Kylie Jenner is responding to the internet’s speculation that she used weight-loss drugs. In a new September cover story for British Vogue , the reality star, 27, asked her fans for “empathy” amid the body-shaming she felt after her two pregnancies. “I see pictures [online] and people are accusing me of being on drugs or something,” she said in reference to rumors she used medication such as Ozempic to quickly lose weight.
Ozempic is a diabetes treatment that controls blood sugar levels and has made waves as an off-label weight-loss drug. Several Hollywood stars, including Amy Schumer and Sharon Osbourne , have said they used the drug to lose weight. The medications often carry a stigma , especially online, of being an easy way out rather than using just diet and exercise.
Jenner shared her frustration over the negative comments about her appearance on social media. “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?’” The “Keeping up with the Kardashians” alum and her ex Travis Scott (real name Jacques Bermon Webster II) share daughter Stormi, 6, and son Aire 2, whom they welcomed in 2018 and 2022.
“I was 200 pounds when I gave birth to my 9-pound babies: 8.3 and 8.9,” she told the outlet.
“I finally lost all the baby weight after my daughter and then got pregnant with my.