Published: 22:10 BST, 10 August 2026 | Updated: 22:38 BST, 10 August 2026
Chrissy Metz has revealed she is on a GLP-1 weight loss medication after dropping 100lbs.
The 45-year-old This Is Us actress announced a new partnership with the online service Ro on Monday, and said she wants 'to take care of myself' – amid Hollywood's Ozempic craze.
'I’m not getting any younger,' she told People magazine. 'I’m in perimenopause, and there were obesity issues within my family and with my father, and I felt like I’ve tried so many modalities, whether it was diets or therapy, and none of it really worked for me.'
She also candidly spoke about her use of the medicine while appearing on Today with Jenna and Sheinelle.
Metz said taking the prescription drug has quieted her obsessive thoughts about food. 'There's space for more creativity, more work, more being present in the moment,' she explained.
It comes after the entertainer revealed to the Daily Mail last year that she shed 100lbs through strength training and changes to her diet.
Chrissy Metz is the latest celebrity to open up about using GLP-1 weight loss medication – seen L in August 2026 and R in 2023 before her 100lbs weight loss
Metz told People she was hesitant to try a GLP-1s for years, figuring they wouldn’t be effective, or would give her uncomfortable side effects.
However, after trying the substance, she shared, 'It’s been great! I’ve enjoyed the benefits that I didn’t think that would come, because I was very skeptical.'
She added, 'I just vilified food for so long because I was taught that it was bad, and you shouldn’t eat this or that.'
Metz said the rewards of weight loss include having more mobility, plus less joint pain and reduced inflammation.
The Broadway star, who currently stars as Angelique in the musical & Juliet, said the changes have allowed her to 'run around onstage' more easily.
When considering implementing a GLP-1 into her lifestyle, she shared, 'My thinking was, how can I better myself and put myself first, which has always been the bane of my existence because I’m a people pleaser.
'But I know that my blood work is already better, and I’m headed in the right direction of getting ahead of things that needed getting ahead of.'
