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Celebrities Share Their Thoughts on Ozempic: What They’ve Said

Kathy Bates, Oprah, Ashley Benson and more celebs who’ve talked about semaglutide drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy — and where they fall on its usage

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One of the hottest topics in Hollywood: The type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic and its fellow semaglutide drugs, including the obesity drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro. The use of either prescription — which Dr. Ania Jastreboff tells PEOPLE are “nutrient-stimulated, hormone-based medications” that target the brain and affect satiety. As a result, the drug has become popular in Hollywood for weight loss both for those who only need to lose a few pounds as well as for those who have been open about their long-term weight struggles.

“The Hollywood trend is concerning,” Dr. Caroline Apovian, co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, tells PEOPLE of the target audience for the drugs. “We’re not talking about stars who need to lose 10 lbs. We’re talking about people who are dying of obesity, are going to die of obesity.”

Read on for what stars have said about the meds.US rapper Fat Joe arrives to attend the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 11, 2024.

“Ozempic says you may only have two pieces of your favorite stuff.”

— to Us Weekly while discussing how both the prescription medication and cutting carbs have helped maintain his 200-lb. weight lossKathy Bates los angeles 05 02 24

“There’s been a lot of talk that I just was able to do this because of Ozempic, but I have to impress upon people out there that this was hard work for me, especially during the pandemic. It’s very hard to say you’ve had enough.”

— to PEOPLE, while clarifying that in addition to the 80 lbs. she lost over the past seven years through changes in her lifestyle and diet, she lost another 20 lbs. on Ozempic.Bella Thorne attends the photocall at the 70th Taormina Film Festival on July 14, 2024

“So, I haven’t been feeling good about my body for a while and especially with everybody on Ozempic — it’s, like, setting all these crazy beauty standards that nobody can keep up with unless you’re on Ozempic … I’m finally feeling good, so Ozempic, you can [middle finger raised] off.”

— in a video shared to her Instagram StoryAshley Benson attends the "McVeigh" premiere during the 2024 Tribeca Festival

“I know a lot of people take Ozempic and that’s totally fine. To each their own. But don’t discredit people who also work very hard to get their body back like I’ve done with mine … Getting back to work forced me to focus on my health and working out and I wanted to feel confident and good about myself.”

— on her Instagram, after commenters speculated she’d taken the medication postpartumIce Spice poses in the press room at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.

“I wish y’all never learned the word Ozempic. That’s one thing I wish. Oh my God, like, what even is Ozempic? What the f— is that? Genuinely, what is that?

Like, you lazy ass bitches never heard of a gym? It’s called the gym. It’s called eating healthy. It’s called being on tour. Like, what the hell? Maybe if I was sitting home all day, it would be easier to stay big.”

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“Quietly, I’m kind of a vain person. I’ve gained a lot of weight over the past couple years, and this is right about the time when everybody starts talking about this Ozempic.

So, I thought, okay, I’m not taking [the weight] off the right way, let me see if I can get one of these Ozempic. I was actually trying to take it off [the weight] before the show because I didn’t want to be super fat on TV, but here we are.”

Kandi Burruss

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“Last year, I tried it. I saw so many people who were trying it and losing weight. So I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to try this.’ And I didn’t lose any weight.

My doctor was like, ‘I don’t know what the problem is, I’m not seeing this in other people,’ …It didn’t curb my appetite. I know some people are like, ‘Oh, I can’t eat.’ Not me! I was eating appetizers, a regular meal and dessert, okay? It didn’t stop anything for me.

When you see it worked for other people and it doesn’t work for you, it makes you depressed. Realistically, it makes you feel like, ‘What is wrong with me? Why is it not working for me?’”

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Spencer Pratt

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“I’m not trying to get Ozempic face. I’m not trying to be on Page Six coming out of a place, getting papped and looking all Skeletor [and] spooky.”

— explaining why he won’t use semaglutide to help him lose weight, on the Page Six Virtual Reali-Tea podcast

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Nigella Lawson

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“I read something once where someone said, ‘I was on Ozempic and it was the first time I didn’t think about food all the time,’ and I thought, I can’t imagine anything worse than that. I take great pleasure in thinking about food all of the time.”

Caroline Stanbury

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“After 40, we all know, it’s very, very hard to lose weight. But I met so many 40-year-old women going, ‘How have you done it?’ And I don’t want to lie to you … I used Ozempic, which I think is one of the best tools if you’re able to use it. What did Kate Moss say? ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.’ There’s something to be said for that.”

— on the Uncut & Uncensored with Caroline Stanbury podcast

“Ozempic, I have to say … is an incredible tool. Why do you need to be miserable if you can get yourself back to where you were? I didn’t want to be different. I didn’t do my face to look like a supermodel. I wanted to be me, but younger.”

Dr. Phil McGraw

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“If someone is using a tool to help them get back to health, help them lose weight, which takes the pressure off their heart, this isn’t something they should be criticized about. I say more power to ‘em and don’t feel guilty about it and don’t be shamed from people saying something about it. Tell them to mind their own damn business.”

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“No. What you see, that’s what you get. I feel fortunate to be part of the lucky gene pool and what isn’t affected by the lucky gene pool I can usually affect by diet and working out.”

— on whether he would use semaglutide to stay in shape, via the Page Six Virtual Reali-Tea podcast

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Kelly Clarkson

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“Mine is a different [drug] than people assume, but I ended up having to do that too because my bloodwork got so bad.”

“My doctor chased me for two years, and I was like, ‘No, I’m afraid of it. I already have thyroid problems.’ Everybody thinks it’s Ozempic, but it’s not. It’s something else.”

“My heaviest, I was like 203 [lbs.] And I’m like 5-ft.3-in. and a half.”

— to Whoopi Goldberg on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. Clarkson did not reveal the drug that she was taking but explained that the medication is “something that aids in helping break down the sugar,” as her body “doesn’t do it right.”

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Khloé Kardashian

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“Let’s not discredit my years of working out. I get up 5 days a week at 6am to train. Please stop with your assumptions. I guess new year still means mean people.”

— responding to an Instagram user who suggested she was on Ozempic

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Margaret Josephs

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“After menopause, it’s so hard to lose weight. And then you’re shamed for it if you’re heavy.”

“It shuts off that food noise, my blood work is great. [Before Ozempic] I couldn’t do anything. It doesn’t matter if I was eating right or exercising so I don’t know why there’s any shame in it if it’s helpful to people.”

Jon Gosselin

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“You know what’s annoying? The regret of not starting it 10 years ago. I feel amazing! Like, why didn’t I do this sooner? Maybe it wasn’t the right time.”

“It’s really nice because it helped me stop drinking and it helped me get my appetite under control with less eating. I was able to really refocus my diet that way, I just focused on consuming what I need to consume in a healthy manner.”

— to Page Six at the BHRC West Hollywood grand opening in April 2024

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler

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“I’m annoyed at myself that I’m admitting this and I’d like to get to the bottom of why I’m a little triggered about all the Ozempic stuff. It’s upsetting me. I wish I didn’t care. It felt like we were on this road to solidifying body positivity, and every shape and size and color, and everyone’s looking the same now.”

“For women out there listening, the thinner your face is, the older you look, okay? Not that looking old is bad!…Aging gracefully is beautiful.”

— to Christina Applegate on their podcast, MeSsy.

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Rebel Wilson

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“Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs can be good.”

“Basically no one apart from my mom wanted me to lose weight. People thought I’d lose my pigeonhole in my career, playing the fat funny character, and they wanted me to continue in that.”

“I feel strongly that young women shouldn’t try to obsess over looking like Victoria’s Secret models — they should just look like themselves. I know that my relationship with food is complicated.”

— to The Sunday Times in March 2024Wilson also admitted that she is no longer on a weight loss drug, and that she is happy with her “still curvy and solid” current weight

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Christina P.

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“The doctor goes, ‘You know what, since you ate right through it last time, I’m going to start you on a higher dose.’ And I’m like, ‘Alright, fair enough. I’m a pig.’

“I’m like, ‘Dude, I can’t even [eat]. I feel nauseous. I can’t even eat this bread. My mouth is dry. I feel like I’m gonna throw up.’ And then I wake up in the middle of the night, like, super nauseous.

“I’m like, ‘This is working this time. I’m down, like, 3 lbs.’

“I take a bite. And I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m full. This feels great.’ You know?”

— while cohosting the Your Mom’s House podcast with her husband Tom Segura. After a nurse friend came to visit, Christina P found out she had taken “enough [Ozempic] for, like, a 500-lb. man,” per her friend.

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Tori Spelling

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“I did Mounjaro and everyone admits it now. It’s a different time so I don’t feel shamed saying that.

“I did whatever anyone told me to do that was safe and it just wasn’t working. The weight wouldn’t come off.”

— while discussing her usage of the tirzepatide and hormones on her podcast, misSPELLING, after admitting she had struggled with her weight after the birth of her fifth child, son Beau, in 2017. Spelling also said she is no longer on the drug.

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Mama June Shannon

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“As you know, back in May 2015, I had gastric sleeve surgery. I used to weigh 550 lbs. and on my own, I went from 550 lbs. to 311 lbs. on the day I had my surgery. And in six weeks, I went from 311 all the way down to 195. Since then, I kinda kept off the weight. I stayed at like 130, 140, 150 lbs.”

“But I have noticed over the last year and a half that I’ve really put on weight.”

“I decided to go with semaglutide a couple of months ago through my main doctor,” she said, urging people to be safe and talk to their primary care physician before taking the medication.

— in an Instagram video posted on April 16, 2024. In the video, Mama June’s husband even gives her her first injection

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Billie Jean King

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“I’m a binge eater. Every morning I wake up, I tell myself I have an eating disorder. I still go to therapy. I still think about it. It’s interesting with the new injections, you know, with the Ozempics of the world. It’s very interesting because my doctor wants me to try it.”

“My therapist asked me, ‘Has it quieted your mind?’ With an eating disorder, I have two voices in my head sometimes that argue. Let’s say I want a quart of ice cream. One side will say, ‘Yeah, baby, I’m going to have that ice cream no matter what.’ And the other side says, ‘No, don’t do that. It’s not healthy. You don’t need it.’ So I have this discussion that goes on in my head, and sometimes it’s very elevated.”

“It was such a great question because if [weight loss medication] does quiet the voices – if that’s a part of it – now I’m [interested in] it because that would be really great. Because that gets exhausting and tiring. And I don’t wanna fight over these things.”

— while discussing her use of weight loss injections and her eating disorder on Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Wiser Than Me podcast

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Oprah Winfrey

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“After knee surgery, I started hiking and setting new distance goals each week. I could eventually hike three to five miles every day and a 10-mile straight-up hike on weekends. I felt stronger, more fit and more alive than I’d felt in years.

“I eat my last meal at 4 o’clock, drink a gallon of water a day, and use the WeightWatchers principles of counting points. I had an awareness of [weight-loss] medications, but felt I had to prove I had the willpower to do it. I now no longer feel that way.

“I now use [an unnamed weight loss drug] as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing. The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for. I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.”

— to PEOPLE in December 2023

“In my entire life, I never dreamed that we would be talking about medicines that are providing hope for people like me who have struggled for years with being overweight or with obesity.”

— during her open-dialogue conversation An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution on ABC in March 2024

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Tracy Morgan

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“I went and got a prescription, and I got Ozempic. And I ain’t letting it go … It cuts my appetite in half. Now I only eat half a bag of Doritos.”

— on Today with Hoda & Jenna in August 2023

“I’ve learned to out-eat Ozempic. I out-ate Ozempic. I’ve gained 40 pounds.”

— on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in March 2024

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Terry Dubrow

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“I’ve tried it. I thought it was amazing. I didn’t have that much weight to lose. But I wanted to try it because so many of my patients were on it and I wanted to see what it was like when you’re not diabetic and you only have 10-15 pounds to lose.”

— speaking to Page Six after trying Ozempic in January 2024

“How am I doing off Ozempic? I’m overweight and chubby. There’s more to love, but I’ll tell you something: I’m off it, but I plan on going back on it when it’s appropriate. Like we have a vacation and after that I’ll come back. It’s like the new Botox, Ozempic. I love it. It’s so good.”

— speaking to E! News in March 2024 about how he feels after stopping the medication

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Al Roker

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“Everybody’s struggling with it and we’re still trying to figure it out. But no shame, no game. Just stay within your lane and don’t give anybody a hard time.”

— addressing judgement surrounding weight loss drugs in regards to Winfrey’s televised discussion in March 2024

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Whoopi Goldberg

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“I will tell you, I weighed almost 300 lbs. when I made [2022 film] Till. I had taken all those steroids, I was on all this stuff, and one of the things that’s helped me dropped the weight was the Mounjaro. That’s what I used.”

— on an episode of The View following Winfrey’s ABC special

“First of all, it’s all the weight I’ve lost. I’ve lost almost two people. I am doing that wonderful shot that works for folks who need some help, and it’s been really good for me.”

— on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, after Clarkson complimented Goldberg’s appearance.

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Sunny Hostin

Sunny Hostin
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“During COVID, I gained 40. lbs. All I did was eat … I love to cook, and I found out, I love to eat. And I was horrified about the fact that I would have to come out on air. So I also took Mounjaro.

“I found that my cholesterol went up to 200 when I gained the extra weight. And I use Mounjaro and my cholesterol is 140 now. I feel better, I think I look better, and that’s what this is about for people.”

Stephen Fry

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“I tried Ozempic years ago; I’m an early adopter of these things. I happened to be in America, and I’d read about it, and I asked my doctor in America, my physician as they like to call them, and he said, ‘I think I can get you some.’ He tried me on it, and the first week or so, I was thinking, ‘This is astonishing. Not only do I not want to eat, I don’t want any alcohol of any kind. This is going to be brilliant.’

“Then I started feeling sick, and I started getting sicker and sicker and sicker. I was literally throwing up four, five times a day and I thought, ‘I can’t do this.’ So that’s it.”

Kate Winslet

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“Oh, my God. This sounds terrible. Let’s eat some more things!”

— to the New York Times, after they explained the drug to her, in March 2024

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Rob Lowe

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“I see people who are taking all the new weight loss drugs and that’s great, and it’s really changed their lives. But my concern always is, okay, now what? What’s the plan for the longevity of everything? I never ever talk about diets, I talk about lifestyle.”

Kelly Osbourne

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“I think it’s amazing. There are a million ways to lose weight, why not do it through something that’s isn’t as boring as working out? The people who hate on it the most are the people who are secretly doing it or pissed off that they can’t afford it. Unfortunately, right now it’s something that is very expensive but it eventually won’t be because it actually works.”

Sharon Osbourne

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“You can’t stay on it forever. I lost 42 pounds now and it’s just enough.”

— on an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored  where she opened up about her previous use of the drug, and added “I didn’t want to go this thin. It just happened.”

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Heather Gay

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“I’ve been on it for a long time, but hadn’t really seen much results. And I haven’t had massive results, but enough for people to notice, which is great.”

— to PEOPLE at Variety’s Women of Reality TV event in November 2023.

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Garcelle Beauvais

Garcelle Beauvais
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“Don’t even start with that Ozempic thing I’m not playing with that!!!”

— Iin response to an X commenter who shared a questioned if the reality had been using the drug.

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Claudia Oshry

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“You thought they were going to make a weight loss drug and I wasn’t going to take it? You’re dumb. Of course, I’m f—ing taking it.”

— on her episode of her The Toast podcast while explaining that she initially felt embarrassed to admit she had been taking the weekly injections.

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Amy Schumer

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“Like a year ago, I tried it. I was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn’t play with my son. I was so skinny and he’s throwing a ball at me and [I couldn’t].”

— during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

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Stassi Schroeder

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“Oh, my God, I really want to try it when I give birth. The amount of times I’ve researched this being like, ‘I mean, I think it’s safe and healthy. Like, I think it’s good for you. It’s like taking vitamins.’ ”

— discussing Ozempic on an episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. Host Alex Cooper followed up the statement by jokingly giving a disclaimer that “nothing that was said on this podcast medically” should be understood as advice

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Lauren Manzo

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“I do think that people shouldn’t abuse [Ozempic] … I think it’s being abused because I see people, Housewives, that are posting and you literally see their ribs, and it’s sad because you were already skinny. And that puts a bad thing for somebody like me who has suffered from high blood pressure and anxiety from being super heavy and depression.

“People that are already 130 lbs. and just want to lose 10 more and they want to stay on it. That, I don’t respect. I understand people with diabetes need that, and I respect that. I do think this will be really helpful for people like me, who’ve struggled their whole lives and had not only physical but mental issues as well from their weight.”

— when talking about her experience on Mounjaro — an FDA-approved prescription medication for people with type 2 diabetes similar to Ozempic

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Emily Simpson

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“So I did. I did that in December for one month,” Simpson explained and added that her bad habits “went away… It made me more conscientious of what I was eating and so that was a really great kick start for me.”

— during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live where she spoke candidly about her decision to try Ozempic at her doctor’s suggestion

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Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi

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“When I started Semaglutide shots, I was 138 lbs. Now, I’m about 110 lbs. As you can see, I’ve lost a little more weight than I was anticipating to lose. I decided I’m only gonna weigh myself on the days of my injections just to document it. And on April 30, I got on the scale and I saw 111 lbs. That’s when I knew, it’s time to cut back. That’s when I started cutting down on units and going backwards and backwards until finally now, I’m just on maintenance.

“Will I come off of it? Maybe. Will I gain it all back? Maybe. But for now, I’m enjoying the way I look. I’m enjoying what it’s doing for me. I encourage it to anybody who’s having a hard time losing weight and wants the ‘easy route.’ Summer’s around the corner. I’m not trying to stress that being skinny is what you should do, but truth is, some of y’all want to do it. So I’m talking to you guys… not the haters. To the haters, kiss my ribs b—.”

— in a lengthy Instagram video answering questions about her weight loss journey

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Anthony Anderson

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“I will say this, it’s creating a shortage for those of us who need the medicine that we need and not for weight loss issues, but for our health.”

— when talking to PEOPLE about how the drug’s newfound popularity impacts those like him who are living with type 2 diabetes

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Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson
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“Oh Lord… it is not.”

— while addressing assumptions that her weight loss is due to the use of a semaglutide in an interview with Bustle

Jenny McCarthy

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​​“You know what, I think whatever suits someone’s needs. If you fall into the category where you think it’s right for you, I am not gonna shame you. I’ll support anything people want to do. For me in particular, I knew that it was not permanent, I knew that a lot of people that go off of it, they regain their weight.”

— while discussing why she’s “not an Ozempic person” in an interview with US Weekly

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Mark Wahlberg

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“Everybody has their own path. I don’t knock anybody for making their own choices. But I prefer, and I’ve seen lots of people accomplish amazing things, ordinary people doing extraordinary things on a fitness base, and they’re now encouraging other people that look like them. That’s what I’m into.”

— while discussing how he feels about those deciding to use semaglutide for weight loss in an interview with Page Six

Raven-Symoné

Raven-Symone
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“I think it’s very important we understand certain medications are made for certain people and to not take that away just for glamazon purposes.

“Do what you gotta do. Just make sure you save some medication for the people that actually need it,” she added

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Keke Palmer

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“Sounds like it’s a slay honey, ’cause girls have been out here killin’ it with it, but for me, I would say ‘Nay’ because I always feel like when something sounds too good to be true — it usually is.

“It might do something and then next thing you know, I’ve got something growing, you know, under my armpits, like I don’t know where… where you pushing this fat at, where you taking, where you pulling from — I don’t want any side effects, so — but the girls are killin’ it.”

— during a round of “Slay or Nay” for PEOPLE’s Beautiful Issue

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Padma Lakshmi

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“You gotta be careful what you do with your body. On Top Chef I eat a lot, and I understand the tendency [to want to follow a weight loss trend]. But also the pressure for women in media is much different than men in media. So we have to maybe look deeper to the reasons why, as a society, not just put it on the shoulders of the women who just want the same opportunity that men get.

“We just want an equal shake. We have to look good, we have to sound good, we have to be strong but not too strong, we have to be vulnerable but not too weak. And it can feel like a really dichotomous, tall order.

“So, I think we have to be kinder to each other and to ourselves.”

Ariana Huffington

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“Well, if people are diabetic it can really help them. But I think people forget that you also need to eat better. You know, if you are on Ozempic and eat junk, processed foods, too much sugar, you are not going to really change your eating habits. And we know that what leads to disease are ultra processed foods and sugar.”

“So, learning to also change your food habits is key.”

— to PEOPLE at the 2023 Time100 gala

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Sophie Turner

Sophie Turner attends 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar After Party

– on her Instagram Story, in response to photos of semaglutide advertisements posted inside a New York City subway station, per The Independent

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Dolores Catania

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“I wasn’t going to come to [the] reunion looking bigger than anyone else.”

— to Andy Cohen on WWHL, confirming she uses a weight loss drug

“I’m down 20 pounds. I’m being realistic. Right now, I’m 137. I was 157 when I started. I jumped to 163 – I was going there. Like, I was gaining weight every month. So then when I finally kicked in… the problem is, like, if you don’t start it, it takes time to work. It doesn’t happen overnight. It doesn’t come off easy. I took Ozempic, stopped and then began Mounjaro,” she explained. “I was medically prescribed for both because I am insulin resistant/pre-diabetic and have a thyroid issue. You know, everyone’s losing so much weight [on it]. It’s questionable – what are the repercussions of this when everyone’s done? Is there side effects? All the doctors that I spoke to said ‘no.’

“I stopped taking it because it was expensive and everything. But being healthy and living a healthy lifestyle is cheap – it’s free!” she insisted. I work out regularly. There is no easy fix for weight loss and I have to watch what I eat.”

— to the U.S. Sun in 2023.

“I don’t know why because there’s no shame in it. If a doctor gives it to you, if you’re doing things right, you’re becoming healthier by losing weight. It’s a bunch of great things that come along with this.”

“This is my high school weight. I’m not parting with it and I’m gonna be honest because it’s right.”

— to Sherri Shepherd on an episode of Shepherd’s self-titled talk show Sherri about why some celebrities keep their medication usage quiet.

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Julia Fox

Julia Fox
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“All these people are coming for me saying that I take the weight-loss things … people are saying that I’m taking Ozempic. I’m not, and I never have. I would never do that. There are diabetics that need it.”

Meghan McCain

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“I was even offered a black market freebie by someone with ‘extra shots at home.’ … Let me make one thing very clear. I’m not taking it. I refuse. There’s a clear moral issue here. It’s hard to take a drug because swimsuit season is around the corner, while others need it to stay alive. And how can this be healthy? There ain’t nothing worth having that’s easy to get.”

Jillian Michaels

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“[I’ve] taken at least eight family friends’ parents off of this drug. The truth of the matter is, Ozempic has some pretty significant side effects. Do your homework on it. The results are not lasting, in very large part,”

Patti Stanger

"Millionaire Matchmaker" Patti Stanger
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“This is the Hollywood drug … It’s nationwide. I have friends in Miami, I have friends in New York who are doing it.”

— to the Wall Street Journal in October 2022, before opening up about her own experience with Ozempic and Mounjaro on the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast in February 2023

Katie Maloney

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“I say everyone do what you want to do. Understand the risks, and if it’s right for you, it’s right for you. I think the expectations [for women to be thin] are always going be there whether or not there’s like this miracle drug or not. The pressures are always going to be there. So thanks, Hollywood, thanks media, thanks society for keeping it going. But I just think, you know, if it makes you happy, follow your bliss.”

Lala Kent

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“Stop taking it for weight loss. Enough already. I think that Hollywood is all sorts of f—ed up. We’ve got to do better. I think there’s a lot of things that need to change and it starts with us and there are times where I roll my eyes and say, ‘F—ing do better, all of us. We all need to participate in becoming better examples for our children in the outside world.”

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Kyle Richards

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“I cannot stand people saying [I’m taking Ozempic] because people that know me know that I’m up every day at like 5:30 a.m. 6 a.m. at the latest… I’m in the gym for two hours. I really put a lot of effort into my diet and exercise and taking care of myself, so when people like to think I took the easy way out, it’s frustrating.”

— to Extra at the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection concert in New York City, after she recently clapped back at commenters who suspected she’s using the drug after posing a bikini selfie

Chelsea Handler

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“My anti-aging doctor just hands it out to anybody. I didn’t even know I was on it. She said, ‘If you ever want to drop five lbs., this is good.’

“I came back from a vacation and I injected myself with it. I went to lunch with a girlfriend a few days later, and she was like, ‘I’m not really eating anything. I’m so nauseous, I’m on Ozempic.’ And I was like, ‘I’m kind of nauseous too.’ But I had just come back from Spain and was jet-lagged.

“I’m not on it anymore. That’s too irresponsible. I’m an irresponsible drug user, but I’m not gonna take a diabetic drug. I tried it, and I’m not gonna do that. That’s not for me. That’s not right for me.

“I’ve injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic because I realized I didn’t wanna use it cause it’s silly. It’s for heavy people. Everyone is on Ozempic. It’s gonna backfire, something bad is gonna happen.”

Remi Bader

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“[My doctors] said I need this. And I had a lot of mixed feelings. A few months later I went off it and got into the bad binging.

“I saw a doctor and they were like, it’s 100 percent because I went on Ozempic. It was making me think I wasn’t hungry for so long, I lost some weight. I didn’t wanna be obsessed with being on it long term. I was like, I bet the second I got off I’m gonna get starving again. I did, and my binging got so much worse. So then I kind of blamed Ozempic. [I] gained double the weight back.”

Jackie Goldschneider

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Jackie Goldschneider at the ‘Legends Ball 2022 BravoCon’. Santiago Felipe/Getty

“An eating disorder in a needle. [It’s] sad and sickening. [I] can’t imagine what will happen if people need to suddenly stop.”

“I’m horrified by it. I’m not so much horrified by people wanting to lose weight — that has always been a universal thing — but I’m very very scared of what will happen if and when people have to go off this drug.

“It’s just going to be a massive number of people who gain a huge amount of weight and suddenly don’t know what to do with themselves. I’m just afraid of that day. There’s going to be a lot of people with eating disorders. You start dropping massive amounts of weight. That’s so addicting. That’s how I spiraled into anorexia. You get addicted to this new body and to the attention that comes with it.

“A lot of people in the Housewives world are on Ozempic. A lot of my friends are in the Housewives world, so it was tough for me to come back and suddenly no one’s eating when we go out to dinner.”

Andy Cohen

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“Everyone is suddenly showing up 25 pounds lighter. What happens when they stop taking #Ozempic ?????”

Elon Musk

Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City.
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“Fasting … And Wegovy.”

— replying to a Twitter user asking for his “secret” to looking “healthy”

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Jameela Jamil

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Jameela Jamil arrives at the 24th Annual Critics Choice Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

“I have said what I have said about the potential harm of people using the diabetes medication for weight loss only. I fear for everyone in the next few years. Rich people are buying this stuff off prescription for upwards of 1000 dollars. Actual diabetics are seeing shortages. It’s a now mainstream craze in Hollywood. HOPE this doesn’t end the same way we were told opioids were safe. There is little to no discussion of the side effects in any advertising online. I’m deeply concerned but I can’t change any of your minds because fat phobia has our generation in a chokehold.

“I’m screaming into a void. I’m seeing people really struggle because of this stuff. It has become the exact uncontrollable wave I thought it would become and I hope that I’m worried for no reason, and that my doctors who have been advising me on this stuff are wrong, and that in 2 years nobody is saying ‘F— she was right and she tried to warn us for 6 months.’

“Wishing you all well and hope you have doctors that care about more than your size.”

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