Sharon Osbourne's unexpected and permanent side effect of new drug Ozempic

29 September 2023 , 10:33

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Sharon Osbourne's unexpected and permanent side effect of new drug Ozempic

Sharon Osbourne has openly spoken of her battle with her weight over the years, to the point where she had a gastric band fitted and then removed and then fitted again.

But over recent weeks fans have noticed that the 70 year old TV star, who became a household name in 2002 with her fly on the wall reality show The Osbournes, looking slender. Sharon has herself put this down to new drug called Ozempic, which is said to be taking the showbiz world by storm.

Sharon says taking the controversial jab has resulted in a nearly 30 pound weight loss in four months. The Talk host, who cut a chic appearance in a smart black trouser suit, candidly opened up about her experience of using the drug, which is usually used to treat patients with diabetes.

Sharon Osbourne has been using the drug Ozempic (E! News)

She said: "I have fought weight, my entire life. It’s affected my life to such a point. I had the gastric band, and had that removed, because it didn’t work after a while. I then had the sleeve and you can’t reverse the sleeve because they cut your stomach in half… it is what it is. You are stuck with that. After a while, it's all up here (in your mind). It’s all mental.”

Ozempic is a prescription drug that’s used in people with type 2 diabetes. It increases the levels of incretins – a hormone – which helps your body to produce more insulin when needed and suppresses the amount of glucose produced by the liver.

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The drug which has been dubbed "the skinny shot" has been popular among a number of celebrities across the pond including Amy Schumer and Elon Musk. But now that the former X Factor judge has stopped taking the weight loss injections and revealed why.

Sharon says she has struggled with her weight all her adult life

She revealed: "But now it’s got a reverse effect on me personally, I don’t know for everybody, I’m sure not. But I can’t put on weight now, no matter whatever I eat. I’m stuck at this weight. And it’s like my entire life I’ve wanted to be a certain weight, never got there, and now I have and it doesn’t suit me and I don’t like it and I can’t change it.”

She went on to say: "The thing about weight it's a personal thing... for me it caused depression.” When she first started taking the drug, Sharon told audience members on her chat show that the drug made her feel sick and she would also suffer with an upset stomach.

She said: "I was very sick for a couple of months. The first couple of months, I just felt nauseous. Every day I felt nauseous, my stomach was upset, whatever." But now, Sharon has admitted that her eating habits are not like a regular person as she does not eat three days a week.

Speaking on her family podcast called The Osbournes, alongside her children Jack and Kelly, she revealed her intermittent fasting lifestyle. It came on the back of Jack talking about how quickly society would turn into utter chaos if people were forced to go without food. And it was at this point that Jack brought up the fact that it would only take someone to miss nine meals before they lost all control, which meant three days of breakfast lunch and dinner. And on the back Jack's comment, Sharon admitted: "God, I do that every week. At least three days without eating."

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Lucretia Munro