Stand-up comedian Tracy Morgan has claimed he gained 40lbs while taking Ozempic because he "out-ate" the once-weekly injectable diabetes medication.
Tracy Morgan has claimed he gained 40lbs while taking Ozempic.
The 55-year-old actor has joked he "out-ate" the once-weekly injectable medication, which is given to adults with type 2 diabetes to manage their blood sugar, but it has become popular with stars who are trying to lose weight.
When asked on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' how he was "staying in shape these days", he said: "Well, that’s Ozempic."
He then joked: "I’ve learned to out-eat Ozempic. I out-ate Ozempic. I’ve gained 40lbs.
"I’m like Magic Johnson. I gained 40 pounds."
In August, Tracy revealed he was taking Ozempic, and it had helped him to lose weight.
Speaking on the 'Today' show, he said: "That's how this weight got lost.
"I went and got a prescription, and I got Ozempic. I ain't letting it go."
Other stars including Sharon Osbourne have admitted to taking Ozempic.
In January, the 71-year-old reality TV veteran said she had no regrets about it.
She told ITV’s ‘Loose Women’ show: "I don’t regret it. Everything with weight with me was, ‘I want it now.’
"The injections that I was on worked, but it just seems that now I can’t put anything on really."
But the star admitted in May she took Ozempic jabs for four months in an effort to drop 30lbs, but was hit with horrible side effects.
She said on ‘The Talk’: "I was very sick for a couple of months. The first couple of months, I just felt nauseous.
"Every day I felt nauseous, my stomach was upset, whatever."
Sharon's daughter Kelly Osbourne recently praised Ozempic as "amazing".
Speaking to E! News in February, she said: "I think it's amazing. There are a million ways to lose weight, why not do it through something that's isn't as boring as working out?"
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