Amy Schumer’s expertise on Ozempic was no laughing matter.
The actress and comic, 43, appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” on Wednesday and recalled how sick she acquired from taking the remedy that makes you drop pounds.
“I have this gene, GDF 15, which makes you extremely prone to nausea, which is why I was so sick during my pregnancy,” mentioned Schumer, who gave delivery to her son Gene in Could 2019.
“So I tried Ozempic almost 3 years ago, and I was like bedridden,” she shared. “I was vomiting. And then you have no energy.”
Schumer added, “But other people take it and they’re all good. God bless them.”
The “Trainwreck” star, 43, informed Stern, 71, that she sees Ozempic and different GLP-1 medication as “red flags” due to the results which are promised.
“You’re like, ‘Wait a minute. Can we slow down?’ The side effects are you have a better personality.”
“I tried it and I was vomiting and I’m in bed and my son’s like, ‘Can you play tag?’ I’m like, ‘I can’t.’ I was shriveling,” Schumer mentioned.
The mother of 1 famous that whereas she “lost 30 pounds so quick” and “looked great” from taking Ozempic, it nonetheless wasn’t price it for her.
“I couldn’t lift my head off the pillow, so what’s the point?” she mentioned.
Schumer has been open about her weight reduction journey over time.
In 2022, she admitted to getting liposuction after turning 40 and having a C-section when she welcomed her son.
“I healed well, and I was like, can I get lipo? And I got lipo and I’m feeling really good,” Schumer mentioned on Chelsea Handler’s podcast.
Just a few months later, Schumer got here clear about her Ozempic use on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”
“I was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn’t play with my son,” she defined on the late-night present in June 2023. “I was so skinny, and he’s throwing a ball at me, and [I couldn’t].”
Schumer additionally known as out different celebrities who cover the truth that they’re taking weight-loss medication.
“Everybody’s lying. Everybody’s like, ‘Smaller portions.’ Like shut the f–k up,” she mentioned. “You are on Ozempic or one of those things or you got work done. Just stop.”
“Be real with the people,” she continued. “When I got lipo, I said I got lipo.”
