Melissa Gorga Initially Thought Kyle Richards Used Ozempic for Weight Loss Before Denial, But Admits She ‘Didn’t Even Text Her and Ask’

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Before Kyle Richards slammed rumors that she used Ozempic to lose weight, fellow Housewife Melissa Gorga could understand the speculation.“I’m not gonna lie, when I first saw her, I was like, ‘Oh she’s taking that stuff,’” the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 43, said during a Thursday, January 26, appearance on the “Jeff Lewis Live” SiriusXM radio show. “And then, when she [denied it], I’m like, ‘Oh, OK,maybe not.’ You know, I don’t know.

I didn’t even text her and ask her.”Richards, 54, was criticized earlier this month after sharing an ab-bearing bikini selfie.

After the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills personality flaunted her weight loss progress, social media users hurled accusations that she had used Ozempic to drop the pounds. (According to the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration, Ozempic is a medication that is commonly used for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or who are overweight with a weight-related condition, including high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes.)Richards swiftly shut down the speculation. “I am NOT taking Ozempic.