The brutal Ozempic side effects celebs have been blighted by & those they WON’T admit to, from trout pouts to vomiting

WE'VE heard celebrities talk about the positives of Ozempic and other fat loss jabs – but there's also a host of nasty side effects they may cause.

The likes of Gemma Collins and Oprah Winfrey have thanked ‘skinny jabs‘ for helping them shed weight fast but it can come at a price – from nausea to seizures and even ‘Ozempic butts'.

The medication, which was first offered to diabetes patients, has now been heralded a get-thin-quick-scheme that can help people drop up to a fifth of their body weight.

According to NHS data, a total of 1.45million semaglutide prescriptions were dolled out in 2023/24, and that doesn't include private prescriptions that cost £200 a month.

Many have called it a ‘miracle' for stopping ‘food noise' as the drugs work by mimicking GLP-1, a hormone released in the body when we are full.

Other brands including Mounjaro, Wegovy and Zepbound slow down stomach emptying, acting on the brain to reduce appetite and boosting insulin, which helps regulate blood sugar levels.

Gemma Collins exclusively told Flying Eze how weight loss injections transformed her life and how she has now dropped two stone thanks to NHS-approved Mounjaro injections.

She told Flying Eze: “I can’t believe I’ve finally found something that works.

“I’ve lost nearly two stone already and it’s been completely effortless – I don’t even want to eat anymore!

“I got on the scales and lost something like six kilograms in my first week. I bet my house by May, I'll have six stone off. And it’s been effortless.”

While many celebrities have now come clean about taking the drug to lose weight, there are others who say the negative side effects aren't worth it.

Here, we take a closer look at the celebrities on fat loss jabs, the side effects they've reported and the ones they're scared to publicly discuss.

CELEBS WHO HAVE ADMITTED NASTY SIDE EFFECTS

Seizures

A nasty side effect of weight loss jabs is seizures, something Lottie Moss has openly discussed.

The half-sister of supermodel Kate Moss said she'd rather die than take the medication again after suffering from seizures brought on by the drug.

The 27-year-old was taking too high a dosage at just nine stone in weight, which led to a terrifying hospital dash.

The medication, which she injected into her leg, was intended for someone double her weight.

Lottie said: “It made me feel so nauseous. I took it for two weeks.

“It comes with a pen and different doses, you take one injection one week, one injection the next week and you take every week, and I've never felt sicker in my life.

“I was throwing up, it was horrible. I took a lower dosage the first time I took it then I went up higher. I ended up being in bed for two days, felt so sick, my weight had dropped.”;

Nausea and sickness

Actress Amy Schumer revealed she looked great after losing 30 pound on the ‘wonder drug' but decided to come off it when it began affecting her day-to-day life.

She said she had tried the drug but was left unable to do physical activities due to the nausea it caused her.

“Like a year ago, I tried it. I was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn’t play with my son,” she told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live.

Amy also revealed on the Howard Stern Show: “I have this gene, GDF15, which makes you extremely prone to nausea, which is why I was so sick during my pregnancy.

“So, I tried Ozempic almost three years ago and I was like, bedridden. I was like, vomiting — and then you have no energy. But other people take it and they’re all good. God bless them.”;

Extreme weight loss

Sharon Osbourne has been candid about her journey with Ozempic and claimed she lost way too much weight on the drug.

She revealed she used it to lose 42 pounds in total but went too far.

Speaking to Piers Morgan, she revealed she no longer uses it, adding: “It's just time to stop, I didn't actually want to go this thin but it just happened.”

Reflecting on her experience on Good Morning Britain in November 2023, Sharon confessed she “could do with putting on a few pounds” as she issued a warning about Ozempic.

“I fear for teenagers, I'm scared for those aged 16 to 20 as it's so easy to take it and think ‘I can eat what I want'.

“It needs to be in the hands of only people who totally understand it.”

Nasty burps

Elon Musk is yet another celebrity who has admitted to taking the weight loss jab.

Last Christmas, the world's richest man revealed he had taken the drug after posting a snap of himself in a Santa outfit and captioning the post ‘Ozempic Santa'.

“Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it,” the Tesla founder added.

The 53-year-old claimed to have been motivated to lose weight after seeing unflattering photos of himself on a yacht.

And he admitted a rather vile side effect from the drug.

When someone asked if the drug caused “nasty burps” that tasted “like rotten eggs”, he responded: “Yeah, next-level”.

Bad binging

US social media influencer Remi Bader was pre-diebetic when she was told to take Ozempic in 2020.

While she did go on it she said she had mixed feelings about the drug.

“They said I need this. And I had a lot of mixed feelings,”; the now 28-year-old told podcast host Amanda Hirsch on an episode of Not Skinny But Not Fat.

“A few months later, I went off it and got into the bad binging.”;

“It was making me think I wasn’t hungry for so long, I lost some weight,” she explained.

“I was like, I bet the second I got off I’m going get starving again. I did, and my binging got so much worse.”

Vomiting

Both Stephen Fry and Boris Johnson have admitted to vomiting while trying to shed weight with the jabs.

The 66-year-old QI presenter admitted he was an “early adopter” of the jab and used Ozempic to curb all his food and alcohol cravings.

But he had to stop the injections after becoming violently ill and throwing up.

“I was throwing up four, five times a day and I thought, ‘I can't do this.' So that's it,” the TV star recently admitted.

“The new variant Tirzepatide Mounjaro it's called makes it even worse apparently,” the Mirror reports.

Boris Johnson admitted to experiencing similar side effects which ultimately also made him ditch the jabs.

“Effortlessly, I pushed aside the puddings and the second helpings. I must have been losing four or five pounds a week – maybe more,” he wrote in the Daily Mail.

However, it wasn’t long until Boris started to “dread” the injections because they were making him feel unwell.

“One minute I would be fine, and the next minute I would be talking to Ralph on the big white phone; and I am afraid that I decided that I couldn’t go on,” he explained.

For now, he is “back to exercise and willpower”.

NASTY SIDE EFFECTS CELEBS WON'T ADMIT

Trout pout

One thing that's noticeable with people taking the jabs is that features such as their lips can appear more pronounced.

Dr Ed Robinson, who owns his own aesthetic clinic, says: “Ozempic does not increase the size of your lips. However, if you are someone who has had lip filler in the past, if your face gets smaller it will then by contrast make your lips look very overfilled.

“This can disharmonise your face. In those cases, I suggest that patients have their lip filler dissolved as it no longer looks natural on their face.”

Ozempic butt

The term ‘Ozempic butt' has been circulating online in recent months as fat loss jabs have become more mainstream.

It refers to the butt losing fat at a quick rate – resulting in flat cheeks and sagging skin.

Dr Robinson adds: “Like in the face, a significant amount of our buttocks are made up of fat. Rapid weight loss (as can happen in the face) results in reduction in fat, which can cause tissues to sag.

“This effect is enhanced with age as proteins like collagen and elastin are lost in the skin meaning when the weight is lost, the skin does not have the elasticity to return to its pre-weight gain state.”

Sunken eyes

Yet another side effect from the fat-busting jabs is sunken under eyes.

This is largely due to the rapid fat loss in that area which can dissolve the fat pads below the eyes giving a more youthful appearance.

Dr Ed Robinson explains: “If you use Ozempic, and you experience rapid weight loss, this process is accelerated. If you are a peri-menopausal or menopausal woman, you are also losing hormones (oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone) which are very important in terms of maintaining these fat pads.

“When you add Ozempic to the mix, it quite dramatically accelerates these cosmetic changes (explaining the sunken eyes).”

Ozempic neck

Dr Robinson says one of the negatives to losing weight quickly is getting a ‘saggy neck'.

“Fat is very important for maintaining the youth in your skin and the fat pads, which are tightly packed in your face, split apart as you get older and then some increase in size and they move down the face with gravity,” says Dr Robinson.

“They flop over various ligaments, increasing the signs of ageing.

“Medications which alter fat balance in the neck causes this increase of sagging which is now known as Ozempic Neck.”

Hair loss

While hair loss itself is not considered a side effect of taking fat loss jabs like Ozempic, it can be caused by significant and quick weight loss of any kind.

Rapid weight loss of any kind can lead to telogen effluvium, excessive hair shedding, which can be caused by stress on the body and any quick changes to the body such as weight loss or even childbirth.

Trichologist Deborah Maguire explains: “When the body experiences a calorie deficit, it reallocates nutrients to sustain essential organs, often leaving hair follicles deprived.

“Weight loss medications like Ozempic that suppress the appetite, mean individuals may not consume enough of the key nutrients required to support healthy hair growth.

“Hair growth relies on a steady supply of vitamins and minerals. When your intake drops significantly or becomes unbalanced, hair follicles can enter a resting phase, leading to excessive shedding.”

Bulldog cheeks

One of the key signs of the fat loss jabs is sagging cheeks due to the loss of fat, also known as ‘bulldog cheeks'.

Dr Robinson says: “When the fat pads drop down your face, this can cause jowls to develop in the lower part of your face.

“Losing fat lessens the mid-face support from fat pads which gives this sagging, bulldog-like appearance.”