Heather Gay don’t shy away from conflict or the truth The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City — and when it comes to her own life and weight loss journey, she’s just as open.
After rising to fame as one of the original Housewives of the Utah-based Bravo series in 2020, Gay revealed in November 2023 that she was using Ozempic to help with weight loss.
Although he claimed at the time that he had not seen “massive results”, Gay revealed in November 2024 that had lost 25 pounds with the help of GLP-1.
Gay gained more confidence, and was able to expand her wardrobe, amid her weight loss, but she also had some backlash. some RHOSLC fans asked if Gay had become “meaner” after his weight loss, which he denied Us Weekly‘s Reality stars of the year issue published in October 2025.
“I’m as open now as I was when I was 30 pounds heavier, and in some ways I think it reads harder when the pack isn’t as threatening,” she joked.
In January 2026, Gay explained exclusively we“I feel healthy every day. I feel like I’m taking care of my body. And my whole life, I’ve just been trying to, like, work around my body.”
Scroll down for everything Gay had to say about his weight loss journey using GLP-1 and body evolution:
Jumping on the Ozempic Bandwagon
“(I’m) on the Ozempic train,” Heather Gay said people in November 2023. “I’ve been going for a long time, but I haven’t really seen a lot of results. And I haven’t had massive results, but enough for people to notice, which is great.”
She noted that even after seeing a small drop in her weight, she noticed a change in the way people saw her. “You lose five pounds, people are kinder to you,” Gay claimed, adding that it’s a “disheartening” thought.
“It’s the way the world works and it makes me sad for women. But happy to be down five years,” she said.
Heather Gay.
Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty ImagesShe is still a queen of self-love
During a February 2024 meeting with ABC News’ Deborah Robertsthe reporter told Heather Gay that after representing “body positivity,” some women said her use of GLP-1 is “kind of a coup.”
Gay revealed in the docuseries IMPACT x Nightline: The Skinny Confessions: After Ozempic presented by Roberts who had heard people claim that he had “burnt out” and is no longer “relatable” because he used drugs to help him lose weight.
“It’s disappointing (and) sad to hear that body positivity was a big lie,” Gay confessed. “Because it’s better not to be overweight.”
Gay explained that she tried to block out the haters and focus on her own journey.
“I’m old enough to know that I’ve wasted a lot of years blaming myself and feeling guilty and ashamed about my lack of ability to be thinner,” she shared. “And if I had known there was a medicine that would make me thinner with little or no effort, I would have taken it 30 years ago and probably had a different life.”
Heather Gay was in good spirits on a flight with her Real Housewives of Salt Lake City co-stars following her recent weight loss. Gay, 49, was spotted with co-star Whitney Rose on a Delta flight on Wednesday, April 24, according to social media photos shared by a fellow passenger. “My friend is on a flight (…)
Denial of “mean girl” claims.
during the RHOSLC season 5 reunionthat aired in January 2025, a fan insinuated that Heather Gay’s “edge” came from her recent weight loss. “Can you see how you’re energizing a bad girl this season?” the fan asked, which surprised Gay.
“I mean, this is just an interesting read,” Gay replied. “I guess when I was heavier, I was more of an underdog. So it was okay when I stood up for myself. In Season 1, Heather had a lot more confidence than that girl.”
She continued: “This show strips you of your ego. It strips you of your confidence. When I was heavier, I had to fight much harder battles and I was much meaner.”
Mary Cosby responded by defending her co-star, saying, “I feel like Heather is different. She likes herself more. She’s putting more love into herself. I feel like when I met Heather five years ago, she was very dark, she wasn’t happy. She was trying to get out of a very deep place where she had been left by whoever was ridiculing her, whoever was ridiculing her.”
Gay agreed that losing weight changed her confidence. “You have to have a lot more confidence to show up when the clothes don’t fit. I’m wearing a stretch jumpsuit, I’m standing next to all these beautiful women,” she explained. “I have confidence in spades to do this whole show.”
Gay then noted, “I don’t want that to make me worse. I’m different, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I took drugs that made me lose weight.”
Heather Gay.
Fred Hayes/BravoSkinny, but not a dog
Heather Gay faced backlash after losing weight, with some fans of RHOSLC claiming she was meaner now that she wasn’t so heavy. Gay, however, said so exclusively we in the October 2025 Reality stars of the year issue that was not the case.
“Any time a pretty girl defends herself, she’s a whore. And when you’re heavier and you lead with comedy and you lead with self-deprecation, you’re a lot less threatening,” he explained.
Gay noted, “I have a lot more boundaries now than I did then, and I’ve also been burned by the women on this show and the friends.”
She confessed to being “meaner” to co-star Bronwyn Newport when she joined the cast than she was in Season 1 “because I’m burned out, and it changes the way I’m around people.”
Gay added: “And I think I still like to make friends, and I still try to lead with kindness. But definitely the last six years have hardened me a little bit, I’ve become a little more cynical and I like to think a little wiser to the ways of the world.”
Heather Gay.
Courtesy of Heather Gay/InstagramThere is no shame in your cosmetic surgery game
“The pursuit of perfection is never entirely possible, just as it is not possible to be completely hairless,” said Heather Gay. Uproar in November 2025. “Counting all the things I’ve done, I’m probably worth $200,000 in my physical appearance, and it was worth every penny.”
The TV personality revealed that “once she had the money and the time” she started getting procedures to help her feel better about her appearance.
“I always said I’d be much prettier if I were richer,” he joked. “Now I’m richer and that’s why I’m so much more beautiful.”
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The Beauty Lab + Laser founder revealed that she gets Botox treatments “quarterly” and lip fillers “once or twice a year, if that.”
“I also have fillers, facials and laser hair removal,” Gay explained. “Another treatment I have is Sculptra, which is a collagen stimulator, with big, long needles on the face. It’s pretty intense, but it’s not a real filler; it’s just a filler stimulator.”
Gay added that she previously had two nose jobs and a “mommy makeover” that included “a tummy tuck and a breast job” while still married. (Gay was married to Frank William “Billy” Gay III for 11 years before splitting in 2011. The exes share three daughters.)
Heather Gay.
Charles Sykes/BravoSeason 4 Glow-Up
Heather Gay said Uproar in november 2025 that he had a “shine” before filming season 4 of RHOSLC.
“I didn’t realize the currency of beauty, or how I was perceived. I think I used to be more self-deprecating and less threatening,” she recalled. “My jokes didn’t seem as hard. My readings didn’t seem as bad. I just didn’t see the difference, because it had never looked like that.”
GLP-1s aren’t going anywhere
Heather Gay explained it exclusively we in January 2026 that he had no plans to eliminate the use of GLP-1 while using Atkins products to maintain his weight.
“I think that’s part of my daily routine as much as I have, you know, nutritional options to support it,” the reality star said of the weight-loss drug. “This is working for me, and I’m grateful to be here.”
Gay explained that along with the GLP-1s he was eating Atkins shakes and bars to get the right amount of protein daily.
“It’s been an amazing partnership for me. I have red Atkins fingernails, which is kind of indicative of how much I’ve absorbed it into my life,” he joked. “This is a new chapter for me, being comfortable with my body and maintaining my weight and being so focused on it.”
She revealed, “I wasn’t going to become a naturalist. I am who I am and I really needed snacks and foods that would help me maintain this new lifestyle (and) fit in with what I want to eat and what I like to do. And keep things authentic to me.”
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Clifton Prescod/BravoPutting himself first
“I thought I had to accept how I looked and where I was and that there was nothing I could do about it. I felt absolutely powerless,” Heather Gay confessed. we in January 2026. “I’ve tried every diet in the book. I’ve always been conscious of (my size). If I didn’t know, other people let me know.”
The bad mormon The author said she would be “embarrassed” for using GLP-1 or for not losing weight, so she chose the weight-loss drug instead.
“I want to use this platform to help other people realize, first, that it’s not impossible (to lose weight). And, second, there are things that can really help you along the way,” she concluded.