Sharon Osbourne lifts lid on staggering 42lb weight loss after taking controversial drug

Sharon Osbourne has revealed her incredible weight loss journey after shedding 42lbs with the help of Ozempic.

The ITV personality opened up to her fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemates, including Colson Smith, Louis Walsh and David Potts, about her struggles with weight loss.

Coronation Street's Colson shared his own experience of binge eating after losing weight through a strict diet at the age of 18.

"I wouldn't eat for a day and a half. I'd just starve myself and then I'd be that hungry that I would like," he said, as Sharon added: "The floodgates would burst."

Colson explained: "I used to drive to KFC and I used to order three meals and then I would hate myself so I wouldn't eat again for a day and a half and it would be that for months and months and months." Sharon added: "Rollercoaster."

Sharon continued: "You know people who don't have to worry about their weight, they have no idea how hard it is... it's a killer." Louis then asked: "You lost an awful lot Sharon, how much did you lose?"

Sharon replied: "At one point I was 230."

Colson added: "I am glad that I've done what I've done the way that I've done it and like I have the level of control that I've got, because it's like I have a discipline but then I also understand myself."

Sharon Osbourne has previously shared her weight loss journey, revealing she lost three stone thanks to the weight loss and diabetes medication Ozempic.

Speaking to Woman magazine, Sharon said: "I started using it in November last year. I was 10st 2lb when I started using it. For the first two or three weeks I felt very nauseous.

"The nausea went away, but once you're on it you don't feel hungry and you don't eat. It's not talked about but you can get a blockage in your bowel. I haven't been on it for three or four months. My weight has stabilised. I went down to about 6st 13lb and it was like, 'Oh no.' I needed to put some weight back on, which I have."

During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, Sharon expressed her concerns about Ozempic to hosts Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway. "It does what it says on the packet, it absolutely does. But my only fear is that it is put in the right hands. I don't think it's for teenagers at all," she said.

"I'm scared for 16 to 20-year-olds. It's easy to say; 'This is it, I can eat what I want and keep taking this injection.' I think it needs to be in the hands of older people that totally understand that there can be side effects to this. I don't want young girls because the world we live in today everyone wants to be skinny."

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.