Lizzo admits she tried Ozempic — months after shutting down weight loss drug rumors

New York Post

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All the rumors are true.
Pop star Lizzo admitted that she tried Ozempic and other trendy weight loss drugs after denying accusations that she used medications to shed weight.
'It's not easy,' Lizzo confessed during a conversation about Ozempic on Thursday's episode of Trisha Paytas' 'Just Trish' podcast.
5 Lizzo admitted to using Ozempic on the 'Just Trish' podcast.
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The singer, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, said she 'tried everything' to lose weight and ended up focusing on counting calories instead of taking a weekly jab.
'It's just the science for me, calories in versus calories out,' Lizzo added. 'Ozempic works because you eat less food. That's it. It makes you feel full, so if you can just do that on your own and get mind over matter, it's the same s–t.'
Paytas questioned how the 37-year-old managed to control her food intake without a shot.
The '2 Be Loved' singer credited changing her workout routine and shared that she was no longer vegan or eating plant-based, which she has done for 'like 10 years.'
'When I was vegan, I was consuming a lot of fake meats, I was eating a lot of bread, I was eating a lot of rice, and I had to eat a lot of it to stay full, but really I was consuming like 3,000 – 5,000 calories a day,' the artist shared.
5 The pop singer shared that she is no longer vegan.
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5 Lizzo announced that she lost 16% of her body fat in April.
The 'About Damn Time' songstress claimed she now eats whole foods such as beef, chicken and fish to feel full instead of 'putting a lot of fake things in there that wasn't actually filling me up.'
Lizzo added meat back into her diet during a trip to Japan.
'I heard the Japanese diet was the healthiest diet in the world,' she said. 'My body was so happy. My body was like, 'more, more please.' And I was like, 'ok, this is what my body likes.'
5 The four-time Grammy winner attended the 2025 BET Awards on June 9.
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'I don't like to tell people too much about releasing weight like what I did because I don't want people to do what I did and it doesn't work for them. Everybody's body is different.'
Lizzo, who heavily promoted body positivity throughout her career, didn't specify which GLP-1 brand she allegedly took or when she tried it.
Common GLP-1 drugs people use to drop weight include Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic, which was initially developed to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.
5 Lizzo performing at the Kia Forum in California on November 18, 2022.
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The four-time Grammy Award winner's GLP-1 confession on the podcast happened months after she denied accusations that she took Ozempic.
'When you finally get Ozempic allegations after 5 months of weight training and calorie deficit,' the singer wrote in an Instagram post in September 2024.
Lizzo has been very public about her body transformation, diet and exercise routing on social media in the past, but she would often deny claims that she used a GLP-1 to assist with her weight loss journey.
In April, the singer claimed she lost 16% of her body fat in a TikTok livestream by just cutting out 'two to three' Starbucks drinks daily and focusing on a calorie deficit.