Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her 'torturous' experience with the weight-loss drug Ozempic, which she began taking after the loss of her son Jack in 2020. The model, 39, spoke candidly on her podcast Self-Conscious about the psychological impact of losing her appetite.
Teigen revealed that she started using Ozempic following the stillbirth of her son at 20 weeks. 'I first started taking Ozempic after the loss of our Jack – there I was, existing in a body that didn't feel like mine, with absolutely nothing to celebrate,' she wrote on Instagram. She admitted that while the medication dulled her hunger, the experience was far from easy.
'For me it's almost torturous not being hungry at all. I love being hungry. I love craving food. I love desiring food,' Teigen explained in a conversation with author Johann Hari. The Cravings cookbook author described food as both a comfort and a struggle, noting that the effects of Ozempic left her conflicted.
Teigen acknowledged the stigma surrounding the drug, calling it a 'dirty little buzzword' and a 'polarising, clickbaity topic'. She also addressed the difficulty of speaking publicly about using a scarce, expensive medication when others face shortages. 'You really couldn't f**king talk about it without looking like the biggest a**hole on the planet,' she said.
The mother-of-four, married to John Legend, credited Ozempic with releasing her 'from the prison of thinking about food in bad ways'. However, she confessed that while using the drug, it 'felt like force-feeding' herself since she was never hungry. Teigen also revealed that she keeps a candy drawer by her bed and that her husband makes her a 'sleep sandwich' every night.
