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Three years after announcing her retirement from tennis<\/a>, Serena Williams has a new job: advertising weight-loss medication. In an interview with Vogue<\/a>, she revealed she started taking Zepbound to lose weight after her daughter Adira was born in 2023. Taking GLP-1 medication changed her life, she says<\/a> \u2014\u00a0so she partnered with Ro<\/a>, a telehealth company connecting patients with providers who prescribe weight-loss drugs as well as medications to treat erectile dysfunction, genital herpes, and hair loss.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter I had my kids, I hit a wall I had never encountered before. I was doing everything right. Working out. Eating clean. Following the plan. But my body wasn\u2019t responding the way it used to,\u201d Williams says in a Ro promo video<\/a>. \u201cFor me, the answer was GLP-1s. The answer was Ro.\u201d<\/p>\n Williams\u2019s husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, is an investor in Ro<\/a> and serves on the board. A \u201cRo Body\u201d membership<\/a> \u2014\u00a0which includes a medical consult and \u201cunlimited messaging with your provider\u201d \u2014 is $145 per month (the first month is $45), which does not include the price of GLP-1 medication. As of 2022, the company had a $7 billion valuation<\/a>.<\/p>\n While discussing her choice to take weight-loss medication, Williams told Vogue, \u201cI don\u2019t really care what people are saying about my body anymore. But what is important to me is transparency.\u201d She\u2019ll be sharing more of her story soon, she said<\/a>, \u201cbecause there\u2019s no shame in this.\u201d<\/p>\n Stay in touch.<\/p>\n Get the Cut newsletter delivered daily<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n