Kelly Osbournehas praised Ozempic in a new interview months after her mother,Sharon Osbourne, publicly urged people to stay away from the drug.
“There are a million ways to lose weight — why not do it through something that isn’t as boring as working out?” Kelly said while speaking toE! Online.
HighlightsKelly Osbourne referred to Ozempic as “amazing”, sparking backlash online.Social media criticized Kelly’s “classist” take on Ozempic’s accessibility.Kelly’s mother, Sharon Osbourne, had been vocal about her negative experience with the medication.
“People hate on it because they want to do it,” she added. “And 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.”
Sharon Osbourne has sparked backlash after praising Ozempic and saying critics of the medication are only “pissed off they can’t afford it”
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“Unfortunately, right now, it’s something that is very expensive, but it eventually won’t be because it actually works.”
Ozempic isan FDA-approved prescription medication for people with type 2 diabetes. It’s one of the brand names for semaglutide — also known as Wegovy and Mounjaro — which works in the brain to impact satiety, and it is the latestweight losstrend amongcelebrities, as per People.
Among the stars who haveused the medicationareAmy SchumerandChelsea Handler. While Amy said she quit after feeling “sick” and not being able to play with her son, Chelsea stopped taking the drug after feeling “nauseous.”
Over the years, Kelly has been candid about her struggles with her weight, especially after giving birth to her son Sidney in 2022.
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The Osbourne alum said that losing weight was “miserable” and “a lot of work,” but ultimately, she became “really happy with the results.”
In 2020, Kellyopened upabout losing 85 lbs (approximately 38 kilos) due to gastric sleeve surgery.
“I had surgery; I don’t give a f— what anyone has to say,” the 39-year-old momtold hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn on theirHollywood Raw podcastin response to rumors about plastic surgery.“I will never ever ever lie about it ever. It is the best thing I have ever done.”
But her mom,Sharon,has had a different experience dealing with her body image issues. Last year, the 71-year-old matriarch admitted thatshe had been using the drug for weight loss, but her high hopes turned into concern after she lost a lot more weight than she intended to.
“I know I look gaunt, and I know everything that goes along with it,” Sharon told theDaily Mailat the time.
“I’m too gaunt, and I can’t put any weight on. I want to because I feel I’m too skinny. […] Be careful what you wish for.”
Kelly’s mother, Sharon Osbourne, has been a vocal critic of the drug, saying it affected her health and made her lose more weight than she had intended to
The process of watching the number go down on the scale as the months progressed became addictive to Sharon. “I couldn’t stop losing weight, and I can’t afford to lose anymore,” she added.
Additionally, the formerX-Factor judge saidthat the drug shouldn’t be available to young people for weight loss because people need to be able to “totally understand” the “side effects” that come with taking it.
Theside effectsof Ozempic include severeabdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and gastroparesis, according toresearch publishedin the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“I’m too gaunt, and I can’t put any weight on,” the Osbourne matriarch shared last year
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Sharon recently toldThe Guardianthat she has stopped injecting herself with the drug and has “finally become more accepting” of her body.
“Rich ppl have easy access to healthy food options, personal trainers, and chefs, but they choose to take ozempic that’s not meant for them and causing shortages for those who truly need them,” someone wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Another person said: “She’s so out of touch and ignorant it’s beyond comical atp it’s just embarrassing.”
“Yes Kelly, that’s why people are complaining, because we’re jealous poors. Not at all because the weight loss craze has caused medical shortages for diabetics or anything like that,” a Redditor wrote.
Watch Kelly’s interview addressing Ozempic critics below
Some critics spoke from personal experience, writing, “Sure my mom who is diabetic had to switch medications because people who don’t actually need it are using it and she could never get it refilled but we’re all just haters!!!”Another person agreed: “Yeah, when many of my diabetic patients can’t get their prescription because these celebs keep pushing it on backorder, I’m going to be a hater.”
Meanwhile, others chose to focus on the dangers of promoting a drug with unpleasant side effects.
“My dad has been on a variety of these weekly shots for his diabetes and has lost weight, but it is because his appetite is super suppressed. He hates it because though it manages his sugar, he has no interest in eating,” someone shared.
“Several of my friends are taking this. I know it’s anecdotal, but the vomiting is something that all of them have experienced,” another user added.
People described Kelly’s response as “inconsiderate”
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