Jillian Michaels Slams Oprah Winfrey For Praising Ozempic -- Says She's Profiting Off It!
19.01.2024 - 16:07
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Jillian Michaels just put Oprah Winfrey on BLAST!
The Biggest Loser coach just accused the famed daytime talk show host of praising a hugely controversial weight loss medication just to make a buck! In a new interview with Page Six out on Wednesday, the fitness guru claimed:
Whoa! FWIW, while Oprah did recently admit to using weight loss medications to slim down and maintain her weight, she has not said which one she is on. So it wouldn’t be the most explicit endorsement…
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But Jillian is jumping to the conclusion because of the TV personality’s ties to WeightWatchers (she purchased a 10% stake in 2015), adding:
The 49-year-old nutritionist went on:
The Color Purple alum teamed up with WW back in 2015 as an ambassador (the same year she bought stake in the company). She’s since been the face of the brand and credited the program for helping her lose 40 pounds when she was at her heaviest weight, 237 pounds. For so long, she’d urged that the company’s philosophy that she could eat anything in moderation had helped her get healthy — but she (somewhat) changed her tune last month.
In a new interview with People, the 69-year-old said her skinny figure was thanks to a holistic approach — AKA exercise and lifestyle changes — as well as medication:
She also said she’s finally “released my own shame about” using the unspecified meds to get fit, adding:
Fans quickly called her out for what they considered “lying” about how she lost her weight. Many, like Jillian, were skeptical about her true intentions for coming clean about using drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy. With so many celebs taking weight loss medication and so few being honest about how they’re dropping pounds so