‘RHONJ’ Star Dolores Catania Backpedals On Ozempic Use After Public Outrage
‘RHONJ’ Star Dolores Catania Backpedals On Ozempic Use After Public Outrage
Dolores Catania is addressing any misunderstandings regarding her use of Ozempic.
“There are layers,” Dolores Catania tells PageSix, before claiming she is taking the controversial, celebrity-beloved weight-loss drug for medical reasons.
“I’m going through menopause, I have a thyroid issue, I have inflammation and weight is hard to take off,” she explains.
“And I work out, and I don’t eat crazy, and I was gaining weight, and it’s a lot of different layers. … Let’s just let everybody know.”
During the airing of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on April 4, Dolores Catania confessed that she had been taking Ozempic, an antidiabetic drug, for six weeks to help with weight loss.
“I wasn’t going to come to the [‘RHONJ’ Season 13] reunion looking any bigger than anyone else, so I got on the bandwagon,” she said at the time, joking that “not one” of her co-stars wasn’t also taking Ozempic.
Andy Cohen inquired about any side effects Dolores Catania may have experienced while taking Ozempic, to which she responded:“Just not hungry.”
Dolores Catania went on to clarify that she was actually taking Mounjaro, which is another type of semaglutide medication within the Ozempic family.
“The reunion is in two weeks. I do have a trainer,” added Catania, who said she prides herself on “tell[ing] the truth.”
Dolores clarified that her comment about taking Ozempic to lose weight during the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion was just a joke.
“You know what? It’s not just for the reunion, by the way,” she tells us.
“Like, me and Andy were having like a funny kind of banter, and that’s all it meant — and I took a little hit for that.”
Dolores received backlash from fans who disagreed with her decision to use the drug amid shortages, as it is primarily intended to treat Type II diabetes.
Dolores received backlash from fans who disagreed with her decision to use the drug amid shortages, as it is primarily intended to treat Type II diabetes.
“I have never gotten so attacked in my life. And I’m OK with it … because it’s not going to make me be somebody who I’m not and not be honest moving forward,” she shares.
“I will still be who I am regardless of what people want to say to me for it.”
In a previous episode of “WWHL”, Catania’s co-star Jennifer Fessler alluded to her use of Ozempic, though not explicitly.
“I did lose a lot of weight,” the series newbie said. “I took peptides, and I don’t know if you’ve heard of medications associated with [peptides] that help people lose weight.”
Real Housewives of New Jersey mainstay Margaret Josephs, for her part, revealed on April 4 that she shed 22 pounds on peptides and hormonal replacement therapy.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Tuesdays, at 9 p.m. ET, on Bravo.
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Olivia Davis is a Staff Writer at All About The Tea. Olivia’s hobbies include binging Netflix series, and watching Housewives on Bravo. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in History.