HEALTHHeidi Klum Admits Controversial Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Could Be 'a Great Thing to Try': 'People Should Do What They Want'
Heidi Klum shared her honest opinions about the Ozempic trend in Hollywood.
July 8 2026, Updated 1:01 p.m. ET
Heidi Klum weighed in on Ozempic use in Hollywood, saying the decision should be left to the individual.
"In general, people should do what they want," Klum, 53, said in an interview published by a news outlet on Wednesday, July 8.
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"A lot of people have a hard time getting that jumpstart," she continued. "And if you’ve always struggled with your weight and for 40 years you’ve been trapped and it’s been such a big focus of your life, then maybe this is a great thing to try."
The former Victoria Secret's model confessed that she couldn't personally identify with the struggle, making it hard for her to "judge."
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Heidi Klum said her husband, Tom Kaulitz, liked her with 'more meat' on her bones.
"If you look in the mirror and you’re not happy with something and you want to fix it, fix it," she continued.
Though Klum is candid about the weight she's gained over the years, she said she was "not interested at all" in using Ozempic.
"I think with age, we look better when we’re not as skinny. My husband was the first one who pointed that out. He said, 'You should eat more; you would look better if you had more meat on your bones,'" she recounted. "I was like, 'What?' This is not something you’re told in the industry, ever, because you’re always supposed to be skinnier than you are."
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Klum admitted she's looked back at old photos of herself and agreed with her husband, Tom Kaulitz, adding, "He’s right! Proportion-wise, I look better bigger."
Elsewhere in the interview, the Project Runway host addressed the nearly 17-year age gap between her and her 36-year-old husband, whom she wed in 2019.
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"There’s a different understanding being with someone from Germany and has the same roots," she explained. "t’s different [from what I’ve had with] anyone [else], whether they were from America or England or Australia. I can explain and show [things] to them, but they didn’t grow up like that from the ground up. So we click in that sense, and we have a lot of the same morals."
Klum teased that she and Kaulitz keep the spark alive by "exercising" a lot together, hinting, "The kind of exercise without machines."
"It’s important to exercise a lot, [it creates] a different kind of connection," she told the outlet. "It’s hard to explain, but the souls connect, not just the body and the flesh. The hearts and souls connect in a different kind of way."
