Gavin and Stacey star James Corden's weight loss and why he stopped using Ozempic

Gavin and Stacey star James Corden previously opened up about his weight loss and why he stopped using Ozempic

James Corden has been open about his weight in the past and recently revealed the reason he stopped using Ozempic.

The 46-year-old former late night host was the face of Weight Watchers and even starred in a series called Fat Friends. He's also opened up about his diet and exercises in interviews. He once tried using Ozempic to lose weight - despite the drug only being indicated for diabetes and for the treatment of adults with insufficiently controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus as an adjunct to diet and exercise.

However, he admitted that it didn't help him shed the pounds. "I tried Ozempic, and it won’t be surprising to you when you look at me now, that it didn’t really work," he explained on his Sirius XM radio show. "I tried it for a bit and then what I realised was I was like, 'Oh no, nothing about my eating has anything to do with being hungry.’ All it does is make you feel not hungry. But I am very rarely eating [just because I’m hungry]."

The star, who is gearing up for the release of the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, added to the Sirius XM show: "You are looking at someone who's eaten a king size, and when I say king size Dairy Milk - one you give someone for Christmas - in a carwash. None of that was like, oh, I'm so hungry. It is not that, it's something else."

During the conversation, he also opened up about his struggles with binge eating, explaining that he "really resonates" with friends like author and presenter Richard Osman, who previously discussed food addiction and how it can stem from having poor mental health.

Richard once said on the How To Fail podcast: "It's so ridiculous, this food stuff. Alcoholics will tell you the same, like it's absurd that there's a bottle of vodka in front of you or there's a packet of crisps in front of you and it's more powerful than you. That's my version of it since I was probably nine years old.

"It's been absolutely ever-present in my life — weight, food, where I am in relation to it, where I am in relation to happiness because of it, hiding it. All of that stuff, it's been absolutely like the drumbeat of my life."

James added that he is set to give up alcohol too. "I am finding myself at a period of my life where I'm feeling like it might be time. Not that I think I'm overdoing it. But I do feel in myself, it might be time to just stop now and I'm not sure I'm getting great benefits from this now."

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