Chrissy Metz Turns to GLP-1 Therapy Through Telehealth Platform Ro After Years of Skepticism
核心洞察
Actress Chrissy Metz, a self-described "biggest skeptic," began GLP-1 (搜索) therapy through telehealth company Ro after listening to a friend's "very thorough" research.
Metz reports the medication helped reduce inflammation, improve lab and blood work, and quiet "food noise," enabling her to perform eight shows weekly in Broadway's & Juliet.
She emphasizes she did not pursue the treatment "purely for vanity's sake," but to prioritize her long-term health and future well-being.
After years of feeling "very skeptical of starting a GLP-1 (搜索)," actress Chrissy Metz decided it was time to give the medication a try. In an exclusive August 2026 interview with E! News, the This Is Us alum explained her initial hesitation: "I'm just very diligent about what and how things work within the body, and I'm like, 'Oh, I don't know what that's gonna be like.'"
Metz's decision followed listening to a friend's "very thorough" research, after which she teamed with telehealth company Ro, which also counts Serena Williams among its celebrity ambassadors.
A Long History of Dieting and a New Understanding
Metz described a lifelong struggle with weight management. "I've been on diets for a very, very long time, since I was a kid, and I know I can lose weight," she explained, "but I didn't know that I could quiet food noise and I didn't know there were other factors."
She framed her decision around long-term health rather than appearance. "There's so much shame around being in a bigger body, so just knowing that I wasn't doing it purely for vanity's sake, but because people are pressuring me, or I should, or shouldn't, do that." The 45-year-old recalled asking herself: "How can I be the healthiest for the longest? How can I really make it a priority for my future and what I want my life to look like?"
Reported Health Benefits Beyond Weight Loss
The result that makes Metz want to "sing its praises" is the way the medication helps her sustain the demands of performing eight shows a week in Broadway's & Juliet. "It's helped with inflammation," she noted. "It's helped with just overall health lab work and blood work and just generally just an overall feeling of space and creativity that the food noise has quieted. It opens up just more ability to be present."
She elaborated that the quieting of "food noise" — a phenomenon she said she "didn't even know was a thing" — has allowed her to redirect her mental energy toward her work: "It opens up just more ability to be present and for me to be more creative and to really spend my time—my mind time, as I say—with the show and not obsessing about food noise."
Opening the Conversation
While acknowledging that people will have "opinions" about her body no matter what, Metz emphasized that she hopes her willingness to be "vulnerable" about her GLP-1 (搜索) journey inspires others to make choices for themselves despite external judgment.
"I hope that it really opens up conversation," Metz shared, "because I think there are people who, not even with medication, but want to try things in their life, but are afraid of what people are going to say, and don't do it, and perhaps don't find the life that they want, or the joy that they want or deserve because we're so transfixed on what people think about our choices."
Reflecting on her own transformation from skeptic to advocate, she added: "Again, I was the biggest skeptic. I was like, 'No, no, no, no, no.' So, I hope it enlightens people to an option that might be right for them."