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RuPaul’s Drag Race star Peppermint hit the red carpet for a huge reveal: a triple-digit weight loss.
The TV personality, 45, stunned at the Love Rocks NYC gala, wearing a slinky black skirt and matching long-sleeve, lace top — in a much smaller size than her fans are used to. The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum lost 100 pounds, she told Page Six at the Thursday, March 6 event.
The podcast host and actress said she first tried diet and exercise, but it “wasn’t that successful.”
Peppermint attends the 4th Annual RuPaul’s DragCon at Los Angeles Convention Center on May 13, 2018 in Los Angeles.
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“I was able to get together with my doctor and endocrinologist,” she told the outlet. “I’m very grateful that I’m at a point now where I have access to levels of healthcare that I didn’t have before.”
Through the process, Peppermint, who has appeared in TV shows such as Pose, Schmigadoon and Survival of the Thickest, started taking injectable GLP-1 (such as Wegovy or Ozempic) after she was “diagnosed as pre-diabetic a couple of years ago.”
“I was really worried that my life was going to change irreversibly once I crossed that threshold,” said Peppermint, who also competed on Season 2 of The Traitors. “I was hovering around that threshold for so long, and I’m happy that I’m not now.”
“I feel like the same person,” she added, but “younger.”
And she quipped, “I feel like I can walk up the steps a little easier and not be like, ‘Oh, my knee!'”
Aside from her health, Peppermint said her weight-loss journey has also affected her fashion.
Her “clothes are fitting differently,” she said, and she “had to buy some new” items.
Love Rocks raises money for the nonprofit God’s Love We Deliver, who helps patients living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses. The cause brought out a whole list of celebs, including Alicia Keys, Beck, Cher, Kate Hudson, Amy Schumer, Bill Murray and Tracy Morgan. In all, the event raised more than $4 million.