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Chrissy Teigen Says She Used Ozempic After Pregnancy Loss, Citing Mental Relief and Side Effects

Speaking on her Self-Conscious podcast, she recounts a year on the drug that blunted her appetite and lessened the daily reminder of losing her son Jack.

Overview

  • Teigen disclosed on the Sept. 18 episode that she turned to the GLP-1 drug after her 2020 loss, saying her body felt "stuck" with weight that kept her grieving.
  • She said she took semaglutide for about a year, saw no results for three to four months, and then finally lost the weight.
  • The model described severe appetite loss—"force-feeding" until adjusting her dose—and said she initially didn’t realize how much she had lost, calling it "Ozempic blindness."
  • She framed the weight change as a mental health lift, saying it helped pull her out of a deep depression tied to seeing a "pregnant belly with no baby in it."
  • Teigen did not specify when she started or stopped, and she acknowledged guilt over affording the drug during shortages and not disclosing it sooner, drawing some critical comments online.