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Kylie Jenner has responded to claims that she is taking Ozempic, a popular type 2 diabetes medication known for its weight loss side effects.
The 27-year-old reality star addressed the online scrutiny she faced for her appearance during an interview with British Vogue published on August 13. In the cover story, Jenner explained that when she gave birth to her two children, Stormi, six, and Aire, two, whom she shares with ex Travis Scott, she weighed 200 pounds.
When she finally “lost all the baby weight” after having her daughter, she became pregnant with Aire two months later. However, Jenner acknowledged that when she went through the process of losing weight after having her second child, the comments demeaning her for her body did not stop.
“I felt fit and I was functioning, and then I got pregnant and did it all over again,” she explained. “I feel like people didn’t give me, or give women in general, enough empathy. I see pictures [online] And people accuse me of being on drugs or something.”
Asked if she had noticed people online claiming she was using Ozempic to lose weight, Jenner said she had. Kardashian The star stressed how much the criticism bothered her, especially since it came after she had given birth twice.
“I’m back to my pre-baby weight and people are posting pictures of me three months after giving birth,” she added. “I’m like, ‘Does everyone forget that I had two kids and gained 60 pounds during both pregnancies? ’”
Earlier this year, Jenner's friend Yris Palmer was quick to come to her defense amid comments denigrating her for her body. When Palmer posted a TikTok video with the Kylie Beauty founder in March, many people in the comments claimed that Jenner appeared to be using Ozempic.
Palmer was quick to shut down the speculation: “My friend is actually back to her pre-baby weight and looks amazing,” she replied, along with an emoji of a smiley face with hearts.
Since welcoming her son Aire in February 2022, Jenner has continued to speak out about how her body has changed. A month after giving birth to her second child, whose name she changed from Wolf Webster to Aire Webster, Jenner opened up about her postpartum struggles in a post shared on her Instagram Story.
“I just want to say that my postpartum has not been easy,” she said on Instagram at the time. “This experience for me, personally, has been a little bit more difficult than with my daughter.”
She continued: “I didn’t want to go back to life without saying it because I think we can look on the internet and, you know, for other mothers who are going through the same thing right now, it can seem a lot easier for other people and, so to speak, put pressure on us. But it hasn’t been easy for me either. It’s been hard and I just wanted to say it.”
Weeks later, Jenner revealed that she had lost much of the weight she had gained during her second pregnancy. “I gained 60 pounds again this pregnancy,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, which included a boomerang of herself walking on a treadmill. “I lost 40 pounds… just trying to be healthy and patient. Walking and pilates is my favorite combo.”
In another part of his interview with British VogueJenner opened up about her struggles with postpartum depression, which she first experienced in her early 20s after the birth of her daughter, Stormi. Jenner admitted that her “baby blues” also lasted about a year after welcoming her son. However, the symptoms were more intense the second time around.
“I'm going to be 27 years old and I finally feel like myself again, and [looking back] “I think being pregnant, I was wearing sweatpants every day, I didn’t have time to think about some of the little things in my life, and then postpartum lasted a year,” she explained. “Mentally, it’s really hard. Hormonally, it’s really hard. I didn’t know how to dress myself.”
“It affected me differently both times,” Jenner said. “Probably with my son it was a lot of postpartum depression, so I got really emotional about things that I probably wouldn’t feel as emotional about.” [typically].”
