Macy Gray is opening up about the struggles she has faced while using Ozempic, the popular weight loss drug.
On the recent episode of MTV’s “The Surreal Life,” the “I Try” singer revealed to Kim Zolciak of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Olympic ice skater Johnny Weir her experience with FDA-approved prescribed drug for people wit type 2 diabetes.
“Oh boy, my stomach hurts,” she said. “I’ve just been really constipated. I took Ozempic. I can’t go to the bathroom, and I was up all night.” Zolciak replied with, “Ozempic does that. You have to be really careful, you know.”
During her confessional, Gray said, “Quietly, I’m kind of a vain person. I’ve gained a lot of weight over the past couple years, and this is right about the time when everybody starts talking about this Ozempic.” She continued, “So, I thought, okay, I’m not taking the weight off the right way, let me see if I can get one of these Ozempic.”
On the show, she added, “I was actually trying to take it off [the weight] before the show because I didn’t want to be super fat on TV, but here we are.” However, Macy Gray was the only person to hop on the Ozempic trend with the hopes of losing weight.
We reported that singer Kandi Burruss also decided to try the weight loss drug after seeing so many people try it. “I saw so many people who were trying it and losing weight. So I was like, ‘Ok, I’m going to try this.’ And I didn’t lose any weight,” Burruss said during an interview.
“My doctor was like, ‘I don’t know what the problem is, I’m not seeing this in other people.’ It didn’t curb my appetite. I know some people are like, ‘Oh, I can’t eat.” Not me! I was eating appetizers, a regualr meal and dessert, Ok. It didn’t stop anything for me.” The “Real Housewives of Atlanta alum continued, “When you see it worked for other people and it doesn’t work for you, it makes you depressed. Realistically, it makes you feel like, ‘What is wrong? Why is it not working for me?’”