In an interview with The Sunday Times, Rebel Wilson disclosed her experience with the diabetes medicine Ozempic as part of her weight loss process.
In 2020, she lost eighty pounds and used the medication for the entire process. As the actress gets ready for the release of her memoir ‘Rebel Rising: The Memoir’, Wilson promotes body positivity and is happy with her current weight despite outside constraints.
Rebel Wilson talks about her weight loss journey
During The Sunday Times interview, Rebel Wilson spoke about Ozempic drug experience, a FDA-approved type 2 diabetes drug, which was used by her for maintenance four years ago.
“Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs can be good,” the Pitch Perfect alum said, before noting that she no longer takes Ozempic.
According to People, 2020 was a year of health for the Pitch Perfect star. The actress told The Times this week that her decision to slim down came when a fertility doctor encouraged her to do so for a better chance at IVF.
“Basically no one apart from my mom wanted me to lose weight,” she said. “People thought I’d lose my pigeonhole in my career, playing the fat funny character, and they wanted me to continue in that.”
Wilson said she then embarked on long walks, a high-protein, low-sugar diet, discussed her emotional relationship with food with a doctor, and later worked out on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. She also saw “positive reinforcement” from society.
“I feel strongly that young women shouldn’t try to obsess over looking like Victoria’s Secret models — they should just look like themselves. I know that my relationship with food is complicated,” Wilson told the Times, adding that she’s happy with her current “still curvy and solid” weight.
Meanwhile, Rebel Wilson is engaged to entrepreneur Ramona Agruma and welcomed their first child Royce Lillian Elizabeth Wilson via surrogacy on November 7, 2022.
Rebel Wilson on her forthcoming book Rebel Rising: The Memoir
Speaking to People, the 44-year-old discussed her health journey in the latest memoir, Rebel Rising: The Memoir where she further detailed the “emotional war” she experienced over her weight loss program.
Rebel Wilson announced the official release date of her latest book through an Instagram post that talks about her life.
