Scheana Shay would love Vanderpump Regulations fanatics to grasp that all of the credit score for her contemporary weight reduction is going to Tom Sandoval’s dishonest scandal – no longer Ozempic.
Right through the season 11 premiere of Vanderpump Regulations, which aired on Tuesday, January 30, Scheana, 38, mentioned how Sandoval’s affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss took a toll on her frame, telling Lala Kent, “You know how many people have asked me if I’m on Ozempic lately? No, it’s called Scandoval.”
Ozempic — and equivalent off-brand variations of semaglutide — have not too long ago been making waves as Hollywood stars have mentioned their enjoy with the diabetes drugs. The FDA-approved injections are normally used to assist Kind 2 diabetes sufferers with weight control.
Scheana has prior to now unfolded about how the drama surrounding her costars’ private lives affected her well being. (Information broke in March 2023 that Sandoval, 41, and Ariana Madix known as it quits after just about a decade because of his infidelity.)
“Ever since I had [my now 2-year-old daughter Summer], I tried not to weigh myself all the time because I didn’t want to get fixated on the number. And then the last two months of my life have just been insane, there’s been a lot going on that has affected my appetite and working out habits recently,” Scheana shared all the way through an August 2023 episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast. “So I lost more weight.”
Scheana made up our minds to do a random weigh-in, which in the long run changed into a purpose for worry.
“The other day I pulled the scale out of the closet because I don’t keep it out on display anymore because I don’t ever want to get back into that place,” she recalled. “I stepped on it and I was like, ‘It is time to up the food and up the weights. I don’t want to be in the 1-0s.’ I don’t think that is a healthy weight for me. It shows what stress and anxiety does for your body.”
The “Good as Gold” artist additionally threw some colour at individuals who made jokes about the usage of Ozempic to drop some weight, including, “I have had people ask me currently if I am on [Ozempic] and absolutely not. I wouldn’t do it. It is not for me. I have other friends who — I don’t want to name names — who have made some jokes about it like, ‘Well, after my next baby I will just get on Ozempic.’ And I am like, ‘I don’t think that is what it’s there for?'”
After falling out with each Sandoval and Leviss, 29, because of their affair, Scheana admitted she had a tricky time filming season 11. She has persisted to protect herself towards fan hypothesis that she forgave Sandoval after pictures from the trailer confirmed them sharing a hug.
“I never thought he was a bad guy. He was one of my best friends for almost 15 years. He was the only person who had my back on this show, who fought for me whenever something was unfair and he was the person there in my corner,” Scheana mentioned on a September 2023 episode of her podcast. “I have personally really struggled with all this because I’m like, ‘Yes, you did a really bad thing. But you weren’t a bad friend to me. But then what you have done has affected me.'”
Season 11 of Vanderpump Regulations airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and might be to be had to circulation on Peacock day after today.