RHOC’s Emily Simpson Admits to Using Ozempic and Having Plastic Surgery as She Addresses Weight Loss

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Real Housewives of Orange County star Emily Simpson is coming clean about her weight loss — and how she used Ozempic to “kickstart” her journey.“We finished filming in November of 2022, which was eight months ago.

When we finished filming, I had sort of a nervous breakdown,” the reality star, 47, explained on SiriusXM’s The Jeff Lewis Show on Wednesday, June 28. “I think I just went for four months hard when we were filming and I ate too much, drank too much, and just didn’t get enough sleep, didn’t exercise.”Simpson told Jeff Lewis that she wanted to let her followers know that she didn’t just shed pounds “all of a sudden” in a “very short period of time” despite what they are seeing on season 13 of RHOC.After seeing a doctor amid her depression and weight gain, “I did a full blood panel,” Simpson shared. “My cholesterol was high.

I have zero testosterone. I was pre-diabetic, so she actually said, ‘Why don’t you do a semiglutide?’ which is Ozempic, so I did.

I did that in December.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe California resident added that she was on Ozempic for one month. (Per the FDA, Ozempic and Wegovy, another semiglutide, are typically used for chronic weight management or to aid in a weight-related condition such as type 2 diabetes.)Though Simpson said her Ozempic use was a “great kickstart for me … [to lose] five to seven pounds,” she ultimately went off the drug because it “made me feel lethargic and it made me just not have a lot of energy, which was hard with three little kids.” Emily and husband Shane Simpson share daughter Annabelle, 10, and twin boys Luke and Keller, 7. (Shane is also the father of two daughters from a previous marriage.)While Emily is one of several