{"id":38742,"date":"2026-08-11T15:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38742"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:02:59","slug":"rosie-odonnell-says-i-called-my-doctor-crying-i-thought-i-had-cancer-after-shedding-12lbs-in-three-weeks-using-mounjaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38742","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O&#8217;Donnell says &#8216;I called my doctor crying, I thought I had cancer&#8217; after shedding 12lbs in three weeks using Mounjaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"93.97034965035\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-160\/joanna-crawley.html\" class=\"author\">JOANNA CRAWLEY, DEPUTY SHOWBIZ EDITOR (NEWS)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-08-11T10:55:51+0100\"> 05:55 EDT, 11 August 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-08-11T11:02:28+0100\"> 06:02 EDT, 11 August 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/tvshowbiz\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-design-system\/latest\/designTokens.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.97.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/16.19.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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Can you take a shot?&#8221; I said, &#8220;I think so. I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;ve never done a shot. Is it insulin?[I knew about that] because of\u00a0my uncles and stuff. And they said, &#8220;No, it&#8217;s this new drug and it really helps with your blood sugar.&#8221; Never mentioned weight loss.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-813579e3c47d3e0c\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/11\/10\/110557915-16043843-Rosie_O_Donnell_has_admitted_that_when_she_first_started_taking_-a-4_1786441667364.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rosie O'Donnell has admitted that when she first started taking weight-loss drug Mounjaro, she called her doctor in tears over fears for her health\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell has admitted that when she first started taking weight-loss drug Mounjaro, she called her doctor in tears over fears for her health<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Never said anything because it was my numbers they were trying to get down.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She explained how she took her first dose and then went out to celeb-favourite restaurant Nobu to celebrate her son&#8217;s engagement where she discovered\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&#8216;I can&#8217;t eat anything.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&#8216;I think to myself, I&#8217;m so overwhelmed emotionally by missing my mom and wishing she could have seen and known him and that he got engaged and a brand new start in his life.\u00a0<\/span>And I was full of emotion and so I thought that&#8217;s what it was.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Cut to two weeks later, I get on the scale. I call my doctor crying. I must have cancer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;ve lost 12 pounds and I haven&#8217;t done anything. It&#8217;s been three weeks since I started that medicine.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rosie explained that prior to taking the drug and despite years of dieting and weight loss fads &#8216;I had never lost weight for no reason.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Even when I tried to lose weight, it was hard for me to lose weight.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rosie went on to champion the weight loss drug, passionately declaring that &#8216;this drug is going to help so many people if they could only stop being greedy b**tards and give it to the people who need it at a price that is affordable for everyone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s a sin to have science come so far to help cure obesity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5c32d5e3f79ce576\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/11\/10\/110557905-16043843-The_comedian_has_shed_65lbs_over_the_past_three_years_after_bein-m-7_1786441802844.jpg\" height=\"695\" width=\"306\" alt=\"The comedian has shed 65lbs over the past three years, after being prescribed the drug to help with her type 2 diabetes , which she was diagnosed with in 2022 (pictured in June 2026)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-727445a462880e72\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/11\/10\/110557975-16043843-image-m-9_1786441809885.jpg\" height=\"695\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Rosie, 64, has said though that her doctors didn't explain to her that Mounjaro causes weight loss , meaning she was shocked when she dropped 12Ibs in her first three weeks (pictured in 2008)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The comedian has shed 65lbs over the past three years, after being prescribed the drug to help with her type 2 diabetes , which she was diagnosed with in 2022 (pictured in June 2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rosie has been careful with her use of the drug over the past three years, gradually building up to the next dose so as not to feel &#8216;overwhelmed&#8217; by quick weight loss and to combat any side effects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She also underwent a $90,000 lower deep-plane facelift\u00a0in January to combat the sagging skin around her neck and lower face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rosie, who relocated to Ireland last year, recently wrapped her\u00a0one-woman show in New York and next up will\u00a0guest host a week of episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live later this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/tvshowbiz\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Rosie O&#8217;Donnell says &#8216;I called my doctor crying, I thought I had cancer&#8217; after shedding 12lbs in three weeks using Mounjaro<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JOANNA CRAWLEY, DEPUTY SHOWBIZ EDITOR (NEWS) Published: 05:55 EDT, 11 August 2026 | Updated: 06:02 EDT, 11 August 2026 Rosie O&#8217;Donnell has admitted that when she first started taking weight-loss drug Mounjaro, she called her doctor in tears over fears for her health. 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