Media personality Miss Peppermint, known for appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race, has unveiled a slim new look.
The 45-year-old reality television star has dropped 100lbs, and she showed off her slender frame at the Love Rocks NYC benefit concert last week.
She revealed the secret to her trim frame is Hollywood’s favorite weight loss drug, Ozempic, which is actually a drug to help those suffering from diabetes.
Peppermint initially turned to the GLP-1 injectable to treat pre-diabetes when she was diagnosed ‘a couple of years ago.’
‘I was able to get together with my doctor and endocrinologist, and I’m very grateful that I’m at a point now where I have access to levels of healthcare that I didn’t have before,’ the Pennsylvania native shared with Page Six at Thursday evening’s event.
Media personality Miss Peppermint, known for appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race, has unveiled a slim new look; seen left on March 6 in NYC and right in October 2021
The Drag Race competitor, who appeared on the ninth season in 2017, says since the significant weight loss she’s had to update her wardrobe as her ‘clothes are fitting differently’ now.
But the weight loss is secondary to the fact that she is no longer pre-diabetic.
‘I was really worried that my life was going to change irreversibly once I crossed that threshold,’ she opened up.
‘I was hovering around that threshold for so long, and I’m happy that I’m not now,’ the star added.
She also noted while chatting with the outlet that she’d previously tried to shed weight through diet and exercise.
Despite the physical change, Peppermint said, ‘I feel like the same person,’ but younger.
‘I feel like I can walk up the steps a little easier and not be like, “Oh, my knee!”‘ she added.
The transgender music artist also expressed uncertainty around her healthcare access in the wake of the new presidential administration, which is stripping back support for the trans community and other marginalized people.
Peppermint pictured in March 2024
Peppermint reflected, ‘It’s a rough time, certainly. Feels very heavy.’
‘I don’t want to lose access to my healthcare or my housing, and I don’t want to be persecuted for being trans. This is who I am,’ she affirmed.
Also at the Love Rocks NYC concert days ago was comedic actress Amy Schumer, who has also tried Ozempic.
For her part, 43-year-old Schumer said her experience with the substance was ‘horrible.’
‘I have this gene — GDF15 — which makes you extremely prone to nausea, which is why I was so sick during my pregnancy,’ the mother-of-one said on the Howard Stern Show earlier this year.
‘So, I tried Ozempic almost three years ago and I was like, bedridden. I was vomiting and then you have no energy. But other people take it and they’re all good,’ she explained.
The star shares five-year-old son Gene with husband Chris Fischer. Although she shed 30 pounds while taking the drug, she said it prevented her from being able to play with her son.
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