Roxy Jacenko has revealed how she gained 18kg after moving to Singapore in 2023 with her husband Oliver Curtis and their two children.
The 44-year-old businesswoman settled in the Southeast Asian country in July last year after selling her family mansion in Sydney’s Vaucluse and closing some of her businesses.
She revealed in The Lazy CEO Podcast with Jane LuShe packed on the pounds after moving due to her lifestyle changes.
Roxy explained that she spent most of her time eating, drinking and shopping and this led her to gain 18kg in weight.
‘Being a housewife wasn’t for me. I just bought and bought. “It was the most boring existence,” said Roxy, who announced her return to PR in September.
“I consumed 18kg of alcohol in a year and realized this is not for me, so I went back to work.”
He also spoke about the terrifying moment he overdosed on Ozempic in an effort to lose weight.
Roxy revealed she had taken four times the recommended dose before suffering severe vomiting and continuous shaking.
Roxy Jacenko has revealed how she gained 18kg after moving to Singapore in 2023 with her husband Oliver Curtis and their two children. In the photo on the left in 2023 and on the right in 2024.
‘I gained a lot of weight. “I had to unbutton my jeans when I was sitting in the car, so I got absorbed,” she explained.
‘I bought it, I tried it. I took four times the amount the first time.
Roxy went on to say that she is “very sick of people” who deny using Ozempic, adding: “I call a spade a spade on my platform and I don’t care.”
The PR queen previously said she thought she was going to “die” after taking one milligram of the diabetes treatment, which was four times the amount a doctor prescribed.
‘I thought I was really going to die. I’ve had cancer, radiation therapy, all that. “It doesn’t even compare to how bad I felt when I took this medication,” he said. The Saturday Telegraph.
Roxy explained that she spent most of her time eating, drinking and shopping and this led her to gain 18kg. He also talked about the time he overdosed on Ozempic in an effort to lose weight.
‘For the first 12 hours I was fine. That morning I vomited four times, once in a rental car, and went to work.
Roxy revealed that she then suffered severe vomiting and continuous “epilepsy-like” tremors, which landed her in a drug overdose clinic for three days.
‘I called an ambulance. An ambulance was going to be an hour away but I thought I was going to die. I went to San Vicente,” he said.
Roxy has since issued a warning to anyone tempted to use Hollywood’s latest quick-fix weight loss drug.
He said using the drug was “pathetic” and “silly” and called on celebrities to stop lying about not using it to lose kilos.
Roxy revealed she had taken four times the recommended dose before suffering severe vomiting and continuous shaking. Photographed in November 2024.
Ozempic has been a hot topic in Hollywood, with stars either admitting to using the diabetes drug to lose weight or outright denying it.
Semaglutide is sold under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus as an antidiabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
It is also sold under the brand name Wegovy as an anti-obesity medication for long-term weight management.
The drugs act like a hormone in the brain that makes people feel less hungry and slows the elimination of food from the stomach, which stimulates weight loss.
Ozempic and Wegovy have gained popularity since they became the first medications proven to help with weight loss.
Celebrities such as Elon Musk, Remi Bader, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer revealed that they used the drug to help reduce fat.
‘I thought I was really going to die. I’ve had cancer, radiation therapy, all that. “It doesn’t even compare to how bad I felt when I took this medication,” she said. Pictured with Roxy in 2022