Kelly Clarkson has addressed speculation about her weight loss, saying she hasn’t used Ozempic but “something else” that has helped her.
The singer and talk show host spoke about the issue with the actress. Whoopi Goldbergwho has also lost a lot of weight after receiving treatment, in an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Numerous Hollywood stars are rumored to have used Ozempic to lose weight, but only a handful of celebrities have admitted it publicly.
Whoopi Goldberg says she has lost “almost two people’s” weight. Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP 2023
The medication was originally designed for people with diabetes, suppressing appetite and lengthening the amount of time food stays in the stomach, leading to weight loss.
On the show, Goldberg, 68, told Clarkson that he had “lost almost two people’s weight” by “doing that wonderful shot that works for people who need help.” She previously spoke about using the drug Mounjaro, another diabetes drug approved for weight loss in the United States.
Clarkson, 42, responded by sharing her own story: “My doctor was after me for two years and I was like, ‘No, I’m scared. I already have thyroid problems,'” she said. “Everyone thinks it’s Ozempic. It’s not.”
Instead, Clarkson said she had used “something else… that helps break down sugar; obviously my body doesn’t do that well.”
She weighed 203 pounds, or 14.5 kilograms, at her heaviest, she said, and decided to begin her weight loss journey after watching a performance of herself and not recognizing who she was looking at on the screen.
“You see him and you think, ‘Well, he’s about to die of a heart attack,'” Clarkson said.
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The American Idol star was also told she was prediabetic earlier this year.
In January, she told People, she had lost weight after listening to her doctor and was eating “a healthy combination.”
Ozempic has been banned as an obesity treatment in the UK due to high demand for the drug causing a global shortage.
Stephen Fry was prescribed the drug in the United States “years ago” and said earlier this year that Side effects included vomiting up to five times a day..
Oprah Winfrey has also said that she has taken weight-loss medication.although he has refused to specify which one.
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