It was during a shopping trip to a luxury fashion boutique in Beverly Hills two days ago that Sharon Osbourne’s surprising appearance sparked new concerns among her fans.
With a brown designer bag in her hand, she looked very thin as she walked through the department store less than two miles from her Los Angeles home with a stern and serious expression.
Today the Mail can reveal that it’s not just online observers who are worried about her diminutive figure: those close to her are also expressing fears for her health. Friends say that since she decided to take the Ozempic weight loss jab last year, something Sharon has been very open about, she seems a shadow of her former self.
Although she was initially delighted with the results (she lost third place in a matter of months), the 72-year-old mother of three now fears she has gone too far.
A notable element of her clothing choice was her long-sleeved cream blouse, paired with a brown wool sweater tied loosely around her shoulders.
A friend of the music mogul tells me: “She covers her arms because they are very thin and, in fact, that makes her quite unhappy.”
His face is also considered “too thin”, according to those close to him.
Her husband Ozzy, the former Black Sabbath singer, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, has told friends that Sharon has been eating many of her favorite high-calorie foods (roasts, burgers and sandwiches) in an effort to gain weight. . Apparently, he is still enjoying his favorite drink: a glass of champagne.
A very slim Sharon Osbourne seen in Beverly Hills, less than two miles from her Los Angeles home, two days ago.
Her friends say that since she decided to take the weight loss hit, Ozempic Sharon, in this year’s photo, looks a shadow of her former self.
The star at a charity event in 2022 before starting to use Ozempic
However, he has not regained any of the weight he lost while taking Ozempic, which he stopped taking in March. “Sharon has been eating; she and Ozzy have a chef who will cook them whatever they want,” said a friend. “You’re trying to gain muscle mass, but you’re finding it’s not working and now you’re finding it quite frustrating.” She knows how thin she looks and is anxiously trying to gain weight, but can’t.’
In fact, when she took part in ITV reality show Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, she was said to be “super paranoid” about her tiny figure and relieved that the camera was adding “a few kilos”.
Some people close to Sharon now wonder if Ozempic could have done something longer-term with her metabolism.
He decided to use the vaccine in early 2023 and has not kept his decision a secret. Last year he told US broadcaster Howard Stern: “It’s not a sin to use Ozempic if you have a weight problem, so why not talk about it?”
Sharon, a grandmother of five, revealed that she spent months taking the medication, as well as watching her diet and exercising. Ozempic, along with the semaglutide drug Wegovy, is licensed to treat type 2 diabetes in the US, but doctors can prescribe it off-label for weight management or buy it online.
However, when Sharon started taking it, says a friend of the star, she didn’t expect to end up looking so slender.
‘Sharon just didn’t think things would end like this. Those around her point out that there is no magic pill, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and Sharon now knows it.
“It’s been a lesson for her, a hard lesson.”
In fact, Sharon has had such a rocky ride with Ozempic that she now feels she shouldn’t give it to young people or teenagers in case they become addicted. She believes it is potentially “very dangerous.”
While Sharon’s fans feared about her weight, there was also speculation after her shopping trip that she had undergone another facelift.
The TV personality, mother of Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39, is believed to have undergone four so far, the first in 1987, another in 2002, a lower facelift in 2019 and the most recent in 2021. Her spokesperson did not confirm whether she had recently undergone surgery, but her friends say that she has often, at different times in her life, been unhappy with her. appearance.
Already a hugely successful music manager, Sharon was catapulted to wider fame on ITV talent show X Factor in 2004, aged 52. Since then, she’s been surprisingly candid about embracing anti-aging treatments.
Last year, she said: “I’ve never really cared what people say about my appearance because I know I’ve paid a fortune to try to look attractive… I was never a beauty.” I was never blessed that way.’ It’s precisely the kind of strong, honest opinion that Sharon Osbourne is known (and loved) for.
His legions of fans hope he can soon return to fighting shape.