Ozempic is not any fun for a comedian.
Handler revealed that her “anti-aging doctor” prescribed her a drug without realizing what the drug was. “I didn’t even know I used to be doing it,” she said through the show’s January 25 episode Call her dad. “She said, ‘When you ever wish to lose five kilos, that is good.’
But when she tried the drug, Handler noticed that she didn’t like the way it made her feel.
“I got here back from vacation and gave myself an injection,” she recalls. “Just a few days later, I went to lunch with my girlfriend and she said, ‘I do not actually eat anything. I’m nauseous, I’m taking Ozempic.” And I used to be like, “I get nauseous too.” But I just got back from Spain and was delayed on my flight.”
Eventually, Handler stopped using the drug since it was not medically needed for her, adding that she gave the remaining doses to friends.
“I injected about 4 or five of my friends with Ozempic because I spotted I didn’t wish to use it since it was silly,” she said. “It’s for heavy people. People come to my house and I’m like, ‘OK, I see you at 1, I see you at 2’.