Warning: Specific discussion of weight loss.
Kylie Jenner discussed speculation that she uses weight loss drugs.
Kylie’s social media comments have been full of people guessing about her medical records for some months now, exacerbated when her ex, Travis Scott, released a song with Playboi Carti where he rapped, “She doin’ Ozempic, tryna be different, tryna be a newer woman.”
In a new interview with British Vogue, Kylie spoke about her changing body after the birth of her children Stormi, 6, and Aire, 2. She explained, “I’m going to be 27, and I’m finally feeling like myself again, and [looking back] I think, being pregnant, I wore sweatpants every day, I didn’t have time to figure out even some of the little things in my life, and then postpartum lasted a year. Mentally, it’s really hard. Hormonally, it’s really hard. I didn’t know how to dress.”
“I was 200 pounds when I gave birth to my 9 pound babies: 8.3 and 8.9,” she continued. “I finally lost all the baby weight after my daughter and then got pregnant with my son two months later.”
Kylie then said that she reunited with Travis during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when she became pregnant again. She added, “I felt in shape and it was working out, and then I got pregnant and did it all over again. I feel like people didn’t give me, or give women in general, enough empathy.”
“I see pictures [online] and people are accusing me of being on drugs or something,” Kylie continued, annoyed at the insinuation that she uses Ozempic or something similar. “I’m back at my weight I was before I had my daughter and son and people are putting side by sides of me three months postpartum. I’m like: ‘Does everyone forget that I had two children and I gained 60 pounds both pregnancies?’”
Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was initially used to lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. As troubling discourse around the drugs rage on, it’s worth noting that one of the problems is that demand of the drug for weight loss has led to continued shortages for people with diabetes. The medication can further come with risks and demand for alternatives has led to people overdosing on compound versions of the drug.
You can read the full interview with Kylie here.
