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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