Ozempic has become the new plastic surgery of the decade, with plenty of celebrities more or less endorsing the treatment through their own lifestyle. Meghan Trainor, Oprah Winfrey, and Whoopi Goldberg, to name a few, are three celebrities who have used the medicine to achieve their ideal body. But The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum Ashley Tisdale has come out to speak about how Ozempic has been changing the landscape of physical appearance over the past several years.
In her blog post, “My Honest Thoughts on Ozempic,” the 40-year-old actress expresses how everyone is either on a GLP-1 drug or planning to start. “These drugs can be life-changing, and for many people, they are truly transformative,” Tisdale remarks. She recalls how “body trends keep shifting” with big breasts being the fad of the 2000s, and body positivity being the craze of the 2010s. “…now it’s like we’re back to chasing ultra-slim everything. We keep moving the goalposts and it’s exhausting,” the Phineas and Ferb VA groaned.
Tisdale blames “nonstop online commentary” for being the reason that so many people have turned to using Ozempic. Everyone’s bodies are constantly under scrutiny and being judged 24/7 across social media and the news. “You really can’t win,” she expresses. While she does her best not to speak out directly against the drug or anyone using it, the mother of two does point out how she believes it’s important to be comfortable in your body but also put in the work to maintain it.
Ashley Tisdale writes about her routine of a macro-based lifestyle, yoga and Pilates, and walking 12,000 steps a day, which are just a few of the things that helped her shed baby weight after pregnancy. While people are trying to achieve a very specific look by taking Ozempic, Tisdale softly disagrees with such a focused approach. “Bodies aren’t meant to be static. They’re meant to grow, heal, stretch, and adapt alongside us,” she remarks.
The actress claims she’s not taking Ozempic but isn’t against others taking it. “What matters is choosing the path that helps you feel strong, confident, and at home in your own body,” she concludes. Many online users feel the same way about the “life-changing” drug as well. One Reddit commenter says that “it’s so sad to see how far people are willing to go for a body size they deem ideal or needed or to even just take ozempic for the sake of taking it.” Another agreed, chiming in, “When it’s solely for aesthetics, it is rarely healthy.”
Others point out how celebrities who once pushed for body positivity were being fake, considering how they’ve switched to becoming as thin as possible now. “People were ‘body positive’ until they were given an easy path to being thin fast,” comments an individual. “That’s not to say that there aren’t genuinely body positive people, but I believe the ‘movement’ was fake.”
Fake or not, Tisdale is right; the goalpost for the ideal body type is constantly changing. It will be interesting to see what trends the next decade brings in terms of how people strive to look.
