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She tried to say goodbye to the kilos the old style manner however when she choked, Macy Grey turned to Ozempic.
The 56-year-old singer and actress is the newest celeb to disclose she’s taking Ozempic, following within the footsteps of numerous stars who’ve additionally admitted to taking semaglutide for weight reduction, equivalent to Kandi Burrus, Oprah, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Throughout a dialogue with Actual Housewives of Atlanta and Don’t Be Tardy star Kim Zolciak and Olympic ice skater and tv persona Johnny Weir on a latest episode of MTV’s The Surreal Life, Grey opened up about her wrestle to shed pounds and her expertise on the FDA-approved prescription treatment.
“Oh boy, my abdomen hurts. I’ve simply been actually constipated,” Grey stated of the unintended effects she was experiencing. “I took Ozempic. I can’t go to the lavatory, and I used to be up all night time.”
“Ozempic does that,” Zolciak, 46, replied. “You need to be actually cautious, you realize.”
Macy Grey on the Operation Smile Malibu Smile Fest on June 1, 2024 in Malibu, California. Supply: River Callaway / Getty
Widespread unintended effects of the injectable treatment prescribed to folks with Sort 2 diabetes embrace nausea, diarrhea, abdomen (stomach) ache, vomiting, and constipation.
Grey, most identified for her hits “I Attempt,” “Candy Child” and “Nonetheless,” stated that she felt strain to shed pounds due to her look on the 2022 season of the hit actuality sequence.
“Quietly, I’m sort of a useless particular person. I’ve gained loads of weight over the previous couple years, and that is proper concerning the time when everyone begins speaking about this Ozempic,” she defined. “So, I believed, okay, I’m not taking [the weight] off the suitable manner, let me see if I can get considered one of these Ozempic. I used to be really attempting to take it off [the weight] earlier than the present as a result of I didn’t need to be tremendous fats on TV, however right here we’re.”
Grey isn’t the one star to wrestle on Ozempic, 55-year-old comedian Tracy Morgan admitted to taking the treatment, and whereas it labored at first the 30 Rock star later packed on the kilos.
“I’ve discovered to out-eat Ozempic,” he joked on a March 2024 episode of The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I out-ate Ozempic. I’ve gained 40 kilos.”
