Heather Gay_ Body Positivity is a LIE _ E! News
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00:00 It's better to not be overweight.
00:03 Heather Gay is jumping off the body positivity bandwagon.
00:07 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star
00:09 speaking out about her recent weight loss
00:11 in a new ABC special,
00:13 The Skinny Confessions After Ozembic.
00:16 The 49 year old says that after promoting body acceptance
00:19 for years on reality TV,
00:21 she now feels like a cop out for taking weight loss
00:24 medication.
00:25 Like I've sold out,
00:27 I've given up the banner of, you know, relatable.
00:31 Accept yourself, love yourself.
00:33 And it's disappointing to sad to know
00:34 that body positivity was all a big lie.
00:37 The reality star then goes on to admit this.
00:41 It's better to not be overweight.
00:43 Heather says she started seeing all her friends
00:46 take some of Glutide,
00:47 the active ingredient found in popular drugs like Ozembic,
00:50 to lose weight and she felt left out.
00:52 Didn't want to show up at another party
00:54 and see all of my friends 20 pounds thinner
00:57 and just be resentful.
00:59 So there was almost a pressure there to try it.
01:03 Absolutely.
01:04 The med spa owner then opens up about the years of bullying
01:07 she endured related to her weight,
01:09 with one of the bullies being her own
01:10 Real Housewives co-star, Mary Cosby.
01:13 Mary, did Heather get it right
01:14 with this Gucci top and chain necklace?
01:17 No.
01:18 No?
01:19 I don't think Gucci makes that.
01:20 Okay, you think it's a fake?
01:23 I've never seen a corset in like a size 14.
01:26 Oh!
01:26 You know?
01:27 Heather says that after losing 30 pounds on the medication,
01:31 she feels truly seen for the first time,
01:34 a fact which makes her both happy and sad.
01:37 I started to feel seen for the first time,
01:39 even after being on television,
01:41 writing a New York Times bestselling book
01:42 for the first time,
01:43 I was being valued by my castmates, by the public,
01:48 in a way that I had never been valued before.
01:50 And that felt to me, sad.
01:54 Lastly, the mom of three reflects on how her experience
01:57 of taking this appearance-altering drug
01:59 is changing the way she raises her daughters.
02:02 I want them to feel empowered, but as a mom of daughters,
02:07 it is a very nuanced razor's edge,
02:11 because I don't want to lie to them and say,
02:14 it doesn't matter, what matters is on the inside,
02:16 but it does matter.
02:18 I don't know why that's the way it is in the world,
02:20 but that has been my experience.
02:22 That's a tough message.
02:23 It's a tough message,
02:24 and I don't know how to deliver it to them.
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