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Buzz Feed
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Amanda Bynes To Take Ozempic To Look Better For Press
Amanda Bynes is the latest star to begin using Ozempic for weight loss. In a recent Instagram Story, The Amanda Show star revealed that she's starting Ozempic — a type 2 diabetes medication that can also cause weight loss — to slim down and "look better" for the paparazzi. "I'm so excited," she said. "I'm 173 now, so I hope to get down to 130, which would be awesome, so I look better in paparazzi pictures." The 39-year-old has been open before about gaining weight due to depression. She said she fell into a "deep depression" specifically after starring in 2006's She's the Man, which saw her impersonating a boy on an all-male soccer team. "[It was] a super strange and out-of-body experience," she told Paper of wearing short hair and sideburns for the film. "It just really put me into a funk." Something similar happened with 2010's Easy A, which is Amanda's most recent role to date. "I literally couldn't stand my appearance in that movie," she stated, "and I didn't like my performance. I was absolutely convinced I needed to stop acting after seeing it." Amanda, who is now studying to become a manicurist, has since changed up her look, including getting tattoos and undergoing blepharoplasty surgery to remove skin folds around her eyelids. "I feel a lot better now about myself, and I'm so glad I had the blepharoplasty surgery," she said on TikTok in 2023. "It was one of the greatest things I could've ever done." You can read more about that here.
IOL News
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Amanda Bynes embraces Ozempic for an 18kg weight loss transformation
Amanda Bynes during the height of her Hollywood success. Image: File. Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes took to social media to share her ongoing struggles with body image and her newest venture into weight loss. The 39-year-old actress announced that she will be using Ozempic, a medication traditionally prescribed for type 2 diabetes, as part of her quest to shed 40 pounds (about 18 kilograms). In the video, Bynes expressed her desired weight: "I'm 173 now, so I hope to get down to like 130, which would be awesome, so I look better in paparazzi pictures, and you don't see my double chin from strange angles." Ozempic, while primarily intended to assist with diabetes management, has gained notoriety as a popular weight loss solution among celebrities. It is a GLP-1 receptor agonist that functions by suppressing appetite, fostering weight reduction. However, the medication is not without side effects, including the infamous "Ozempic face" and possible vision changes. Amanda Bynes in her latest social media video. Image: Screenshot/ YouTube. Bynes previously opened up about her challenges with mental health and body image. Since stepping away from the limelight in 2012 due to these ongoing struggles, Bynes has made significant strides in her healing process. She previously recalled how watching her performance in her cult-classic film "She's the Man" led her into a deep depression. "When the movie came out and I saw it, I went into a deep depression for 4 to 6 months because I didn't like how I looked when I was a boy," Bynes said, sharing that she "abused" Adderall after 'reading an article in a magazine that [called Adderall] 'the new skinny pill'." She confessed to having "abused" Adderall as part of her attempt to keep up with society's impossible standards of beauty. Bynes also shared that she couldn't bear to watch herself on "Easy A", ultimately leading to her decision to stop acting altogether. "I literally couldn't stand my appearance in that movie, and I didn't like my performance. I was absolutely convinced I needed to stop acting after seeing it."
Mint
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Amanda Bynes starts Ozempic to lose weight, says she wants to ‘look better' in paparazzi pictures
Amanda Bynes has revealed she has started taking Ozempic, joining the growing number of celebrities turning to the diabetes drug for weight loss. The former child star shared the update via Instagram, saying she hopes the move will improve her appearance in paparazzi photographs. 'I'm 173 now so I hope to get down to like 130, which would be awesome so I look better in paparazzi pictures,' Bynes, 39, said in a video posted to her Instagram Story. Bynes added she was 'excited' to begin the weight loss journey. Once a beloved Nickelodeon star on 'All That' and 'The Amanda Show', Bynes stepped away from acting in 2012, citing body image struggles as a significant factor. Over the years, she has been candid about her challenges with mental health, eating disorders, and public scrutiny—particularly from the tabloid media. In past interviews, she opened up about how her role in the 2006 comedy 'She's the Man' triggered a deep emotional spiral. 'When the movie came out and I saw it, I went into a deep depression for four to six months because I didn't like how I looked when I was a boy,' she had said in a previous interview. 'She's The Man' is loosely based on William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'. The film follows teenager Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes), who disguises herself as her twin brother, Sebastian, to attend his new boarding school, Illyria Prep, and join the boys' soccer team. Bynes admitted she later began misusing Adderall after reading about its off-label use for weight loss in a magazine, calling it 'the new skinny pill.' The actress has since undergone treatment and has taken steps to reclaim her self-image, including undergoing blepharoplasty surgery in 2023 to remove skin folds near her eyes. 'It was one of the best things I could have ever done for my self-confidence and it made me feel a lot better in my skin. I feel a lot better now about myself,' she said at the time Ozempic, though originally developed to manage type 2 diabetes, has gained traction in Hollywood as a rapid weight-loss solution. Bynes' openness adds to the ongoing conversation around body image, celebrity culture, and the pressure to conform to unrealistic standards—especially under the microscope of constant paparazzi attention.
Hindustan Times
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Amanda Bynes will try Ozempic to look thin in paparazzi pictures: ‘So, you don't see my double chin'
Former child star Amanda Bynes, who has maintained a low profile in recent years due to her mental health struggles, has revealed she is going on Ozempic to shed some extra kilos. She wants to look picture-perfect in front of the paparazzi. Also read: Amanda Bynes joins OnlyFans, but she has a strict disclaimer, 'I won't be posting any…' Amanda Bynes is quite active on social media these days. On Sunday, Amanda took to Instagram to share the update about her life. She shared a short video to reveal the route she is going to take to lose weight. She began the video by sharing her plans for a new hair colour, and then transitioned into talking about her upcoming weight loss plan. The clip also resurfaced on Reddit. 'What else do I want to post about? Ohh I am going on ozempic and I am excited about it. I am 173 now, so I hope to get down to like 130,' she shared. Amanda added, "That would be awesome, so I would look better in paparazzi pictures. And you don't see my double chin from strange angles. That's about it. I will post about my ozempic journey too'. About Amanda Bynes Amanda started acting in the late 1990s. Before securing her acclaimed series named The Amanda show, she featured in All That, a sketch comedy. The California-born star's success continued into the 2000s with lead roles in She's the Man in 2006, Hairspray in 2007, and Easy A in 2010. Lately, she has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, concerning her fans and well-wishers. She suffered from substance abuse and has received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. In March 2022, she was liberated from an eight-year conservatorship. Her last role was in the 2010 rom-com Easy A. At the age of 24, she announced that she was stepping back from acting. 'Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem,' she wrote on social media at the time. 'If I don't love something anymore I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore so I've stopped doing it.' Last year, Amanda was subjected to a psychiatric hold twice. She was detained by the police in June and was placed under custody for a mental health evaluation, which she allegedly failed. According to reports, she called the cops for aid when she was undergoing overwhelming distress. In March last year, Amanda was spotted roaming naked in the streets of LA, that was the first time she was subjected to a psychiatric hold. She waved down a car and expressed her agony to the driver. She said that she was coming down from a psychiatric episode before calling the cops.
American Military News
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- American Military News
Amanda Bynes just wants to chat with her fans. That will cost them $50 a month
Amanda Bynes just wants to talk with her fans — at least with the ones willing to pay. The former child actor has joined OnlyFans. 'I'm on onlyfans now!' Bynes wrote in an Instagram story Tuesday. 'Disclaimer: I'm doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm's. I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join.' (Though it has created seven-figure income for some creators, OnlyFans does have a reputation for NSFW content.) She has set her subscription rate at $50 a month and has yet to post anything on her account. The 39-year-old, who did Nickelodeon's 'All That' sketch show from 1996 to 2002, has been trying to settle on a future path for a while now after announcing she was retiring from acting in June 2010 and then unannouncing it a week later. 'Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem,' said Bynes, then 24, in her retirement announcement. 'If I don't love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.' Upon her return, she said simply, 'I'm unretired.' Soon after that, life began to spiral for the 'She's the Man' star. Bynes went under conservatorship late in fall 2013, while she was undergoing court-ordered psychiatric care after reportedly starting a small fire in July in the driveway of a Thousand Oaks home. Prior to that, Bynes had engaged in a range of erratic behavior — including incidents involving alleged hit-and-run and DUI— before she was possibly diagnosed with mental illness in 2014. Her parents said in mid-2013 that she was paranoid, using drugs and had spent $1.2 million in only a few months. Bynes' attorney denied that the former actor had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She accused her father of sexual and verbal abuse in October 2014, then recanted her allegations. At the time, mom Lynn Bynes told E! News through her attorney, 'It saddens me beyond belief that my husband's character could be slandered in such a way.' 'My clients are very concerned about their daughter,' Tamar Arminak, Lynn Bynes' attorney, told ABC News in a statement at the time. 'Despite what is being reported, they are doing everything they can to help Amanda.' Amanda Bynes was soon released from a psychiatric facility where she'd been on involuntary hold and a month later said in a series of tweets, 'I'm so mad at my parents. They are with holding my belongings and money from me so I don't have new clothes or enough money to rent an apartment. We aren't speaking. So until I get a different conservator ill look terrible because I don't have enough to get new clothes or anything I need.' A few weeks later, she apologized through her attorney for saying in leaked recordings that she wanted to kill her parents and burn down her mom's house. She has since gotten sober. In 2019, Bynes graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with an associate's degree in product management. She got engaged in 2020 to Paul Michael, whom she met in the context of rehab, though they broke up about two years later. In 2022, she successfully removed herself from that conservatorship, which had control of her estate and her person — i.e. her money and her body — for almost nine years. 'In the last several years, I have been working hard to improve my health so that I can live and work independently,' Bynes said in a statement to People, 'and I will continue to prioritize my well-being in this next chapter.' She also thanked her attorney and her parents for their help. However, in 2023 she came into contact with authorities twice. The first time, she was found roaming naked near downtown L.A. and placed on a psychiatric hold. The second time, police responded to a call from a woman in distress who TMZ said was later determined to be Bynes. She was taken in for a mental health evaluation. Bynes launched a podcast with friend Paul Sieminski later that year, but that ground to a halt after only one episode. A promised reboot never manifested. Then in 2024 she told fans via social media that she had been struggling with depression. A few months later, in October, People reported that she had collaborated with a fashion designer, providing the original art that went on shirts and shorts. The capsule collection sold out. Now to see if Bynes' OnlyFans effort is as successful. ___ © 2025 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
