Netflix favourite Jonathan Van Ness has spoken for the first time about his experience with Ozempic-like weight loss jabs.
Taking to Instagram, the Queer Eye star told their 5.4million followers that they had a 'confession to make', admitting to being 'on a GLP-1 or weight loss medication'.
GLP-1 is the hormone that Ozempic and other weight loss drugs mimic.
Known as GLP-1 agonists, the drugs increase feelings of fullness, reducing the amount of food a user consumes.
The hairstylist, 37, has been open about weight fluctuations over the past few years.
In 2022, Van Ness, who identifies as non-binary, told his 1million TikTok followers about losing two and a half stone by exercising and improving their diet with the help of a nutritionist.
In the latest post, Van Ness said: 'If you have been following me for a long time, you will know that I have gained and lost weight several times, very publicly.
'And in this time in my life, I knew that I needed a little bit of extra help.
'With everything that I have been through publicly and privately in the last couple of years, I gained quite a bit of weight, I was not feeling good and the most important thing was that my binge eating disorder was out of control.
'I was consistently making decisions that I regretted. The impulsive eating and binging left me feeling really not good, depressed and out of control.'
They added: ' I talked to my doctor about it, and he told me about GLP-1, which I tried a pill version of a couple of years ago, and that did not work for me.
'So now, it was like "let's try one of the shots".
'This was back in September, and I felt immediately better. For the first time in my life, I have had control over my food intake.
'It has helped me so massively and that is part of why I want to be so honest with you because I know how important asking for help is and how much it can change your life in terms of healing.
'Now I am thinking. could people abuse these medications? How do you get on and how do you get off. So, so many questions!'
The TV favourite previously opened up about their struggle with binge eating disorder — among the most common of eating disorders.
The condition involves episodes of compulsive and excessive eating, often to the point of physical pain or extreme discomfort.
In an Instagram post shared in October 2022, Van Ness said: 'Always been a hot and sexy slut but have also been struggling with binge eating disorder at the same time for a very long time.
'In April after years of feeling out of control with food I got help.'
They added: 'It's been interesting because I now prioritise making time to eat, planning to eat and actually eating. It used to be my lowest priority which would make me so hungry that when I would eat, I would binge.
'This has been and continues to be a healing journey I'm grateful to be on.'
