The View’s Ana Navarro responds to claims she’s been using Ozempic to aid her weight loss

Ana Navarro was discussing her weight-loss journey in an Instagram post on Sunday when a follower asked her if she was taking the drug Ozempic.

The 51-year-old View personality posted a photo of herself in a black dress during a weekend getaway to Ciudad Amurallada, Cartagena, Colombia, noting that she went there to celebrate boyfriend Lee Schrager’s birthday.

“If your best friend is @leeschrager and he tells you he wants a weekend away for his birthday, you say, ‘Tell me where and when and I’ll be there,'” Navarro captioned the social media post. “He got his three best friends to drop everything and come to Cartagena to celebrate.”

In response, a commenter suggested that the political strategist used the drug to help her lose weight.

“When will you realize you’re in Ozempic?” asked the commentator. “It will help others.” It works. It’s the real deal. There is the willpower needed to stop overeating. It obviously corrects an insulin imbalance that we must have.”

The Latest: View personality Ana Navarro, 51, was opening up about her weight-loss journey in an Instagram post on Sunday when asked by a follower if she was taking the drug Ozempic

The Chinandega, Nicaragua-born TV personality responded that she “posted about the following.” [her] “I’ve been on a weight-loss journey many times,” detailing the latest moves she’s taken over the past few years.

Navarro, who was involved in the late Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, said, “I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life,” adding that “the pandemic and menopause have made it worse.”

Navarro said her mother’s death in 2021 from kidney disease caused by diabetes — “She suffered terribly in the last few years of her life,” she said — spurred her to take an active role in better health.

“Last August, I went to a wellness spa in Mexico called @rancholapuerta with two of my friends since elementary school,” Navarro said. “We were all turning 50 and we wanted to be healthier.” I spent time there learning how to cook and eat healthier, reprogram my attitude to my lifestyle, and be more active.

“We did all sorts of exercises for hours a day.”

Navarro said that when she and her friends returned to Miami, they were “determined to continue some of our healthy habits.”

Navarro said she “also sought professional help” in the form of a nutritionist, Pilates instructor, pickleball instructor, and medical attention.

She said she lost between four and five pounds each month during her weight loss journey.

In response to Navarro’s post, a commenter suggested that the political strategist used the drug to help her lose weight

Navarro has been on The View since 2013 and was made a regular co-host last year

Navarro was pictured at a CNN event in NYC in March 2022, about four months before she said she committed to a “complete lifestyle change” after a wellness retreat

The prominent politician was pictured at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, DC in late April 2023

“It was a complete lifestyle change — except for the damn rosé and the margaritas I can’t live without,” Navarro said.

The CNN personality said she was “in no position to offer anyone any advice or endorse a solution” as “we all need to figure out what works for each of us.”

She concluded, “It’s a daily struggle for me. I still really like tequila and stay in bed with my poodle…” with a shrug emoji.