Ozempic, the miracle weight reduction injection, has taken the world by storm, enabling its users to suppress their appetites and speedily shed the kilos.
Little wonder then that any time a star appears looking suddenly — and drastically — thinner, they’re immediately assumed to have used Ozempic.
Melissa McCarthy in 2014 and, right, the Bridesmaids star this yr
When Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy uploaded a photograph to her Instagram page looking the slimmest she has been in years, a lot of her 13 million followers should have wondered whether Ozempic (also manufactured under the brand name Wegovy) was responsible.
But it was only superstar singer Barbra Streisand, 82, who got here out and asked her. ‘Did you’re taking Ozempic?’ she wrote in reply to the image. She was immediately rounded on by McCarthy’s followers who accused her of being rude and insensitive.
McCarthy, 53, has spoken about her struggles with weight, revealing that big-name designers have refused to decorate her for red carpet events.
When it got here to Streisand’s Ozempic query, the actress said she was flattered to even be noticed by the superstar… but deleted the image and swerved the query.
So while some, like Melissa McCarthy, keep us guessing, which Hollywood celebrities do admit to using the burden loss jabs…
Rebel Wilson
Australian actress Rebel Wilson – pictured in 2018, left, and 2022 – shed 80lb in 4 years to succeed in her goal weight of 165lb (11st 8lb)
The Australian actress shed 80lb in 4 years to succeed in her goal weight of 165lb (11st 8lb). She shed a lot of the excess in 2020, calling it her ‘yr of health’, and putting it right down to healthy eating and exercise.
However while promoting her memoir, Rebel Rising, she admitted to using Ozempic. The Pitch Perfect star, 44, says she used the drug briefly after she had lost weight, to assist maintain her recent shape.
She told The Sunday Times: ‘Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I feel those drugs could be good.’
Wilson says that she has since regained 20lb as a result of the stress surrounding the discharge of her controversial book.
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer admitted to taking Ozempic in June 2023 but stopped as a result of the side-effects. She appeared skinnier at an event earlier this yr, right, than when pictured in 2019
Comedian Schumer has criticised celebrities for not being honest about getting so-called skinny jabs.
During an interview in June 2023, the 42-year-old admitted taking it the yr before but stopped as a result of the side-effects.
‘I used to be one in every of those individuals who felt so sick,’ she said.
She joked that she became ‘so skinny’ she didn’t have the energy to play along with her five-year-old son.
Schumer, who has also admitted having liposuction — a cosmetic procedure that removes unwanted body fat — said it’s an open secret in Hollywood that Ozempic is in wide use and lots of stars lie about how they slimmed down.
‘Everyone’s like, “smaller portions”,’ she joked. ‘Shut the f*** up. You’re on Ozempic or one in every of those things.’
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey in 2018 and, right, this January. In December she admitted to using ‘weight reduction medication’ and has now reached her 160lb (11st 4lb) goal
The talkshow host, 70, recently said that laughing about her weight became a national pastime in America.
Speaking on her programme Shame, Blame And The Weight Loss Revolution, she said: ‘I used to be ridiculed on every late-night talk show for 25 years and tabloid covers for 25 years.’
She admitted to trying fad diets, including a liquid- only one which resulted in a 67lb loss (which she quickly regained). In December, Winfrey — who gave up her job as an envoy for WeightWatchers — admitted to using ‘weight reduction medication’, telling People magazine: ‘The undeniable fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, appears like relief, like redemption, like a present, and never something to cover behind and once more be ridiculed for. I’m done with the shaming.’
She has now reached her 160lb (11st 4lb) goal.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk boasted to his followers that he had dropped 30lb in November 2022. The billionaire looked considerably slimmer when pictured this yr, right, than he did on holiday in Mykonos in 2022, left
In November 2022, the billionaire took to Twitter (the social media platform he’d just bought for £35 billion and renamed X) to boast to his 182 million followers that he had dropped 30lb. When asked what his secret was to looking so ‘fit, ripped, healthy’, the then 50-year-old replied: ‘Fasting + Ozempic/Wegovy + no tasty food near me.’
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne lost 42lb because of Ozempic. Viewers of this yr’s Celebrity Big Brother were shocked by her frail appearance in comparison with her figure in 2018, left
When she appeared on this yr’s Celebrity Big Brother, viewers were shocked by her frail appearance.
A rarity amongst celebrities, Osbourne is refreshingly honest about her weight reduction battles.
After trying a gastric band, the 71-year-old admitted that her tiny seven stone frame is right down to Ozempic.
She told the Mail: ‘Last December, I resorted to injecting myself with Ozempic… I lost 42lb — that’s 3st — nevertheless it was an excessive amount of. Now, I weigh just over 7st. I would like to placed on 10lb but, nonetheless much I eat, I stay the identical weight.’
Stephen Fry
Comedian Stephen Fry dropped five stone by taking Ozempic and looked much thinner in 2019, right, than in 2018
The comedian dropped five stone by taking the drug but eventually stopped as he said it made him so unwell he vomited as much as five times a day.
Describing himself as ‘an early adopter’, the 66-year-old said: ‘The first week or so, I used to be considering, “This is astonishing. Not only do I not wish to eat, I don’t want any alcohol of any kind. This is good”.’ But then he felt ‘sicker and sicker’ and stopped using it altogether.
Robbie Williams
While promoting his Netflix series Robbie Williams said his current physique, right, was due to taking ‘something like Ozempic’
Cruelly referred to by Noel Gallagher as ‘the fat dancer from Take That’, Williams has struggled along with his weight since his teens.
While promoting his Netflix series, the 50-year-old said that his current ripped physique was as a result of taking ‘something like Ozempic’. He said he suffered from ‘type 2 self-loathing’ and called the injections ‘a Christmas miracle’.
Despite this, Williams stays an envoy for WeightWatchers.
