Harvey Fierstein reveals how he lost 120 pounds using weight-loss drug: 'Being fat is not a choice'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein opened up about using a weight loss drug to get a trimmer physique, the Daily Mail reported on Monday, December 23.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Fierstein admittedly weighed 310 pounds before he started medicating. He has since lost a whopping 120 pounds, regained 15, and has gone steady since.

"I've sort of stayed at that," the 70-year-old told Page Six in an interview, before revealing that he did not use Ozempic, the weight-loss drug that is speculated to be popular at present among celebs, to pull off his dramatic transformation.

Which drug did Harvey Fierstein use to lose weight?

Harvey Fierstein stated that he used Zepound, another weight loss medication to help him on his fitness journey. The drug reportedly allowed him to restrict his food intake without making him feel that he was on a diet.

"What’s different is what the drug actually does for you which is I don’t feel like I’m dieting," shared Fierstein. "I feel like a normal person. I can go and have dinner with friends and not have to eat every piece of bread on the table and then not go have ice cream when I’ve done with dinner. I know what it is to be full like a normal person."

As a person who has been on both "skinny" and "fat" ends of the weighing scale, the actor claimed, "People don’t understand that being fat is not a choice. It’s something that you’re body is out of whack and this puts your body in whack."

"I’m a great believer in it," he added.

Harvey Fierstein's latest projects

Known for his roles in movies such as 'Mrs Doubtfire' and 'The Independence Day', Harvey Fierstein has been recently keeping busy with the launch of the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab at the Library for the Performing Arts.

In a post on the social media platform Instagram, Fierstein showed off his lean frame in the opening of the theater lab, writing in the caption, "My Bro and I celebrated the opening of our THEATER LAB at the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library last night. I hope everyone gets to see the miracle that David Rockwell has designed. More than that, I hope the space is used and used and used!!!!"

Fierstein has also taken up quilting as a hobby, according to the Daily Mail. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he engaged himself in writing a memoir, 'I Was Better Last Night', which was released in 2022.