RHOC Star Tamra Judge is Hospitalized and Facing Surgery

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Tamra Judge is being forced to deny claims of using Ozempic after being hospitalized.

After taking to social media to share a photo of herself in a hospital bed due to an intestinal obstruction, the 56-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County cast member, who recently flew to Scotland to film the second season of The Traitors, was met with a comment from a fan who suspected her health crisis was the result of Ozempic use.

“This is Ozempic, right?” a fan asked on Twitter after Tamra’s photo was posted.

But in response, Tamra not only denied using the diabetes medication, which many of her fellow Real Housewives, including Emily Simpson, 47, have admitted to, but also shaded the fan for such a suggestion.

“These comments are disgusting!” she wrote in a message shared to her Instagram Story. “I’ve suffered from intestinal problems for years. I’ve had multiple surgeries in the past 12 years remember when you all made fun of me for not having a belly button. That was due to emergency life saving surgery. Part of my intestines were being strangled.”

Tamra also added, “My grandmother died of intestinal problems,” and said, “I’ve never been on Ozempic and personally wouldn’t use it for weight loss!”

As RHOC fans may have seen, Tamra confirmed her hospitalization on Monday night, along with a selfie.

“Intestinal obstruction praying I won’t need surgery,” she wrote in the caption. “Unfortunately I will not be back on [Two Ts in a Pod] tomorrow. I’m so sad [Teddi Mellencamp]! Miss you so much.”

Months ago, in a since-deleted tweet, Tamra let her thoughts on Ozempic be known.

“There’s a difference between skinny and fit… I’m not on Ozempic. I don’t take shortcuts,” she wrote at the time.

The Real Housewives of Orange County season 17 reunion concludes with part two on Wednesday, October 11, at 8/7c on Bravo.