Kathy Bates shows slimmed down figure at LaGuardia Airport after 100lb weight loss with Ozempic help

Kathy Bates showed off her slimmed-down figure in her latest outing after setting the record straight on Ozempic use.

The 76-year-old actress arrived for a departing flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Friday looking fit as ever.

The Academy Award-winning actress came through the sliding doors wearing skin-tight jeans with a tan blazer over a tan shirt.

In keeping with her casual-cool ensemble, the Memphis, Tennessee native added a pair of white sneakers to the fashion mix, along with mirror sunglasses.

To complete her overall look, the actress had her gray locks styled long at the back but pushed to the front of her face with a subtle center parting.

As she walked through the door to the turnstiles, Bates kept a steady pace while carrying a black bag over her shoulder with her cell phone attached.

The talented star has been open and honest about her dramatic body transformation, confessing she ‘feels like a different woman’ after losing 100 pounds.

Her travel day comes a few days after it was announced that her new Matlock reboot show on CBS had been renewed for a second season, which came shortly after the new series premiered.

In a gender swap from the original show starring Andy Griffith, Bates plays Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a widowed lawyer who has just returned to the workforce after a few decades away.

The reboot made its debut on September 22 and has since aired two more episodes, airing on Thursdays at 9pm/8pm.

All the hustle and bustle that comes with doing the show also comes in the wake of all the talk about Bates’ dramatic weight loss.

Bates says her weight loss has given her a new lease on life and that “every day feels like a miracle,” as she insists her body transformation wasn’t the result of some overnight feeling, but was in fact accomplished came over time. six years.

During a recent appearance on CBS morningsBates admitted to the hosts: ‘I feel like a different woman, I really do.’

The Academy Award-winning actress walked through the sliding doors of the airport wearing skin-tight jeans with a tan blazer, tan shirt and white sneakers.

During a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, Bates admitted to the hosts, “I feel like a different woman, I really do”; the actress is pictured prior to her appearance on the show

‘I look in the mirror and say, “Oh, my God.” I went to try on my suit and I wear a size 10, and it’s so different from being a 3X and being able to walk and move and get things off the rack.

With more energy due to the weight loss and improved diet, plus Matlock’s renewal, Bates has been forced to retract her recent speech about quitting acting.

The Misery star was first inspired to take her health seriously when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes around 2017, according to People.

It was over the next seven years that she says she lost 35kg. which she attributed to changes in her lifestyle and diet.

Then she lost another 20 pounds. on Ozempic, a prescription drug used to treat type 2 diabetes. It’s not approved by the FDA for weight loss, but some doctors prescribe it to people trying to lose those nagging pounds.

The Midnight in Paris actress claims her health and stamina have improved dramatically in the six years she has lost around 45kg after once having diabetes

Bates’ new TV series Matlock has been renewed for a second season following the reboot’s recent premiere on September 22 on CBS, airing Thursdays at 9 p.m.

“There’s been a lot of talk that I was just able to do this because of Ozempic,” she said during her chat on CBS Mornings.

“But I have to make it clear to the people there that this was hard work for me, especially during the pandemic. It’s very hard to say you’ve had enough.’

The Titanic actress previously stated that she was at her heaviest in 2011 when she starred in the NBC series Harry’s Law, admitting: “I had to sit down every moment I could.”

Bates earned her Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Annie Wilkes in the thriller film Misery (1990), directed by Rob Reiner and starring James Caan.