The Oscar-winning actress said she lost 100 pounds in the last seven years, which helped her do “a lot easier” work.
Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates is proud of her years of hard work, but more importantly, she is proud of the changes she made behind the scenes that helped her overall career.
Bates said she never expected to feel this way at this point in her career. She looked back on NBC’s time filming the 2011 drama series Harry’s Law.
“But I was able to really get healthy, so I can move, breathe, enjoy, and not hurt,” she continued.
“I’m tired, I’m like an old lady, but even the kids are tired. But it was a great experience.”
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Over the past seven years, Bates lost strictly 80 pounds in diet and exercise following his type 2 diabetes diagnosis in 2017, then washed away another 20 pounds with the help of Ozempic.
Also known as semaglutide, the active ingredient in drugs, it is used to treat type 2 diabetes in adults that is not well controlled.
However, in recent years, drug therapy has become increasingly popular in treating obesity and helping patients lose weight.
Bates, who portrays “Matty” Matt Rock, a lawyer named Madeline in the CBS reboot drama series “Matlock,” told the outlet last year that weight loss gave her the physical stamina needed to keep up with her demanding role.
Her decision to go to Ozempic led to speculation that Bates was the only reason Bates was able to lose weight. She said she wasn’t taking the easy way.
“There were a lot of stories of how we could do this for the Ozempic,” she said at the time.
“But I have to impress people that this is a tough job for me, especially during the pandemic. It’s very difficult to say you have enough.”
With over 130 credits in film and television, Bates is best known for her roles in “Titanic” (1997), “Misery” (1990), and “.Dolores Claiborne (1995).
The actress has 40 award-winning nods and a total of over 100 nominations. Last month at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, Bates brought home the trophy of the best actress in the “Matlock” drama series.
