Gogglebox’s Amy Tapper has come under fire after revealing her plans to be on a weight-loss jab “for life”.
The 25-year-old star shocked fans last week when she revealed her epic seven-stone weight loss. Amy shared that along with lifestyle and diet changes, she is also using a weight-loss jab – that she pays for herself.
And this week, Amy appeared on Good Morning Britain, where she discussed her jaw-dropping transformation.
Gogglebox’s Amy Tapper on weight-loss jab
On Thursday (September 25), GMB welcomed Amy onto the ITV show where host Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway quizzed the TV star on her decision to turn to a weight-loss job.
Amy shared: “It was just ongoing for years and years. I’d been overweight since I was about six or seven years old, and that was when the doctor visits started, seeing what was wrong, and no one could quite put their finger on it.
“I just started dieting, a number of diets, tried everything, and it would be the same thing over and over again. I would lose about two to three stone. Once I got to that three-stone mark, nothing more.”
‘I will be on it for life’
Former Gogglebox star Amy added: “I just got to the point of being fed up. I said: ‘I want to have surgery, I want to wake up tomorrow and not be like this. I can’t do it any more.’ It’s all a circle, isn’t it? It’s a constant vicious cycle.”
She also spoke about her plans to be on the weight-loss jab – that she pays for herself – for life.
“I think a lot of the way that people look at the injection is as a quick fix. And it is, it’s very quick, but it’s not fixing you forever,” she said.
Amy went on: “The minute you come off of it, my body is going to start doing what it was doing before which means, yeah, I will be on it for life. We’ll look through it and we’ll see as we go along, we don’t know what can happen but I’m on the highest dose at the moment.”
ITV’s doctor resident GP Dr Amir Khan also explained on the show: “When it comes to these drugs and how long you should be on them, you should be on them for a maximum of two years and within that time, you should get the support, the holistic support that goes along with getting down to a healthy weight.
“It might be different for each individual person, but two years is what NICE suggests alongside the lifestyle changes and that relationship with food which can begin at a very young age.
“We’ve got twin studies that shows genetics play between 40 and 70% of a part in a person’s weight… when it comes to Amy, it might be different for her.”
Amy Tapper divides GMB viewers
However, following her GMB appearance, Amy was hit with backlash online, criticising her desire to be on the weight-loss jab “for life”.
“Weight loss isn’t about quick fixes – it’s a lifestyle change. You can’t rely on jabs forever. It’s not easy (I know), but in my view, the injections are an easy way out for those unwilling to put in the time and effort,” said one disgruntled viewer on X.
Another added: “For life? She’s just [bleep] lazy get to the gym and focus on diet and exercising.” A third wrote: “You want to lose weight? Eat fewer calories and burn more. It’s absolutely simple.”
Someone else posted: “There’s no easy way to lose weight. These fat jabs don’t fix the underlying problem. Longer term, who knows what the potential side effects will be?”
However, other people have supported Amy and praised her for her weight loss. In the comments selfie of a recent selfie, one person gushed: “You look incredible.”
Another added: “Wow well done Amy, you look amazing.” A third penned: “looking so well.”
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