brooke Candy, Slayyter, Lil Aaron, and Mel4Eva.