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The “self-love” movement was never about health. It was about hiding from accountability.

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Ozempic didn’t kill body positivity. It exposed it.

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When the same women who sold you “self-acceptance” show up 60 pounds lighter, that’s not empowerment. That’s marketing.

BRIEFING

Grant here. Turns out the left's whole "body-positivity" movement didn’t die of natural causes. No, instead it literally was euthanized by reality. Let’s break it down.

For years, celebrities, influencers, and corporate marketers built empires on “self-love” while cashing in on insecurity. They told women that weight didn’t matter, that “health” was just a state of mind, and questioning any of it was oppressive. But now, in a twist only 2025 could deliver, those same self-appointed body activists are showing up on red carpets looking like they’ve been reborn through a syringe.

There have been tons of celebrities undergoing these sudden weight loss transformations, but the latest to join the ranks is the prominent body-positive advocate herself: Meghan Trainor. She stepped onto the 2025 Baby2Baby Gala looking like a completely different person. Within hours, her name was trending worldwide, not because of what she said, but because of what she’d clearly stopped saying.

Clearly, she's not "all about that bass" anymore...

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In a March 31 Instagram post, Trainor admitted that she had been using Mounjaro, a GLP-1 medication that is FDA-approved to treat type 2 diabetes but has increasingly been prescribed for weight loss.

After being honored at the 2025 Billboard Women in Music, Trainor took to social media to not only confirm her use of Mounjaro, but express her frustrations over the public's focus on her body.

"Feeling so honored to be recognized by @billboard Women in Music as a Hitmaker – what a dream! But it’s a little disheartening that so many of the questions (and comments) were focused on my body instead of my music, my passion, or the decade of hard work that got me here," she captioned the post alongside photos from the event. "This is what it’s like to be a woman in the music industry."

"No, I don’t look like I did 10 years ago. I’ve been on a journey to be the healthiest, strongest version of myself for my kids and for me," Trainor added. "I’ve worked with a dietician, made huge lifestyle changes, started exercising with a trainer, and yes, I used science and support (shoutout to Mounjaro!) to help me after my 2nd pregnancy. And I’m so glad I did because I feel great."

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But Meghan isn’t alone on the injectable bandwagon. A growing list of former body-positive celebrities have turned to drugs like Ozempic or Mounjaro in their race to slim down. Celebs like Kelly Clarkson, Sharon Osbourne, Lizzo, and most notably Amy Schumer, who once preached the gospel of “loving yourself as you are,” have all joined the trend.

Turns out Schumer is drinking the GLP-1 Kool-Aid as well...

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In a Jan. 2025 interview with Howard Stern, the Trainwreck star said she had tried Ozempic years earlier. However, because she carries a gene that makes her “extremely prone to nausea,” the medication left her “bedridden,” causing side effects such as vomiting. But her experiments with GLP-1s did not end there.

In a March 2025 Instagram video, the mother of one revealed she was taking Mounjaro, a GLP-1 medication similar to Ozempic. The comedian said she was “having a really good experience with [the medication].” Schumer has a history of being open about weight-loss treatments and cosmetic procedures, stating in a Jan. 2022 Instagram post that she had undergone liposuction.

DEBRIEFING

Clearly, the entire body-positivity movement was never built to last. It simply thrived because it allowed people to paint themselves into their own "victim" corner.

For years, Hollywood, the media, and major companies told women that self-acceptance was revolutionary, that weight didn’t define worth, and that wanting to change was shallow. It was an industry of slogans, not solutions. Now, GLP-1s have exposed what most people already knew deep down: they didn’t want “fat acceptance”; they wanted a way out.

Celebrities who once called “diet culture” toxic are now lining up for injections. The same influencers who insisted weight loss was oppressive are showing up half their size, claiming it’s “for health.”

In truth, Ozempic didn’t just kill body positivity. It revealed that it was always just a marketing campaign that turned insecurity into activism.

NOW YOU KNOW

The same voices who sold “self-love” have now pivoted to selling pharmaceuticals.