I’m A Celebrity… South Africa’s Shaun Ryder reported that he shed two stone after utilising the weight reduction medicine Ozempic.
The Happy Mondays’ lead singer, 60, spoke openly about his health experience, explaining his choice to utilise the controversial injection as well as revealing his current medical issues.
He stated that owing to his health issues and the hard conditions of the makeshift outdoor living quarters, he battled to stay healthy while living in the forest camp.
Shaun was one of the celebs that returned to the Ant and Dec game show for a spin-off all-star series in South Africa, which also saw the singer reunite with his previous campmate and opponent Gillian McKeith.
Following his early departure from camp, he spoke with The Sun about his experience on the new season.
The star shared: ‘Being 60 with hip problems, thyroid problems, f**king testosterone problems and everything else.
‘People have noticed I don’t have any f**king eyebrows and eyelashes, from my alopecia.
‘Basically, you know, the jungle slapped me right across the face and said calm down mate.’
He went into depth about his weight reduction journey and his challenges to maintain his health.
‘I think I was 16 stone and now I’m down to 14 because of them jabs you stick in your belly, that they say the Kardashians are on? Ozempic.
‘I’ve been on them and I’ve lost two stone,’ he admitted.
Ozempic is an FDA-approved prescription medicine that has traditionally been used in type 2 diabetes treatment programmes; however, in recent months, the drug has been accepted as a weight loss aid.
Shaun’s admissions about his pharmaceutical use came after actress Sophie Turner slammed the drug’s advertising in New York tube stations.
She resorted to social media to express her outrage after viewing a banner touting its alleged success rate.
The Game of Thrones star, 27, reshared a photograph of the advertisement plastered on the walls of the city’s railway station and captioned it, ‘WTF.’
Model Julia Fox also spoke out about the drug and denied she was using it to shed pounds saying on her podcast Forbidden Fruits: ‘All these people are coming for me saying that I take the weight-loss things… people are saying that I’m taking Ozempic or whatever it’s called.
‘I’m not, and I never have. I would never do that. There are diabetics that need it.’
Ozempic
Facts:
- The drug is taken as once-weekly injection to manage blood glucose levels and HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes
- Weight loss occurs due to a reduction in your appetite so you eat less and a slowing down of the movement of food in your gut – meaning you stay full for longer
- It is not usually prescribed as a medication for people who do not have diabetes or are at risk of type 2 diabetes
Side Effects:
- constipation and diarrhoea
- altered taste
- acute pancreatitis
- vomiting
Learn more about obesity treatment on the NHS website.
Source My Celebrity Life.
