Joy Behar revealed on Thursday that she has dropped 25 pounds and is feeling more confident than ever.

Speaking on The View, the 83-year-old host credited her transformation to weight loss drugs and proudly declared she now “loves” her body.

Behar’s comments came during a segment in which she and her co-host Whoopi Goldberg defended the use of these medications.

The discussion followed recent remarks from model Ashley Graham, who criticized the growing popularity of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

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Graham told Marie Claire that the surge in their use was “a smack in the face” to the body positivity movement.

She argued the drugs placed renewed pressure on people to be thin rather than to love their natural bodies.

Goldberg, 70, who has been candid about taking the weight loss drug Mounjaro, disagreed with Graham's stance.

She opened the debate by saying, “I don’t agree, but I’ll put it to you,” giving her co-hosts a chance to weigh in.

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Behar immediately made her opinion clear. “I don’t agree with that. I love my body ever since I lost 25 pounds,” she said, prompting laughter from the studio audience.

Co-host Sara Haines took a more nuanced approach, expressing some understanding of Graham’s view.

“It did put body image not health back in the frontlines,” Haines, 48, observed, noting that some who use the drugs do not need them for medical reasons.

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She went on to add, “It’s in your face and sadly it doesn’t eliminate body noise,” implying that body image pressures still persist regardless of medical weight loss assistance.

Goldberg, however, argued that these medications and body positivity can coexist.

“Because it doesn’t work for everybody, body positivity is not gone,” she said. “You still have to encourage people to love themselves. This is still part of what you’re doing.”

According to Goldberg, weight loss can actually help some people feel more at peace with their bodies.

She explained, “Some people didn’t have that body love and they have it now, because they see a different them.”

She concluded her point by emphasizing balance and inclusivity.

“I think you have to celebrate the people it works for and celebrate the people it may not work for,” she said. “And that’s where you’re coming in to remind people that it’s about loving you.”

This is not the first time Behar and Goldberg have discussed their use of GLP-1 drugs. In a February episode, Goldberg shared that she decided to try them after her weight approached 300 pounds, remarking, “I’m looking good now!”

Behar chimed in during that episode as well, cheerfully announcing, “We all did it!” and reiterating that she too has lost 25 pounds. Both hosts have been open about turning to medication after years of frustration with traditional diets.

Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg defended their use of weight loss medication against Ashley Graham’s claim that the drugs undermine body positivity.

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In a previous discussion from 2024, Goldberg and Behar defended Kelly Clarkson over her decision to use prescription weight loss medication.

Goldberg noted that Clarkson faced public criticism regardless of her size, saying, “They kick her behind when she’s bigger, they kick her behind when she’s lost the weight, and now they’re kicking her behind because she said it out loud.”

At that same time, Behar called diets ineffective, saying, “Diets do not work. I’ve been on diets up and down, up and down. You lose it, then you gain it back. Nobody wants to be fat except a sumo wrestler. It’s uncomfortable, your clothes don’t fit, everybody wants to lose weight.”

Together, Behar and Goldberg have become vocal advocates for the right to use medical resources to reach health and happiness.

Whether their approach fits within the broader body positivity movement remains a topic of spirited debate among their viewers and beyond.

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