After the media mogul came clean about her weight loss drug use, the former 'The Biggest Loser' trainer speculates that Oprah is benefiting financially from the meds.
- January 18, 2024
AceShowbiz - Jillian Michaels has criticized Oprah Winfrey for taking a shortcut to lose weight. After the former daytime talk show queen admitted to using Ozempic to maintain her slimmed-down figure, the fitness expert has accused Oprah of getting financial benefits from the drugs.
"Oprah has a financial incentive with Ozempic," the fitness trainer said in an interview with Page Six which was published on Wednesday, January 10. She speculated that the media mogul is financially benefiting from the meds through her 10 percent stake in diet company WeightWatchers.
"Oprah, I believe, is one of the biggest shareholders of WeightWatchers, and WeightWatchers is now in the Ozempic business," Jillian elaborated. "I believe [WeightWatchers] bought a company that provides access to these drugs, now there is a financial interest in these drugs. I think it's important to put that out there right off the bat."
In another interview with Fox News Digital, Jillian warned against the use of Ozempic after several celebrities endorsed it. "If it was the easy way out, I would recommend it," she said. "I'd be like, 'Fantastic, let me get in the business. Let me get my app on board. Let me sell these drugs through my app.' Just like WeightWatchers."
"Of course, I would get in line and profit like crazy if I didn't really believe these things were bad, based on the research that's already out there," the former "The Biggest Loser" trainer continued, before calling out celebrities like Oprah and Ozzy Osbourne who have been open about using the weight loss medication, "All these celebrities are not health experts. They're not nutritionists. They're not fitness experts. And they don't spend all day talking to doctors."
Oprah came clean about her weight loss drug use in an interview with PEOPLE. She insisted her weight loss drug use is part of a balanced health and fitness regime, claiming she has been on pharmaceuticals to control her figure as she considers them a "tool" for life.
"It's everything. I know everybody thought I was on it, but I worked so damn hard. I know that if I'm not also working out and vigilant about all the other things, it doesn't work for me," she said of her slimmed-down figure. "I could eventually hike three to five miles every day and a 10-mile straight-up hike on weekends. I felt stronger, more fit and more alive than I'd felt in years."
