Jesse Plemons is denying using Ozempic to lose weight.
The ‘Civil War’ actor, 36, who has been married to Kirsten Dunst, 42, since 2022, sparked speculation in March he had been on the diabetes drug when the couple walked the Oscars red carpet and he showed off a dramatically slimmed-down frame.
But he has now told the Los Angeles Times: “It’s really unfortunate that I decided to get healthy when everyone decided to take Ozempic. It doesn’t matter. Everyone’s going to think I took Ozempic anyways.”
Jesse instead claims he shed his weight with the help of intermittent fasting after the practice was recommended by “several people”.
He added: “I just gave it a shot and (was) surprised at how quickly it was effective.
“(Then I) felt like I was in the rhythm, I was feeling better, and something shifted in my head. I just sort of got a handle on it.”
Jesse also opened up about why he decided to overhaul his physique, saying his role as a gun-toting killer in ‘Civil War’ – which depicted a conflict-ravaged US – made him think the character would not be the size he was in reality.
He added: “There was a part that I did that in my mind I could not imagine him as the size that I was. I lost a little bit before I did that part.”
Jesse said his choice was also down to him “getting older”.
But he added about his hatred of discussing weight loss techniques: “I hate even getting specific because then it turns into a whole thing.”
Jesse and Kirsten, who starred alongside him in ‘Civil War’ as a war photographer, had been dating her since 2016 before they got hitched.
The couple had their first child, a son whose name they have yet to share, two years later.
They are also parents to a second son James, born in 2021.
