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The View's Whoopi Goldberg urges people to 'leave Kelly Clarkson alone' while defending controversial weight-loss drugs - as her cohost Joy Behar claims 'nobody wants to be fat'
Whoopi Goldberg has warned people to 'leave Kelly Clarkson alone' after she finally confessed to using a weight-loss drug.
Kelly, 42, has received major backlash since she admitted on her own talk show during an interview with The View host that she was prescribed weight-loss medication by her doctor, after previously insisting her dramatic transformation was the result of 'walking' more and cutting back on carbs.
During Wednesday's episode of The View, Whoopi, 68, was keen to discuss the negative reaction to Kelly's admission and claimed people would 'kick her behind' regardless of what she said and also argued that 'some people need their bodies jump-started.'
As the rest of the panel, including Sunny Hostin, joined in with defending mother-of-two Kelly, comedian Joy Behar claimed that 'diets do not work' and even insisted: 'Nobody wants to be fat, except a sumo wrestler.'
Whoopi Goldberg has warned people to 'leave Kelly Clarkson alone' after she finally confessed to using a weight loss drug
Kelly, 42, opened up about using a weight loss drug during an interview with Whoopi on the singer's talk show on Monday
Sister Act star Whoopi said: 'So, Kelly is getting backlash over this from people who say she previously claimed she was losing weight by walking, but here's a point about that: a lot of people are taking the shot because they need it.
'Some people need their bodies jump-started, some have diabetes, there's lots of reasons. She has been walking, but this has helped and I don't know why, because they kick her behind when she's bigger, they kick her behind when she's lost the weight and now they're kicking her behind because she said it out loud.'
Referring to their conversation on Monday, where Whoopi opened up to Kelly about her own weight loss journey, the mother-of-one suggested: 'Maybe she was more comfortable hearing somebody say, "That's what I did."'
Her cohost, Sara Haines, chimed in and said: 'I have no shade for Kelly Clarkson. I commend anyone that is able to have access to these drugs, these injectables, that help them along the way.
'There are people that need to do this, I love that. But I do think being transparent - and I'm not saying this about Kelly - there's been a wave of people that have taken these and they tell someone by omission, "Oh I'm just walking or I'm fasting or I'm doing this."
'The problem there is you become a part of the problem that led us here because you're standing in front of someone that feels all those feelings you had when you couldn't figure it out and feels they're failing and you're saying, "It worked for me, I don't know what's wrong with you," and you really need to be open about it if you're doing it,' Sara, 46, added.
Joy, 81, then said: 'Everybody knows at this point that diets don't work, diets do not work. I've been on diets, up and down, up and down, and you lose it then you gain it back.'
The comedian then argued: 'Nobody wants to be fat, except a sumo wrestler. It's uncomfortable, your clothes don't fit, everybody wants to lose weight.'
Kelly reportedly lost 60 pounds, although she has not revealed the exact amount (pictured left in March 2022 and right in February)
Comedian Joy Behar insisted that diets 'do not work' and claimed that 'nobody wants to be fat'
Alyssa Farah Griffin was keen to have her say and said: 'There's also a big difference between somebody who is prescribed it by a doctor because they need it. We have an obesity epidemic, they absolutely should take it.
'By the way, for someone like Kelly, it's to get back to the weight she should be if not for these struggles she's been battling.
'It's very different - and this is where I agree with Sara - some of these celebrities and influencers we see, who started as a size 4 to get to a size 0, and it just feeds this body toxicity. I am a victim of scrolling, "Why can't I look like that? Why can't I look like that?." That's where it becomes toxic,' the 34-year-old added.
Sunny, 55, who recently admitted to using weight-loss drug Mounjaro to shed the pounds, said: 'After 50, it's really difficult to lose weight and so if people are doing this to make themselves feel better, I'm all for it because I think that the physical is connected to the mental, right?
'So, if you feel good about yourself, then mentally you're going to also feel better and there's an epidemic of depression in this country, an epidemic of shaming, women shaming women, men shaming men, it all has to stop.
'I don't think the personal health choices that you make for yourself should be subject to discussion,' the mother-of-two argued as Whoopi said part of the problem is that 'this generation shares everything.'
Kelly has received a lot of backlash since she decided to be open about her weight loss journey
Kelly said that at her heaviest, she weighed 203 pounds standing at 5-foot-3 (pictured left in 2022 and right in 2023)
'You have people like myself, who it's like, "When I'm ready to tell you, I'll tell you, when I'm comfortable I will let you know." Because there are issues with thyroids, people have all kinds of issues.
'We have to let people do what they need to do to get to where they need to get to and stop being mad that they're not doing it your way, because it's not like we really know what you're doing.
'We don't know what your personal life is, just like you don't actually know what our personal lives are. So let's all just say, "Good on you, if you're doing something that's good for you and keeping you healthy, nobody is mad at you,"' Whoopi added as Alyssa blurted out: 'And leave Kelly Clarkson alone!' which Whoopi then repeated.
During her interview with the Ghost actor on Monday, Kelly insisted that she didn't use Ozempic, but did not reveal which drug she had used instead.
'Mine is a different one than people assume, but I ended up having to do that too,' the A Moment Like This songstress told the EGOT winner.
'Everybody thinks it's Ozempic, it's not - it's something else.'
She reportedly lost 60 pounds, according to Extra TV, although Kelly has not revealed the exact amount herself.