The ‘Ozempic body’ trend is pushing celebrity role models to shrink before our eyes — but it’s not ‘shaming’ to call it what it is: shocking
NY Post
“Ozempic body” is the new “heroin chic” in the world of celebrity — and the fact that it’s trickling down to the masses should concern everyone.
When I scroll through post after post featuring celebs shrinking away — most aggressively, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo through the “Wicked: For Good” press tour — my stomach turns.
Yes, these are beautiful, talented, powerful women. And yes, feeding into the mass scrutiny of celebrities’ bodies feels icky. (Grande even clapped back that it’s “dangerous” to critique women’s bodies.) But I don’t see it as body shaming or hypocrisy to express legitimate concern about the issue.
Whether or not they’re mainlining GLP-1s, Hollywood has shrunk before our eyes — with stars like Erivo and Grande appearing thinner than ever in recent red-carpet images, La Toya Jackson showing off her painfully slim figure on social media, and celebs including Amy Schumer and Meghan Trainor displaying their significant weight loss, revealing jutting collarbones and hollowed cheeks.
And it feels time to say the quiet part out loud: The thinness is alarming, and it could have catastrophic consequences for how younger generations view their bodies — and look after their health.
The great celeb “slim down” makes me feel angry and betrayed — particularly Grande, whom I looked up to as a role model during her time on Nickelodeon’s hit 2010s show “Victorious,” when I was a young teen also interested in acting and singing.
