Disgraced former congressman George Santos has claimed he lost more than 100lbs while on Ozempic — before piling the weight back on.
Santos, 35, said he took the drug in January 2022 after feeling he needed to ‘change his life’ and claimed he slimmed down from 358lbs to 248lbs in under a year.
The fantasist – who was expelled from Congress after spinning a web of lies about his career, upbringing and finances – shared his weight-loss journey in a post on Twitter (X) titled: ‘Pulling back the curtain on my Ozempic experience.’
But a doctor told DailyMail.com raised doubts about the credibility of his claims, saying that it was ‘definitely less than 100lbs’, judging by photos.
AFTER: The ex-congressman claimed he lost 110lbs while on Ozempic over the course of one year. He is shown above in November 2022, left, and January 2023, right
REGAINED ’30LBS’: Santos admitted to regaining some weight after coming off the drug, saying he put on about 30lbs
Dr Stuart Fischer, an internal medicine physician in New York, told DailyMail.com that Santos’s ‘medical insights are not to be trusted’.
Dr Fischer said it was difficult to judge how tall Santos is – but if he is over 6ft this is ‘is possible’. ‘I’m just very wary of his claims in general, he’s an unworthy source of information,’ he added.
In his Twitter post, Santos said: ‘January of 2022 I weighed in at 358lbs I decided I needed to change my life and engaged a Dr who put me on a Ozempic regiment.
‘By Election Day November 2022 I weighed in at 248lbs marking a 110lbs weight loss.
‘My journey included mild nausea in the beginning that I controlled by taking a daily pill of Zofran, eventually the effects of nausea no longer impacted me unless I was in an airplane or extended periods of time in a car.’
But Santos claimed he rebounded and put on ’30lbs’ in 2023, a year which he called a ‘sh** show’.
He is now back on the drug for a second time in order to lose the weight he regained. He said the drug had previously helped him fend off type 2 diabetes by reversing his pre-diabetes diagnosis.
Santos, pictured above at Mar-a-Lago in 2021, said he decided to go on Ozempic after realizing he needed to ‘change my life’
He is also pictured above in 2021 while at the New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago in 2021
The fantasist became the sixth person to be expelled from Congress in December 2023 after being outed for dozens of lies.
These included a claim that his grandparents fled the Holocaust, that his mother had died in 9/11 and that he worked for Goldman Sachs.
The fantasist had also previously claimed to be of Ukrainian-Jewish descent, to have recovered from a brain tumor and to have started a charity.
Other disgraces tied to Santos include that he used thousands of dollars in campaign funds to watch OnlyFans and to pay for meals and parking.
His post about Ozempic on X, formerly Twitter, led to a number of social media users slamming the ex-congressman.
One quipped: ‘Some side effects might include: Corruption, using campaign donations on OnlyFans, lying to constituents and getting kicked out of congress.’
While a second said: ‘Eat less and walk. It’s free!’
Ozempic is the miracle weight-loss injection that has taken America by storm for its promise to help people lose weight with nothing more than a weekly injection.
It has transformed the lives of people living with obesity, helping them lose around five to 10 percent of their body weight in three months.
The drug, which has seen a 300 percent surge in demand since 2020, works by suppressing hormones involved in hunger, keeping you fuller for longer.
But doctors warn patients will need to alter habits or treat the underlying cause of their overeating once they come off the drug, in order to avoid regaining all the weight they have lost.
Santos was elected to Congress as a Republican to represent New York’s third congressional district, on Long Island, in January last year.
The politician — who earned the nickname the Long Island Liar — was only removed after more than a hundred Republicans voted with Democrats to have him kicked out of office.
Santos is currently facing 23 federal charges such as wire fraud, identity theft, lying to federal election officials and stealing thousands of dollars from his campaign.
He denies all the charges.
On the night where he was voted to be expelled, he stormed out of the House moments before voting had concluded.
Outside, he warned reporters that fellow congress members had ‘set a new, dangerous precedent’.
Santos is now reported to be locked in a negotiating a plea deal with Republicans that could see him returned to Congress.
