“The benefits outweigh the disadvantages,” Osbourne tells PEOPLE about the prescription drug
Kelly Osbourne provides clarification regarding her healthcare.
While chatting with PEOPLE about Osbourne Media House and The Osbournes Podcast, the 39-year-old said that while her mother, Sharon Osbourne, has taken Ozempic (an FDA-approved prescription drug for people with type 2 diabetes), she has not.
“I just have to clarify that I have never taken Ozempic. I don’t know what Ozempic does to you other than what I saw with my mother,” she says. “I think it’s a miracle drug in the right hands.”
Ozempic is one of the brand names for semaglutide – also known as Wegovy – and has been a big topic of conversation in Hollywood.
“The benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and when you really dig into the nature of the drug and what it can do for you cognitively and what it does for the rest of your body, like I said, it’s a miracle drug,” Kelly says.
She adds that she doesn’t understand why people are so quick to criticize those who choose to take the drug for weight loss.
“For some reason, society tries to portray it as a bad thing. And I don’t understand why,” she says. “If you need to lose weight, it doesn’t matter how you do it, as long as you do it in a healthy way.”