Joy Behar revealed that she has dropped 25lbs after using a GLP-1 medication in order to lose weight.
The 83-year-old TV personality – who first joined The View back in 1997 – briefly got candid on the topic which was brought up during Wednesday’s episode of the daytime talk show.
At one point, guest host Savannah Chrisley talked about the stigma around weight loss medications such as Ozempic.
‘That’s the thing. That has been something that is – people are made to feel so much shame around doing and it isn’t. People do it for health related reasons. I personally did it because I was pre-diabetic.’
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg added, ‘I did it because I was almost 300 pounds and I’m looking good now.’
‘I lost 25,’ Behar then shared, before expressing to the live audience, ‘We all did it!’
Joy Behar, 83, revealed that she has dropped 25lbs after using a GLP-1 medication in order to lose weight
‘I lost 25,’ Behar then shared, before expressing to the live audience, ‘We all did it!’
While Behar did not disclose which medication she used or when her weight loss journey began, other Hollywood celebrities have been vocal about taking such drugs including Oprah Winfrey and Meghan Trainor.
A similar discussion had taken place back in 2024 on The View when she came to Kelly Clarkson’s defense after the singer garnered criticism for her weight loss through GLP-1 medication.
‘Diets do not work. I’ve been on diets up and down, up and down. You lose it, then you gain it back,’ Behar said at the time.
‘Nobody wants to be fat except a sumo wrestler. It’s uncomfortable, your clothes don’t fit, everybody wants to lose weight.’
Chrisley additionally stated during the latest episode that she dropped 40 pounds while on a GLP-1 medication.
Late last year in November, she unveiled her plans to use a weight loss drug to lose nearly 30 pounds during an episode of her Unlocked podcast.
‘Right now I am almost 160lbs. Probably more than that. I like my weight to be 135, around there,’ she expressed.
The star recalled previously taking weight loss medication which made her lose her appetite completely – something she was not a fan of.
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While Behar did not disclose which medication she used or when her weight loss journey began, other Hollywood celebrities have been vocal about taking such drugs including Oprah Winfrey and Meghan Trainor
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg added, ‘I did it because I was almost 300 pounds and I’m looking good now’
‘Diets do not work. I’ve been on diets up and down, up and down. You lose it, then you gain it back,’ Behar said at the time; seen in 1997 in NYC
Chrisley additionally stated during the latest episode that she dropped 40 pounds while on a GLP-1 medication
‘I love tirzepatide. It doesn’t give me all the side effects that some of these other ones give people. So then I can compare my bloodwork before taking it and after taking it and see where my biological age is, how my A1C is, all those things.’
Chrisley later said that she doesn’t let negative comments affect her and added, ‘I just believe as long as you feel good in your body, that’s all that matters. And I want to be skinny. I want people to be like, “Is she okay?”‘
Despite wanting to lose weight, she emphasized, ‘I don’t want to lose my a** but I want to be pretty thin.’
Goldberg shared back in 2024 that she used Mounjaro to drop weight while on The View.
‘I will tell you, I weighed almost 300 lbs. when I made Till,’ she admitted, referencing to the 2022 movie.
She made the decision to take the weight loss medication after looking at herself in the mirror one day.
‘I just always felt like me. And then I saw me and I thought, “Oh! That’s a lot of me!”‘ the actress further recalled.
Earlier this month, Behar opened up about her youthful appearance and whether she has gotten a facelift while talking to People.
Despite wanting to lose weight, she emphasized, ‘I don’t want to lose my a** but I want to be pretty thin’; seen in December 2025 in Phoenix
Goldberg shared back in 2024 that she used Mounjaro to drop weight while on The View; seen in January in NYC
‘People think I had a facelift. I did not have a facelift,’ she revealed to the outlet.
The TV personality then shared that she has gotten both Botox as well as fillers instead.
‘I happen to have good skin. I inherited that from my mother. I don’t really have a lot of wrinkles. And I’m lucky that I have a lot of hair. I do have a lot of hair; I never lost it.’
And in order to obtain higher cheekbones, Behar said that she undergoes Restylane.
It is known as ‘the original aesthetic hyaluronic acid (HA) filler, with the most diverse range of fillers* to help you achieve any and every look,’ per the official website.
‘Anybody can have high cheekbones,’ the star expressed. ‘Because it’s fat or collagen or whatever the hell they put in there. It’s not really bones.’
Behar continued, ‘The filler is actually way better than the Botox. The Botox, I don’t know what that does. It freezes lines on your forehead, I guess.’
‘People think I had a facelift. I did not have a facelift,’ she revealed to the outlet; seen on The View in 2023
The star joined The View in 1997 before her firing from the talk show years later in 2013. She then returned two years later in 2015; seen above in 2010
The star joined The View in 1997 before her firing from the talk show years later in 2013.
‘I was glad to be fired,’ she previously told Time Magazine.
‘I was basically was sick of the show at that point for some reason, I don’t even remember why.’
However just two years later, Behar returned to the show as one of the main co-hosts in 2015.
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