Kyle Richards daughter responds to backlash after admitting she takes Mounjaro

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"Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kyle Richards' daughter, Sophia Umansky, is sharing why she determined to talk publicly about her use of the weight-loss drug Mounjaro.

"When you're sincere about issues, individuals cannot even choose you or hate on you since you stated it your self," Umansky told People . "You are the one which advised everybody, you are proudly owning it, so something anybody else has to say, it is like, 'OK, nicely, I advised you that. I am proudly owning it.' I feel it is tremendous. And I at all times say I am on Mounjaro. I clearly discuss to a physician."

Mounjaro is an FDA-approved prescription drug which is often prescribed to individuals recognized with Kind 2 diabetes. Extra just lately, it has develop into a preferred weight-loss drug, because it reduces urge for food.

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Kyle Richards' daughter responded to backlash from followers after sharing she is taking Mounjaro. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Photos for Wheelhouse)

The truth star's daughter sparked backlash when she shared in a TikTok video that she experienced hair loss as a facet impact from taking the drug, with many commenting she should not be on the drug to start with.

"People who find themselves telling me that I do not should be on it, they do not know what they're speaking about. They don't seem to be docs," she stated of the backlash. "And I feel everybody must settle down and dwell their very own lives. And honesty will get you far in life and mendacity shouldn't be enjoyable. It is not good."

Sophia Umansky attends "The Vacation Trade" crimson carpet premiere at Garry Marshall Theatre on Sept. 26, 2024, in Burbank, California. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Photos for Excessive Tea Productions)

She went on to say that her mother has at all times been "very supportive of no matter choices we make as her daughters," and was undoubtedly "attempting to veer me away from getting on this remedy." Nevertheless, after talking along with her docs, Richards "noticed that that is the trail I wished to take, she was very supportive."

"And yeah, I feel lots of people are saying that I've physique dysmorphia and all this, and I am like, 'Truly, no. I feel I am cute each methods. I feel I used to be cute earlier than and I am cute now.' There's nothing flawed with attempting to really feel a bit of bit extra assured, a bit of bit cuter," she added. "Individuals get labored on on a regular basis, they get filler, they get Botox, they do all completely different sorts of issues. So if I need to really feel a bit of cuter, why not?"

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Umansky shared she skilled hair loss after beginning to take Mounjaro. (JC Olivera/Selection through Getty Photos)

Within the TikTok video, Umansky defined that even working her fingers via her hair leads to "piles" of it falling out, saying she's "fortunate that I've a lot hair," as a result of if she did not she can be "bald in a few week" if she continued to lose it at such a fast tempo.

"People who find themselves telling me that I do not should be on it, they do not know what they're speaking about. They don't seem to be docs."

— Sophia Umansky Umansky has been featured on " The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills " a variety of instances all through its 14 seasons, as her mother has been a forged member for the reason that begin of the present in 2010. The household has shared their ups and downs all through their time on this system, most just lately together with Richards and her estranged husband, Mauricio Umanksy's choice to separate after 27 years of marriage.

Kyle Richards, Mauricio Umansky and Sophia Umansky attend Wheelhouse's Spoke Studios and the Company's "Shopping for Beverly Hills" premiere social gathering at Wheelhouse on Nov. 2, 2022, in West Hollywood, California. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Photos for Wheelhouse)

"I’ve at all times stated I didn’t imagine within the ‘actuality present curse’ as a result of my notion was that lots of people come into this with fractures of their marriage, after which they're taking a look at this as a method out. That definitely was not my story," Richards advised The Hollywood Reporter in January 2025.

She went on to inform the outlet that she would not suppose she and Mauricio can be on this scenario had their lives gone down a unique path, saying, "I undoubtedly do imagine that cash and fame and all that isn't nice for a wedding."

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Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky separated in 2023. (Michael Kovac)

Mauricio and Richards additionally share daughters Alexia, 28, and Portia, 17, and Mauricio was stepfather to Richards' daughter Farah , whom she shares along with her first husband, Guraish Aldjufrie.