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Ozempic, the miracle weight loss injection, has taken the world by storm, allowing its users to suppress their appetite and lose weight quickly.
It’s no wonder then that every time a celebrity appears suddenly and drastically thinner, it is instantly assumed that they have used Ozempic.
Melissa McCarthy in 2014 and, right, this year’s Bridesmaids star
When Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy posted a photo to her Instagram page looking slimmer than she has been in years, many of her 13 million followers must have wondered if Ozempic (also manufactured under the Wegovy brand) was responsible.
But it was only superstar singer Barbra Streisand, 82, who came out and asked him. ‘Did you take Ozempic?’ she wrote in response to the image. McCarthy supporters instantly attacked her and accused her of being rude and insensitive.
McCarthy, 53, has opened up about her struggle with weight and revealed that big-name designers have refused to dress her for red carpet events.
When the question came about Streisand’s Ozempic, the actress said she was flattered that the superstar noticed her… but she deleted the image and deflected the question.
So while some, like Melissa McCarthy, keep us guessing, which Hollywood celebrities admit to using punching to lose weight?
rebel wilson
Australian actress Rebel Wilson, pictured in 2018, left, and 2022, lost 80 pounds in four years to reach her goal weight of 165 pounds (11.8 pounds).
The Australian actress lost 80 pounds in four years to reach her goal weight of 165 pounds (11st 8 pounds). She got rid of most of her excess in 2020, calling it her “year of health” and attributing it to healthy eating and exercise.
However, while promoting her memoir, Rebel Rising, she admitted to using Ozempic. The Pitch Perfect star, 44, says he used the drug briefly after losing weight, to help maintain his new shape.
She told the Sunday Times: “Someone like me might have an insatiable appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs might be good.”
Wilson says he has since gained 20 pounds back due to the stress surrounding the release of his controversial book.
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer admitted to taking Ozempic in June 2023, but stopped due to side effects. She looked slimmer at an event earlier this year, right, than in the 2019 photo.
Comedian Schumer has criticized celebrities for not being honest when taking so-called soft hits.
During an interview in June 2023, the 42-year-old admitted taking it the previous year but stopped due to side effects.
“I was one of those people who felt so sick,” she said.
She joked that she became “so skinny” that she didn’t have the energy to play with her five-year-old son.
Schumer, who also admitted to undergoing liposuction, a cosmetic procedure that removes unwanted body fat, said it is an open secret in Hollywood that Ozempic is widely used and that many stars lie about how they lose weight.
“Everyone says ‘smaller portions,'” he joked. ‘Shut the fuck up. You’re on Ozempic or some of that stuff.
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey in 2018 and, on the right, this January. In December she admitted to using “weight loss medications” and has now reached her goal of 160 pounds (11.4 pounds).
The talk show host, 70, recently said that laughing about her weight has become a national pastime in the United States.
Speaking on her show Shame, Blame And The Weight Loss Revolution, she said: “I was ridiculed on every late-night talk show for 25 years and on the front pages of the tabloids for 25 years.”
He admitted to trying fad diets, including a liquid diet that resulted in a loss of 67 pounds (which he quickly regained). In December, Winfrey, who quit her job as a WeightWatchers ambassador, admitted to using “weight-loss medications,” telling People magazine: “The fact that there is a medically approved prescription to control my weight and keep it off longer healthy throughout my life seems like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not like something to hide behind and be ridiculed once again.
He has now reached his goal of 160 pounds (11st 4 pounds).
Elon Musk
Elon Musk boasted to his followers that he lost 30 pounds in November 2022. The billionaire looked considerably slimmer in this year’s photo, right, than he did during his Mykonos vacation in 2022, left.
In November 2022, the billionaire took to Twitter (the social media platform he had just bought for £35 billion and rebranded as X) to boast to his 182 million followers that he had lost 30 pounds. When asked what his secret was to looking so “fit, muscular and healthy”, the then 50-year-old replied: “Fasting + Ozempic/Wegovy + no tasty food near me.”
Sharon Osborne
Sharon Osbourne lost 42 pounds thanks to Ozempic. Viewers of this year’s Celebrity Big Brother were shocked by how frail she looked compared to her 2018 figure, left.
When she appeared on this year’s Celebrity Big Brother, viewers were shocked by her fragile appearance.
Osbourne, a rarity among celebrities, is surprisingly honest about her weight loss battles.
After trying on a gastric band, the 71-year-old admitted her tiny seven-stone body is down to Ozempic.
She told the Mail: ‘Last December, I resorted to taking the Ozempic injection… I lost 42 pounds, so a third, but it was too much. Now I weigh just over 7º. I need to gain 10 pounds but no matter how much I eat, I stay the same weight.’
Stephen Fry
Comedian Stephen Fry lost five kilos by taking Ozempic and looked much slimmer in 2019, true, than in 2018.
The comedian lost five kilos while taking the drug, but eventually stopped because he said it made him so sick that he vomited up to five times a day.
The 66-year-old, who describes himself as “an early adopter,” said: “For the first week, I thought, ‘This is amazing.’ Not only do I not want to eat, but I also don’t want alcohol. no guy. This is brilliant.”‘ But then he felt “increasingly sicker” and stopped using it completely.
Robbie Williams
While promoting his Netflix series, Robbie Williams said that his current physique, true, was because he had taken “something like Ozempic.”
Cruelly referred to by Noel Gallagher as “the fat dancer from Take That”, Williams has struggled with his weight since his teenage years.
While promoting his Netflix series, the 50-year-old said his current ripped physique was due to taking “something like Ozempic.” He said he suffered from “type 2 self-hatred” and called the injections “a Christmas miracle.”
Despite this, Williams remains an ambassador for WeightWatchers.