Jelly Roll Reveals Why He Won't Take Ozempic
Country singer Jelly Roll has been open about his weight loss journey over the past year, sharing his honest thoughts about his food addiction and his approach to losing the weight. That regimen doesn't include GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic.
The "Son of a Sinner" crooner spoke about chronicling his weight loss in the public eye in the Dec. 16 episode of his wife BunnieXO's podcast Dumb Blonde. "I wanted to lose it in front of everybody," he said. "I want to bring people along with me."
"I want to have one of the biggest transformations,” he continued. "I did this publicly for a reason. I wanna be honest about my struggles with it with people. I wore it for so long. I think that people that become as big as I became, when they lose the weight, they're kind of ashamed. They're so ashamed that they go hide and lose the weight, and then they come back out and they don't really know how to interact with the world looking different or feeling different."
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He went on to clarify that although he's putting in work the old-fashioned way with exercise and proper diet, he doesn't knock anyone who takes GLP-1 medications like Ozempic.
“We're not against Ozempic or any of that stuff. Every doctor I've talked to is for it. They said it helps," he said. "I just was afraid of it."
He went on to explain that a documented side effect of these drugs can be acid reflux, which can take a toll on any artist's voice.
"As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux. Like, you'll watch me get up out of a bed, I'll burp and wake up panicked and go take something for it," he confessed. "Because that stuff will just rip the vocal cords."
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Earlier this year, Jelly Roll trained for and ran a 5K, another goal where he took fans along for the ride. He's lost over 100 pounds so far and plans to lose at least another 100 in 2025. He just wishes he'd started sooner.
"I'm sorry it took so long. I cannot believe I walked around like a 550-pound zombie for years," he admitted. "I even look back at the pictures and I was just hollow."
"I'm gonna keep getting it off like I have been," he concluded. "I'm still morbidly obese, but I'm gonna lose the weight."