Stars who have spoken about using Ozempic

Celebrity Ozempic and Wegovy Debate

One of the hottest topics in Hollywood lately is the type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic and its fellow semaglutide, the obesity drug Wegovy. Using any of the prescriptions — which Dr. Anya Jastrepov tells People are “nutrient-stimulating, hormone-based medications” targeting the brain — results in weight loss, and because of that, some people who don’t necessarily need the drugs are using them to slim down.

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

Read on to find out what the stars had to say about their meds, which are currently in short supply.

Kyle Richards

“I can’t stand what people say [I’m taking Ozempic] Because people who know me know I get up every day around 5:30am 6am at the latest… I’m in the gym for two hours. I put a lot of effort into my diet, exercise, and taking care of myself, so when people think I took the easy way out, it’s disappointing.”

– l additional at the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection gala in New York City, after she recently applauded commenters who suspected she was using the drug after she took a bikini selfie.

Chelsea Handler

“My anti-aging doctor had passed it on to anyone. I didn’t even know I had it. She said, ‘If you want to lose five pounds, that’s fine.’” ”

“I came back from vacation and injected myself with it. I went to lunch with a friend a few days later, and she said, ‘I’m not really eating anything.’” I’m feeling nauseous, Ozempic. And I said, “I’m feeling nauseous, too.” But I had just come back from Spain and was behind on the plane.

“I don’t take it anymore. This is very irresponsible. I’m an irresponsible drug user, but I’m not going to take diabetes medicine. I tried it, and I won’t. It’s not for me. It’s not right for me.”

“I injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic because I realized I didn’t want to use it because it’s silly. It’s for heavy people. Everyone’s on Ozempic. It’ll backfire, and something bad will happen.”

—on Alex Cooper Call her father Podcast

Remy Badr

“[My doctors] I said need to Este. And I had a lot of mixed feelings. After a few months I got out of it and had a bad fit.

“I saw a doctor and they were. It was 100 percent because I went on Ozempic. It made me think I wasn’t hungry for that long, I lost some weight. I didn’t want to be obsessed with staying in for that long. I was like, I bet the second I got off In it I would starve again, and the bingeing got worse, so I blame it on Ozempic. [I] I gained twice the weight again.

– on Amanda Hirsch Not skinny but not fat Podcast

Jackie Goldschneider

Needle eating disorder. [It’s] Sad and disgusting. [I] I can’t imagine what would happen if people suddenly needed to stop.”

– on instagram

Andy Cohen

“Everyone suddenly looks 25 lbs lighter. What happens when they stop taking #Ozempic?????”

– Twitter

Elon Musk

“Fasting… is carnal.”

– Reply to a Twitter user He asks for his “secret” to look “healthy”

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“I said what I said about the potential harm to people using diabetes medication just to lose weight. I’m afraid for everyone in the next few years. Rich people are buying this stuff on prescription for upwards of $1,000. Actual diabetics are seeing shortages. It’s all the rage now.” In Hollywood. I hope this doesn’t end the way we were told opioids are safe. There is little or no discussion about side effects in any advertisement online. I am very worried but I can’t change any of your minds because fat phobia is becoming our generation in the grip of suffocation.

“I’m screaming into a void. I see people really struggle because of these things. It’s become the uncontrollable microwave that I thought it would become and I hope I get anxious for no reason, and that my doctors who’ve advised me about these things that are wrong, and that within 2 years no one said “F – she was right and tried to warn us for 6 months.”

“I wish you all well and hope you have doctors who care more than your size.”

– on instagram

Chloe Kardashian

“Let’s not discredit my years of work. I get up 5 days a week at 6 in the morning to train. Please stop making assumptions. I think the new year still means people.”

— Responding to an Instagram user who suggested she is in Ozempic