Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her weight loss and the negativity she's experienced in her own skin.
On Monday's episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the host welcomed Whoopi Goldberg. She said she took Munjaro in March to lose her weight. Munjaro is an injectable drug in the same class as Ozempic, which is also used to manage blood sugar levels in people with this type of drug. 2 Diabetes.
Clarkson was quick to comment on her appearance at the beginning of her interview with Goldberg, noting that she “looks younger” these days.
“First of all, I lost weight. … I lost almost two,” Goldberg responded. “I'm taking a great shot at helping people in need. It's really good for me.”
Clarkson said she had also recently lost “a lot” of weight, some of which she attributed to her use of unnamed drugs.
“My symptoms aren't what people think, but my blood tests got so bad that I ended up having to do it,” Clarkson said.
Clarkson later clarified in an interview with Goldberg: “Everyone thinks it's Ozempich, but it's not.”
Clarkson declined to say what medications she was taking, but said the prescription drugs “help break down sugar” in her blood because her body doesn't “break it down properly” on its own.
The “Stronger” singer revealed on a talk show in January that he lost weight after being diagnosed with prediabetes..
Clarkson said she “didn't think” her weight was an issue when she was growing up.But the conversation took time more negative reflected as she described the revelation she received. Re-watching his 41st birthday performance at Belasco in April 2023.
“I was watching it. We were at home in New York… and all of a sudden, I paused it, and I was like, 'Who the hell is that?'” Clarkson said. “I thought I was going to die of a heart attack,” she said, remembering that she thought they looked alike.
Goldberg responded that she has had similar feelings about her body.
“I made the movie, and the women thought I was wearing a fat suit,” Goldberg said of her role as Alma Carthan in the 2022 film “Till.”
”She said, “That movie was good, but that fat suit was terrible.” I remembered An anonymous fan. “And I got exasperated and thought, 'This isn't a dead suit, this is me!'” And I saw myself …And I thought, “Well, it sure looks like I’m wearing fat.” [suit]”
“But it's kind of unbelievable,” Clarkson said. “never seen [myself as fat]. I was never insecure about it, I was happy…and people were saying, “Oh, I'm sure she wasn't happy.'' I was like, “No, I was happy!” I just didn't see it. ”
Goldberg agreed that she felt the same way, and teased how careless she was about her body before taking Munjaro.
“I rolled over and thought, 'Oh, wow, I just pushed my pants,'” Goldberg joked about her previous size. “Because I weighed 300 pounds.”
“My heaviest weight was about 203 and I'm 5'3.5,” Clarkson said. The singer then paused for a long time, looked at the audience with an expression of disbelief, and sang the words “Why?”
Clarkson and Goldberg's bashing of their previous bodies is common among people who have recently lost weight. However, the fatphobia stigma that larger people encounter can be detrimental to their health.
2018 Review A paper in the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that experiencing weight stigma increases the risk of diabetes, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and body dissatisfaction. It was also associated with increased chronic stress, chronic inflammation, and lower self-esteem.
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