Chrissy Teigen reveals why she admitted to Ozempic use after suffering camp : ‘I Knew It Would Resonate’

Chrissy Teigen on Sept. 9, 2025 in New York City.Credit : The Hapa Blonde/GC Images

Chrissy Teigen is opening up about her decision to speak publicly about Ozempic.

Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE at Hello Sunshine’s Shine Away event on Saturday, Oct. 11, the model, 39, said that she decided to be open about using Ozempic after suffering a miscarriage, which was in an effort to be “transparent” with fans in hopes that her honesty helps people “feel a lot better about themselves.”

“Since the beginning of social media, I’ve always wanted people to know that things weren’t as fluffy and beautiful as they may seem,” Teigen said. “…I knew it would really resonate and make a lot of people feel a lot better about their families, themselves, their own bodies.”

The cookbook author shared that she’d made a promise to herself to be “completely transparent” on her social media, adding that “it’s frustrating sometimes” when other people “don’t share” their hardships online.

Teigen revealed on the Sept. 18 episode of the Self-Conscious podcast that she tried the GLP-1 medication after struggling to lose weight following her miscarriage with her son, Jack, in 2020, admitting that she had a “deep depression of seeing this pregnant belly with no baby in it.”

Teigen onstage at Hello Sunshine’s Shine Away Experiential Event on Oct. 11.simoneboyce/Instagram

“My body was completely stuck,” she said on the podcast. “I really let myself indulge when I was pregnant. So, when I had lost that baby at 20 weeks, I had probably gained an extra 40 pounds that I wasn’t comfortable with.”

Teigen said that in being open about her Ozempic use, she wants to encourage her four children, shared with her husband, John Legend, to be honest whenever they feel insecure about themselves.

“Because I would want my daughter [Luna] … or son, if Miles wants to venture into hair plug territory or something, I would want them to know that it’s not about pretending to be perfect, it’s about being open and honest about what it feels to make you feel better,” she told PEOPLE.

“It’s not about striving for perfection, because it doesn’t make anybody else feel emotionally happy at the end of the day,” said Teigen. “…It’ll never truly fulfill you. But people are going to make their own decisions about their bodies and what will make them feel healthy and safe and proud of themselves, and everybody has a right to do those things.”

Teigen added that she is still criticized over her appearance anyway, and so any decision she makes over her body, she makes for herself.

“People will say, ‘Are you pregnant?’ And then the next week … they’ll be like, ‘Well, why’d you do Ozempic? You’re too skinny.’ You could never win with anything,” she said, calling it “exhausting.”

“The more you understand you can never win, the more you understand that you might as well say whatever you want,” Teigen added.