In Hollywood, the pounds come and go, they come and go.
Boy George has joined the growing list of celebs turning to diabetes drugs to help them lose weight.
The “Karma Chameleon” singer, 62, revealed in his new autobiography, “Karma,” that he first took Ozempic — a brand name of the Type 2 diabetes drug semaglutide — and then switched to Mounjaro — a brand name of another antidiabetic medication, tirzepatide — to maintain his weight loss following a tummy tuck surgery.
“I have struggled with my weight most of my life, and being under public and media scrutiny doesn’t help,” he wrote, per People.
“We are all guilty of saying, ‘Hasn’t so-and-so got big,’ even when we are carrying extra pounds ourselves.”
George admitted he loves food and “can’t control” his appetite, but felt like he “finally got it under control” with the help of the diabetes drugs.
“Well, I’m on Mounjaro. Isn’t everyone?” the “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” singer asked. “Trust me anyone who was fat last year and is now skinny is on the wonder drug.”
George also shared in his memoir that he went under the knife for a tummy tuck “not long after” he had hair transplants from 2015 to 2018 to help complete his transformation.
However, he called the plastic surgery procedure the “most painful thing [he’s] ever done,” noting he went “on tour straight after with Cyndi Lauper with the blood bag attached.”
“I’d previously lost seven stone [98 pounds] doing the metabolic balance diet and I needed to get rid of the excess skin,” the Culture Club frontman added of his decision for the nip and tuck.
Despite the adjustments to his body and balding head, George claimed he has never touched his face.
“I’ve never had Botox, though, and I might be the only person in show business with my own face,” he wrote.
“I’m not frightened of getting old and I think I’ve grown into myself. It might seem weird to say I feel sexier but I actually do. I used to joke over the years, ‘Sexy at sixty.’ That was my ambition.”
George’s candid admissions come after Oprah Winfrey confessed she, too, has turned to medication to lose weight and said she does not believe she should be “ridiculed” for it.
The renowned talk show host, 69, told People in December 2023, “I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.”
Dr. Terry Dubrow previously spoke to Pvnew and warned against the dangers of “shaming” others for turning to drugs like Ozempic.
“If somebody’s on Ozempic because they wanna lose weight, [we should] celebrate that we have a breakthrough for obesity,” the “Botched” star, 65, told us last July.
However, some stars have shared that diabetes drugs are not a magic pill that could solve everyone’s health issues — in fact, they can cause more.
Sharon Osbourne shared she is struggling to put the pounds back on after weighing less than 100 pounds, and “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Jennifer Fessler recently revealed she was hospitalized for an “impacted bowel” after taking Ozempic.
