Valerie Bertinelli recently left everyone stunned with her slimmer figure. She once said she was fired for gaining weight. Did she ever use Ozempic?
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleValerie Bertinelli recently grabbed attention with her weight loss. The 66-year-old former child star, who rose to fame for her outstanding performance in One Day At A Time, has been candid about her weight issues for years. However, she recently hit the headlines after sharing a video of herself flaunting her slimmer figure.
Valerie left everyone stunned as she showed off her progress, and she's indeed proud, and so are her fans. Amid her video going viral on social media, showing how consistent work led to visible progress, let's look back to when Valerie revealed she got fired for gaining weight.
It was back in January 2026, when, appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show, Valerie spoke about getting fired for gaining weight. During the show, Valerie referred to a photo from her 2012 Hollywood Walk of Fame induction and admitted to feel 'horrified'. The former child star further mentioned that she began a diet program and became their spokesperson in 2007, and she also lost 50 pounds.
The cookbook author alum, however, faced fluctuations in her weight, which she described as the reason for her not keeping her emotional and mental health in check. However, as she was gaining weight, the unnamed brand decided not to work with her anymore. Speaking about the same, Valerie said:
"Life started to get the better of me. I wasn’t taking care of my mental and emotional health, so the weight started to come back on. This was the last year I was with this diet company. They fired me. Eventually they said, ‘We can’t keep going with you because you’re gaining weight again.’”
Whenever any celebrity loses a drastic amount of weight, be it even through their diet or exercise, they often get accused of using weight-loss drugs. In the past few years, the conversation about Ozempic often hit the headlines, and when Valerie showed off her weight loss, people also accused her of using the same drug. However, there has never been any confirmation of the same.
It took a lot of time for Valerie to find peace with how she looks, rather than being affected by people's comments about her body. Speaking to PEOPLE in 2024, the TV star and cookbook author mentioned that people should get over the idea that is all around, which is something like ‘lose ten pounds in a week '. She questioned why even people would have to do the same, while stating that if someone takes care of their emotions, head, and heart, it automatically shows results; at least that's what worked for Valerie.
That said, Valerie never wants to judge anybody for choosing different ways to lose weight, as she believes it's 'hard'. The ways that people often use to lose weight include GLP-1s, which are a common class of medications used for type 2 diabetes and obesity management, like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.
Speaking to PEOPLE, Valerie said that people are allowed to do what they want, and others should keep their judgment out of it. Personally, Valerie hasn't chosen to do the same. However, she mentioned that it doesn't at all mean that she wouldn't ever try the same. Speaking of the same, Valerie said:
“I think we need to take a lot of the judgment out of all of it. Plastic surgery, GLP-1s, anything that someone else is doing that doesn’t affect your life, leave them alone. It doesn’t mean I won’t have a neck lift. It doesn’t mean I won’t try GLP-1s. It means no for now. It’s also helped a lot of people.”
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