Kelly Osbourne says that weight loss surgery gave her a “fighting chance” to start her life again.
The 36-year-old reality star underwent gastrointestinal surgery in 2018 and said she couldn’t be happier with her decision to go under the knife – which involves removing more than half of the stomach in the form of a sleeve or a shape Tube – after quickly gaining weight when sobered in 2017.
Speaking to Us Weekly, she said, “I got sober. I replaced drugs and alcohol with food, my body was metabolized differently. When I got sober and put on uncontrollable weight it was insane.
“[People] kept telling me, “You should do the operation.” I was so against it. … I thought the operation was an excuse and it was like a fraud. That couldn’t be further from the truth. The operation gave me a chance to fight. “
Although the surgery gave her the first boost she needed to lose weight, Kelly did not follow her doctor’s instructions after her surgery and therefore stopped seeing results.
She added to Us Weekly magazine, “I lost, I want to say, 35 pounds, 40 pounds. And then I stopped losing weight. I just stopped because I didn’t listen to what they said. I just thought it would be a quick fix. I would be done. I would be thin. [I thought I] didn’t have to exercise or do anything. I couldn’t have been more wrong. You have to do everything they tell you when you do the surgery or it will not work. “
Meanwhile, Kelly recently announced that she had relapsed her sobriety journey after four years but is now back on track.
She wrote on Instagram: “It’s a little difficult for me to talk about, but I have always promised you that I will be honest with you about where I am and what is going on on my path to recovery.
“I’ve fallen behind, not proud of it, but I’m back on track and I’m going to do a podcast this week telling everyone what’s going on and what happened.
“I just want you to know that I’m sober today and I’ll be sober tomorrow.
“But I really learned that it is only one day at a time and I wanted to tell you the truth because I never want to lie to you.
“Thank you for your support and love and you will hear from me soon.”