Rebel Wilson says she DIDN’T use Ozempic to lose 36 kilos during ‘year of health’ but ‘experimented’ with the drug to maintain her weight loss after welcoming baby daughter

Rebel Wilson admitted she took Type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic to lose weight, but insists this only happened after she did it herself.

The Australian actress lost 36 kilos during her ‘year of health’ in 2020, but says she did it without the help of the trendy medication.

The 44-year-old said she briefly “experimented” with it to maintain her weight loss after welcoming her daughter via surrogate in November 2022.

“I wish I would have known in 2020. If I had known, I would have tried 100 percent,” she said The diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett this week.

‘(It was) more, because when I lost 35 kilos, I thought: I can’t continue training and have this level of focus. And I was very afraid that the weight would gain again,” she added.

Rebel says she no longer uses the injectable semaglutide, but would consider trying it again because it helped her cravings and curbed her stress eating.

“Now I’ve gained another 20 pounds, I think because I had a baby, and I just can’t train at the level I used to,” she said.

“And so I tried it for a few months for weight management, you might call it.

“I had an unlimited ability to eat sweets and chocolates and ice cream and stuff and that drug made me feel full, whereas before I didn’t feel that way. I could eat a ton,” she explained.

The Australian actress lost 36 kilos during her ‘year of health’ in 2020, but says she did it without the help of the trendy medication. In the photo 2015

The 44-year-old said she briefly “experimented” with it to maintain her weight loss after welcoming her daughter via surrogate in November 2022.

‘I actually liked it. I think for people like me those medications can be very affective, but I’m obviously not on them right now. But maybe I would go back on it if I could get it from a doctor.’

Rebel – whose polycystic ovary syndrome affects fertility – originally decided to slim down in 2019 at the insistence of her IVF doctor.

The SAG Award nominee and her fiancé Ramona Agruma eventually welcomed their 16-month-old daughter Royce Lillian Elizabeth Wilson via surrogate in 2022.

Rebel (born Melanie Bownds) previously claimed she successfully achieved her target weight of 75 kilos through high-intensity interval training with fitness trainer Jono Castano Acero, long walks and a diet high in protein and low in sugar.

The SAG Award nominee and her fiancé Ramona Agruma eventually welcomed their 16-month-old daughter Royce Lillian Elizabeth Wilson via surrogate in 2022.

‘(It was) more, because when I lost 35 kilos, I thought: I can’t continue training and have this level of focus. And I was very afraid that the weight would gain again,” she said. Pictured in 2019 and in 2022 after her weight loss

Over the past four years, Wilson has admitted she has regained some of it, including 10 kilos (20 lbs) through “stress eating” in the run-up to the release of her upcoming memoir Rebel Rising.

“I strongly believe that young women shouldn’t try to be obsessed with looking like Victoria’s Secret models – they should just look like themselves,” Wilson – who is an “emotional eater” – admitted. The Sunday times.

“I know my relationship with food is complicated.”

Other celebrities who have admitted to using Ozempic include Elon Musk, Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Lauren Manzo, Dolores Catania, Jennifer Fessler, Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi and Remi Bader

“I wish I would have known in 2020. If I had known, I would have tried 100 percent,” she told The Diary Of A CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett this week