“I tried Ozempic, and it won’t be surprising to you when you look at me now, that it didn’t really work,” Corden shared during the Sept. 19 episode of his podcast, “This Life of Mine.”
“I tried it for a bit and then what I realized was I was like, ‘Oh no, nothing about my eating has anything to do with being hungry,'” he continued.
James Corden revealed he tried Ozempic. CBS via Getty Images Ozempic is a brand name for semaglutide, a type 2 diabetes medication that curbs hunger. Getty Images
Ozempic, a brand name for semaglutide, is an FDA-approved prescription medication for people with type 2 diabetes that works by impacting satiety.
However, after taking the drug, the former “Late Late Show” host realized his issues with food went much deeper than just hunger.
“All this does is make you feel not hungry,” he explained. “But I am very rarely eating [just because of hunger].”
Corden joked that he could — and has — easily polished off “a king-size” Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar while sitting at the “car wash,” which had nothing to do with his hunger levels.
However, Corden said the drug “didn’t really work” for him. Andrew H. Walker/REX The former late-night host realized his issues with food were deeper than hunger. REUTERS
“None of that was like, ‘Oh, I’m so hungry,'” he said. “It is not that, it’s something else.”
Osman, a bestselling author, has been very open about his food issues and encouraged listeners to take food addiction as seriously as they would other addictions.
“Food addiction is sort of a joke in lots of circles, but alcoholism and drug addiction, we absolutely understand,” the 53-year-old said.
“But the world — the shape of the people in this world — does not make any sense if food addiction does not exist,” he continued.
“But I am very rarely eating [just because of hunger],” he said on his podcast, “This Life of Mine.” GC Images Corden was joined by Richard Osman, who has been very open about his struggles with food addiction. WireImage
Osman explained that it does not simply come down to “willpower” or just “saying no to a cake.”
By talking about his own struggles, Osman said he hopes other people dealing with similar issues won’t feel the same amount of “shame.”
“Millions and millions of people have got it and don’t talk about it,” the author said.
While this is the first time that Corden has opened up about his own struggles, he isn’t the first celeb to admit that Ozempic didn’t work for them.
Both agreed that food addiction is about more than just hunger. / SplashNews.com It’s unclear when the comedian stopped taking the celeb-loved medication. REUTERS
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