Julia Fox is setting the recording straight on her weight loss.
On the set of her video podcast, Forbidden Fruits, Fox responded to comments from people saying that she took Ozempic to shed pounds while she was dating Kanye West.
"All these people are coming for me saying that I take the weight loss things ... people are saying that I'm taking Ozempic or whatever it's called," Fox said during her chat, for which cohost Niki Takesh joined.
Fox said she lost 15 pounds while she was with West, but it was not on purpose or with the help of any drug.
"I'm not and I never have … I would never do that. There are diabetics that need it," she added.
Takesh chimed in and said, "It's a diabetes medication and there's people that actually need it."
The Ozempic craze has been going on for some months now, and while the short-term side-effects are minimal, the long-term effects are still relatively unknown, according to Dr. Dmitriy Schwarzburg from New York-based clinic Skinly Aesthetics.
Fox has previously addressed her weight loss on social media.
In a TikTok video posted last December, the Uncut Gems star said that she began losing weight after she welcomed her son, Valentino, in January 2021, because she was busy working and being a single mother. She explained that she even thought she had a tapeworm for some time because she couldn't explain her rapid weight loss.
Fox added that she never stopped eating after the birth of her son and that she still eats whatever she wants.
"I did not lose weight to fit into sample sizes just so we r all clear," she captioned the clip.
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