Sydney Sweeney claps back at the Body Shamers and says she needs Ozempic

Ozempic is no laughing matter to the comedian. Handler revealed that her “anti-aging doctor” prescribed the medication without her realizing what the drug was.

“I didn’t even know I was in,” she said during the January 25, 2023 episode of Call her dad. “She said, ‘If you ever want to lose five pounds, that’s great.'”

But while trying the drug, Handler noticed she didn’t like how it made her feel.

“I came back from a holiday and I sprayed myself with it,” she recalled. “I went to lunch with a girlfriend a few days later and she said, “I don’t really eat anything. I’m so nauseous, I’m on Ozempic.” And I was like, ‘I’m a little nauseous too.’ But I had just come back from Spain and was jet lagged.”

Ultimately, Handler stopped using the drug because it was not medically necessary for her, adding that she gave away the remaining doses to friends.

“I’ve injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic because I realized I didn’t want to use it because it was silly,” she said. “It’s too heavy people. I have people come over to my house and I’m like, ‘OK, I’ll see you at 1, I’ll see you at 2.'”