Garcelle denounces rumor that she uses Ozempic: ‘I don’t play with that’

To block! Garcelle Beauvais slammed speculation that she is using Ozempic to shed pounds.

After a photo of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 56, and her costar Sutton Tight was shared via the official Bravo Twitter account on Saturday, June 10, one fan wondered if Beauvais had been experimenting with the weight-loss drug.

“Gracelle [sic] has slimmed down quite a bit. Ozempic?? Or healthy food?” wrote the Twitter user.

The Jamie Foxx Show alum shot back: “Don’t even start that ozempic thing, I’m not playing with that!!!”

Stracke, 51, supported her costar and commented, “Gettem! 😽😽😽”

The fan speculation comes after several Bravolebrities admitted to using the prescription drug — which is usually used to help type 2 diabetes patients with blood sugar levels — for weight loss.

Shahs of sunset alum Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi revealed in a Thursday, June 8 Instagram video that she is taking a break from Ozempic injections after the medication caused her to lose more weight than she intended.

“When I started semaglutide shots I weighed 138 pounds. Now I’m about 110 pounds. As you can see, I lost a little more weight than I expected,” explains the 41-year-old California resident. “I have decided that I will only weigh myself on the days of my injections to document it. And on April 30, I stepped on the scale and I saw 111 pounds.

Gharachedaghi opened up earlier in February about using a generic version of the popular drug.

“I’m on the slimming shots, baby, okay,” she said via Instagram at the time. “I’m just not going to lie about it because I always keep it real about what’s fake.”

Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s Dolores Catania has also been candid about using the controversial weight loss method.

“I wasn’t planning on going to the [RHONJ Season 13] reunion looked bigger than anyone so I got on the bandwagon,” she joked during an April performance Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen.

After the admission drew backlash from critics who believe the medication should be reserved for diabetics, the former surgical assistant, 52, claimed she was taking Ozempic for medical reasons.

“I’m going through menopause, I have a thyroid problem, I have inflammation, and it’s hard to lose weight,” she explained during an April appearance on Page six‘s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast. “And I work out, and I don’t eat crazy, and I gained weight, and it’s a lot of different layers.”

Other stars have spoken out about their negative experiences with the medication. At a performance in June on WWHL, Amy Schumer admitted to trying Ozempic a year earlier, noting that she found the side effects unmanageable.

“I was one of those people who felt so sick and couldn’t play with my son. I was so skinny and he throws a ball at me and [I couldn’t play with him]said the comedian, 42. “And you’re like, ‘OK, this isn’t livable for me.’ But I immediately invested because I knew everyone was going to try.”

TikToker Remy Badermeanwhile, said during a January 2023 appearance on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast that she “blamed Ozempic” when she “gained back double the weight” after she stopped taking the injections.

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“I went to a doctor and they said it’s 100 percent because I took Ozempic. It made me think I haven’t been hungry for so long, I’ve lost some weight,” said the 28-year-old content creator. “I didn’t want to be obsessed with doing it for a long time. I was like, I bet as soon as I get out I’m going to starve again. I did, and my binge eating got so much worse.