Hollywood star feels he’s ‘cheating’ after losing 40 pounds with weight loss drug

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Hollywood actor Josh Gad fears he’s taking the easy way out when it comes to his weight loss. The "Frozen" star, who voiced the snowman Olaf in the hit Disney movie, confessed he lost 40 pounds on the "miracle drug," GLP-1. "I’m on a GLP-1 … this is the first time I’ve opened up about this," Gad shared on Dax Shepard’s "Armchair Expert" podcast. "It has suppressed, in a great way, that noise. … When I wake up, I feel hunger pains — and so much of that is psychological, right?

And what this does is it takes away that signal." GLP-1 medications, which include Ozempic, mainly help manage blood sugar (glucose) levels in people with Type 2 diabetes.

Some GLP-1 agonists can also help treat obesity, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Gad, 43, said he previously took another medication that caused him "diverticulitis," — an inflammation of small pockets that can develop on the inside of your colon.

He said his GLP-1 medication was working "incredibly" for him, until he had to switch. The "Beauty and the Beast" star also admitted that the weight-loss drug has skewed his perspective on his health. "I’m figuring out this new one, and it is life-changing, but it also doesn’t negate the fact that it can’t be in the place of having a healthy relationship with food," he added. "It can’t be in the place of having a healthy relationship with exercise. … I’m having my own journey with it.