Andy Cohen has responded to criticism after being accused of ‘praising’ celebrities for losing weight on the diabetes drug Ozempic.
The 54-year-old Bravo presenter told guest Dolores Catania, 52, on Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live that she looked “skinny” and responded to the backlash by saying he was just trying to “finish off the goods”. deliver’ for his audience.
“Thanks,” replied Dolores, who stars in The Real Housewives Of New Jersey.
“Ozempi?” Andy asked, referring to the diabetes drug used by celebrities to lose weight.
“Yes,” Dolores replied with a laugh.
Backlash: Andy Cohen, shown in New York last Tuesday, has responded to criticism after being accused of ‘praising’ celebrities for losing weight with the diabetes drug Ozempic
She then confirmed to Andy that she was using Ozempic.
“What housewife isn’t on Ozempic?
” Andy said.
“Not one,” Dolores said.
Andy joked that half of RHONJ’s cast was on Ozempic and Dolores agreed.
“I didn’t come to the reunion to look bigger than anyone. So I got on the cart,” Dolores said.
She told Andy there were no side effects and she was “just not hungry.”
Andy addressed the backlash on Wednesday’s episode of his Radio Andy show on SiriusXM, sharing a message he received on social media from a viewer.
“Tonight was the third ‘Watch What Happens Live’ guest I’ve heard praise you for losing weight and inquiring about Ozempic,” the post read.
Looked skinny: The 54-year-old Bravo host on Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live told guest Dolores Catania, 52, that she looked “skinny”
Good question: “Ozempi?” asked Andy referring to the diabetes drug that has been used by celebrities to lose weight
‘Well, you know what? This woman—she’s right,” Andy acknowledged.
‘I said to [Dolores], ‘You look great,’ and she said, ‘Yes, I lost weight.’ I say “Ozempy?” She said, “Yeah, you better believe it!” I was glad she was telling the truth about it anyway, because there are so many people who aren’t,” Andy said.
He noted that he never praised Dolores for his weight loss, only pointing out that she looked “skinny” on WWHL.
“I try to deliver the goods in front of my audience watching. I mean, if Dolores turns up looking 30 pounds lighter, I’m going to have to find out how that happened,” Andy said.
The use of Ozempic for weight loss was recently quashed by former The Real Housewives Of New York City star Bethenny Frankel, 52.
“People don’t want to give in [they use Ozempic] but they want people to believe it was blood, sweat and tears [that led to their weight loss],” Bethenny posted on Instagram on Tuesday.
“The loophole for people avoiding the Ozempic confession is that many celebrities are actually using Mounjaro, another drug [also used to treat diabetes]and more new drugs are coming soon,” she claimed in her post’s caption.
She compared the drug’s popularity to that of earlier fads like Ephedra (Ma Huang) which gained popularity in the late ’90s but was later banned by the FDA after supplements containing the ingredient were found to pose serious health risks.
‘So [Ozempic] is now an apparently positive drug that will alleviate obesity. The problem is that it’s for diabetes and they sell it in Mexican pharmacies and airports,” Bethenny added.
She also claimed she had heard that the drug — which is given as weekly injections for $1,000 a month — is also a “mood-alter” that causes “irrational” behavior in those who take it.
Bravo clubhouse: Dolores was a guest on Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live along with Marysol Patton