Terry Dubrow slammed Kelly Clarkson for “Ozempic shaming” after reassuring fans she was not taking the shot, intended for adults with type 2 diabetes.
While she recently confessed to taking a different prescription drug to help her lose weight, the plastic surgeon, 65, said the 42-year-old pop star’s comments were just “related to honesty.”
“If you don’t want to admit Ozempic and you want to say it’s another drug, there’s only one other drug, and that’s Mounjaro,” the Botched star said. TMZ. ‘Let’s say it. Let’s celebrate it.’
Still, he praised her for finally “admitting” that she had taken medication to help her lose an incredible 60 pounds.
Terry Dubrow slammed Kelly Clarkson for “Ozempic shaming” after reassuring fans she was not taking the shot, intended for adults with type 2 diabetes.
Dubrow made it clear that she thinks the singer is “fantastic” and wasn’t trying to “criticize” her, but she wants to break the stigma around using weight-loss medications through more transparent conversations.
‘I think it’s fantastic. …She looks amazing,” she added.
Dubrow, who appears on The Real Housewives of Orange County alongside his wife, Heather, revealed earlier this year that he tried and then quit Ozempic.
‘I have tried. I thought it was amazing,” she said. Page six in January. ‘I didn’t have a lot of weight to lose. But I wanted to try it because a lot of my patients were taking it and I wanted to see what it was like when you’re not diabetic and you only have 10 to 15 pounds to lose.’
While taking the medication, he said he experienced mild nausea, but overall considers Ozempic “a miracle” and “the greatest breakthrough in medical history.”
As for why he stopped taking it, Dubrow said he missed the “pleasure of eating” and wanted to “regain his appetite.”
Earlier this week, a source told DailyMail.com exclusively that Clarkson finally confessed that she was using a weight-loss drug because she feared she was “exposed.”
“Kelly couldn’t keep up her charade any longer and knew she had to be honest or she would be exposed,” the source revealed. “In a sense, she was backed into a corner: either she told her fans or she was included in the list of other celebrities who lied about her weight loss journey.”
While she recently confessed to taking a different prescription drug to help her lose weight, the plastic surgeon, 65, said the pop star’s comments were just “related to honesty.”
“If you don’t want to admit Ozempic and you want to say it’s another drug, there’s only one other drug, and that’s Mounjaro,” the Botched star said. ‘Let’s say it. Let’s celebrate’ (Clarkson pictured last week)
The TV host, who said she weighed 203 pounds at her peak, had previously attributed her transformation to a healthy diet and “walking” more, something that was questioned by those who work closely with her.
“First it was diet and exercise and she preached that healthy living was the way to go,” the source continued.
“He then tried to play the card that he had been diagnosed with prediabetes several months ago, setting himself up to need medications that only diabetics would need.
‘That’s when he knew no one was buying his talk about “walking.” Plus, a celebrity of her stature can’t just walk around New York without being stopped, followed, or grabbed, so everyone knew this was dumb too.
A second source claimed she was unaware of the extent of the speculation about her weight as she had been too preoccupied with her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, 47, to notice. The couple was married for almost seven years before separating in June 2020.
“Kelly was a little oblivious to the fact that it was so important that she didn’t tell anyone that she was taking weight-loss medication,” they said.
‘His divorce took away much of his concentration and attention… Now he sees that people interpreted his forgetfulness as something else.
‘Kelly is one of the most real people in Hollywood and misleading people was never her intention. She’s glad she discovered the cat: one less thing to worry about and a learning experience.’
Earlier this week, a source told DailyMail.com exclusively that Clarkson finally confessed that she was using a weight-loss drug because she feared she was “exposed” (seen in February).
Clarkson made the confession while interviewing Whoopi Goldberg, 68, who has also used weight-loss medications.
He continued: ‘Now more than ever, you should be more transparent with your friends, your team, your fans and your audience. It’s very helpful, she’s usually like that, but with the way the divorce was going, she decided to keep this a secret longer than it should have been.
Clarkson, who admitted in 2007 to being bulimic during her high school years, reportedly lost 60 pounds, according to Extra TV, although she herself has not revealed the exact amount.
She confessed to using an undisclosed weight-loss drug Monday while interviewing Whoopi Goldberg, 68, who previously admitted to using Mounjaro, an antidiabetic drug used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and for weight loss.
Speaking to the Sister Act star, she said: “My doctor hounded me for two years and I was like, ‘No, I’m scared. “I already have thyroid problems, I was afraid.”
Kelly said the medication she takes is “something that helps break down sugar” since her “body doesn’t do that well.”
Responding to speculation that he was using Ozempic, he added: “Everyone thinks it’s Ozempic, but it’s not… it’s something else.”
The Grammy winner, who shares nine-year-old daughter River and seven-year-old son Remington with her ex-husband, said she wanted to change her lifestyle after her weight gain became apparent.
“Seeing yourself, I didn’t see it… all of a sudden, I was like, ‘Who the fuck is that?'” she said.
The TV host, who said she weighed 203 pounds at her peak, had previously credited her transformation to a healthy diet and “walking” more, something that was questioned by those who work closely with her (seen in 2020).
A second source claimed she was unaware of the extent of the speculation about her weight as she had been too preoccupied with her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, 47, to notice. The couple was married for almost seven years before separating in June 2020 (seen in 2017 with Blackstock)
The admission left fans “disappointed but not surprised” with some calling her a “liar because she had previously attributed her transformation to a healthy diet and “walking” more.
Public relations expert Eric Yaverbaum, CEO of Ericho Communications, said that while it is “understandable why she may have misunderstood or avoided the topic of weight-loss medications initially,” she should offer an apology to create a safe space for the discussion around these medications.
“Unfortunately, in retrospect for Clarkson, being honest about using a weight-loss drug instead of saying it was exercise could have saved her from the harsher headlines she now faces,” he said.
“It may also have been, and still could be, an opportunity for Clarkson to address the complexities of using weight loss medications and make people struggling with the same problem feel less alone.
“If Clarkson creates a space where the issue can be discussed openly, apologizes and admits how this misled the public, she should be able to recover from the backlash in time.”
The admission left fans “disappointed but not surprised” with some calling her a “liar because she had previously attributed her transformation to a healthy diet and “walking” more; pictured in 2023
Clarkson’s admission comes four months after she opened up about her new healthy lifestyle amid persistent speculation that she was using a weight-loss drug.
“I eat a healthy mix,” she told People in January. ‘I lost weight because I listened to my doctor; a couple of years ago I didn’t do it. And 90 percent of the time I’m pretty good at it because a protein diet is good for me anyway. I’m a Texas girl, so I like meat. Sorry, there are vegetarians in the world!’
Clarkson also claimed that moving her talk show from Los Angeles to New York City last year had affected her physical condition.
“Walking around the city is quite an exercise,” he said. ‘Right now I really like infrared saunas. And it hit me hard because everyone wore me down.
The singer, who rose to fame on American Idol in 2002, has openly struggled with her weight in the past, revealing that she “wanted to kill herself” when she was “very thin” in the years following the singing competition.
“I was miserable, inside and out, for four years of my life,” she told Attitude. “But no one cared, because aesthetically it makes sense.”