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Sophia Umansky, the 25-year-old daughter of Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards and actual property agent Mauricio Umansky, is talking out boldly amid on-line criticism over her use of the weight-loss drug Mounjaro.
Whereas attending the Los Angeles premiere of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 2, Sophia opened up about her determination to publicly disclose her expertise with the treatment — together with the much less glamorous negative effects like hair loss.
“In the event you’re sincere about issues, folks can’t even choose you or hate on you since you stated it your self,” Sophia Umansky instructed PEOPLE. “You’re the one which instructed everybody, you’re proudly owning it, so something anybody else has to say, it’s like, ‘Okay, nicely, I instructed you that. I’m proudly owning it.’ I feel it’s fantastic. And I all the time say I’m on Mounjaro. I clearly speak to a physician.”
Umansky, who initially shared her expertise on TikTok, has confronted backlash from followers questioning why she would use a diabetes treatment for weight reduction. However she didn’t hesitate to defend herself.
“People who find themselves telling me that I don’t have to be on it, they don’t know what they’re speaking about. They’re not medical doctors,” she stated. “And I feel everybody must settle down and dwell their very own lives. And honesty will get you far in life and mendacity is just not enjoyable. It’s not good.”
She additionally credited her mom Kyle Richards with providing steering whereas nonetheless respecting her autonomy: “My mother has been very supportive of no matter choices we make as her daughters,” she stated, referencing her sisters Farrah Brittany Aldjufrie, Alexia Simone Umansky, and Portia Umansky.
“I’m 25 years outdated, so I’m an grownup, I can do what I need,” she continued. “And naturally we now have steering from our mother, and he or she wasn’t saying like, ‘Oh, try to be on this treatment.’ Positively not saying that. I feel she was positively attempting to veer me away from getting on this treatment, however as soon as I spoke to medical doctors and he or she noticed that that’s the trail I wished to take, she was very supportive.”
Critics have additionally accused Sophia Umansky of getting physique dysmorphia, however she shortly shut that down. “Really, no. I feel I’m cute each methods. I feel I used to be cute earlier than and I’m cute now,” she stated. “There’s nothing mistaken with attempting to really feel a bit bit extra assured, a bit bit cuter. Individuals get labored on on a regular basis, they get filler, they get Botox, they do all completely different sorts of issues. So if I wish to really feel a bit cuter, why not?”
Regardless of her confidence, the negative effects haven’t been straightforward. Final week, she described a “dramatic hair loss state of affairs” that started about three or 4 weeks in the past. “I’m very fortunate that I’ve a lot hair, as a result of on the charge that I’ve been dropping hair, I’m gonna be bald in a few week,” she instructed followers in a candid TikTok video, displaying clumps of her hair in her rest room.
Ultimately, Sophia Umansky is selecting transparency, self-determination, and physique positivity over public opinion. And he or she’s made one factor clear: she’s not asking for anybody’s approval — she’s merely sharing her fact.
