Dr. Samuel Golpanian, a plastic surgeon, provided insights to Nicki Swift about the effects of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic on facial appearance. These medications can reduce not only the deeper fat layers that give the face its youthful volume but also white adipose tissue (WAT) under the skin, which is crucial for skin health due to its stem cell content. According to Dr. Golpanian, as this layer diminishes, it impacts both the skin’s structure and its rejuvenation ability, leading to the hollowed look often associated with Ozempic use.

Jonah Hill’s relationship with his body image has been a long and challenging journey. In his 2022 documentary “Stutz,” he shared that exercise and diet were initially presented to him as solutions to improve his appearance, rather than for mental health benefits. This perspective, coupled with his rise to fame in comedic roles like those in “Superbad” and “21 Jump Street,” exacerbated his struggles with body image. Hill opened up about the relentless body-shaming he faced, which affected his mental well-being. “It made me so defensive … [and] angry,” he confessed, acknowledging that it hindered his ability to overcome negative self-perceptions.

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“GLP-1 drugs can reduce not only deeper facial fat, which provides youthful volume, but also a special layer under the skin called white adipose tissue (WAT). This tissue contains stem cells that produce growth factors, cytokines, and hormones essential for skin health,” plastic surgeon Dr. Samuel Golpanian explained to Nicki Swift. Once that layer decreases, “It affects both the skin’s structure and its ability to rejuvenate,” he added, causing that hollowed, sunken look commonly associated with Ozempic use.

It’s no secret that Jonah Hill has significantly struggled with his weight and body image since he was young. “When I was a kid, exercise and diet was framed to me as like, ‘There’s something wrong with how you look.’ But never once was exercise and diet propositioned to me in terms of mental health,” he recalls in his documentary film “Stutz” in 2022 (via People). His insecurities only grew worse when he started acting in 2004 and became known as the fat, funny guy in films “Superbad” and “21 Jump Street.” For years, he was the subject of relentless body-shaming in interviews and headlines, which admittedly took a toll on his mental health. “It made me so defensive … [and] angry,” Hill ‘fessed. “It kept me from feeling any sense of [being] able to grow past negative feelings about myself.’”

Sometime around 2011, Hill decided to finally take his health seriously and lose weight for his movie “Moneyball,” which would earn him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor as the strategist Peter Brand. He was able to lose over 40 pounds through regular exercise and diet (including doing 100 push-ups daily), only to regain most of it back for his 2016 film “War Dogs.” His weight continued to fluctuate in the years that followed, and it wasn’t until his mid-30s that the actor found a sustainable approach to fitness with the help of jiu-jitsu and surfing.

To date, it’s unclear whether or not Hill did hop on the Ozempic train in order to lose so much weight, but fans across social media sure have a lot to say about it. “Some people look better thick,” one X user lamented, while another added, “He looks happy, good for him.”