{"id":562432,"date":"2026-07-22T11:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562432\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:40:22","slug":"rosie-odonnell-mounjaro-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562432\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O\u2019Donnell: Mounjaro changed my life"},"content":{"rendered":"

US talk show host Rosie O\u2019Donnell said \u201cMounjaro changed my life\u201d after losing nearly 30kg on the weight-loss drug.<\/p>\n

The 64-year-old, best known for hosting her eponymous daytime TV programme, also said she recently underwent a facelift because losing weight left her with \u201ca lot of excess skin\u201d which \u201cmade me look sad\u201d.<\/p>\n

In an interview with People magazine, the actress and comedian spoke candidly about her experience with the popular weight-loss drug.<\/p>\n

\"BoyUS chat show host Rosie O\u2019Donnell and singer Boy George (Matt Peyton\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cMounjaro changed my life. I couldn\u2019t even pronounce it at first,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said, when asked about how it helped with her nearly 30kg weight loss.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI started three years ago when I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I was stunned at how it quieted the food noise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had trouble with my weight my whole life. I know the shame and humiliation dealt to people who are overweight.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Donnell said: \u201cIt\u2019s very strange to just buy a pair of jeans that fit. When I would do late-night, my biggest concern wasn\u2019t my set \u2013 it was, did I look fat?\u201d<\/p>\n

I feel much healthier, more powerful in my own physicality<\/p>\n

Rosie O’Donnell<\/p>\n

The star also explained that her insecurities about her weight were fuelled by an experience on set filming 1992 hit film\u00a0A League Of Their Own.<\/p>\n

She told the magazine: \u201c(Director) Penny Marshall didn\u2019t help by saying, \u2018Rosie, I want you to lose 20lbs\u2019. I\u2019m like, \u2018You think I carry it around for fun, Penny?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look back, I go, \u2018God, I wish I could have enjoyed the size I was\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m now at that same weight. But I feel much healthier, more powerful in my own physicality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mounjaro is a once-weekly injectable prescription medication which is used to manage Type 2 diabetes or obesity as it helps users feel fuller for longer and reduces their appetite, according to the NHS.<\/p>\n

\"EvitaRosie O\u2019Donnell and Christopher Ketner (Maja Smiejkowska\/PA)<\/p>\n

It is among the weight-loss drugs to have hit the headlines in recent years, with O\u2019Donnell among stars including Jeremy Clarkson, Dame Prue Leith and Sharon Osbourne to reveal they have taken the medication.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Donnell also opened up about undergoing a deep plane lower facelift, having previously admitted to the procedure in a post on Substack in May, in which she detailed her feelings of guilt and shame about it.<\/p>\n

The Emmy-winner said: \u201cI lost so much weight that I had a lot of excess skin (around my chin), and it made me look sad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want my face to be frozen. I had to wrestle with myself because as a feminist I always felt this is the male gaze and not anything I believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Donnell explained that she initially reconsidered the procedure after her youngest child Clay told her \u201cgirls look up to you\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI changed my mind for six months and then decided the real power of feminism (is) to decide what we want to do with our bodies and when.<\/p>\n

\"SharonSharon Osbourne is among stars to reveal she has taken the medication (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t make it public until everyone started saying, \u2018You look so much better. What are you doing?\u2019 I didn\u2019t want to be one of those people who says, \u2018Oh, nothing\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo why do I look like this? 90,000 dollars. I was worried about the cost. I don\u2019t like to waste money. I would never spend that on a car.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Donnell rose to fame after appearing on US talent show Star Search in the 1980s, and went on to host The\u00a0Rosie O\u2019Donnell Show from 1996 to 2002 \u2013 making her a household name in the country.<\/p>\n

She later went on to co-host The View.<\/p>\n

Throughout her almost five-decade career, O\u2019Donnell has also appeared in many films such as Sleepless In Seattle, The Flintstones, Exit To Eden and Beautiful Girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US talk show host Rosie O\u2019Donnell said \u201cMounjaro changed my life\u201d after losing nearly 30kg on the weight-loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-562432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}