Heather Graham insists she avoids weight-loss drugs and cosmetic surgery
Talking about her love of diet, exercise and meditation, actress Heather Graham has insisted she avoids weight-loss drugs and cosmetic surgery.
Heather Graham insists she avoids weight-loss drugs and cosmetic surgery in favour of diet, exercise and meditation.
The 56-year-old actress made the declaration as she outlined her approach to ageing and relationships in a wide-ranging interview.
The Hangover star told Us Weekly she maintains a strict routine, having struggled with unhealthy eating habits in her twenties, saying she no longer keeps sweets at home despite describing herself as previously “obsessed with sugar”, and now balances occasional treats with daily yoga, meditation and walking.
She added she has not used Ozempic and avoids invasive cosmetic procedures, while relying on treatments such as Botox and laser therapy.
Heather said: “I had unhealthy eating habits. In my early 20s, I was obsessed with sugar. I’d be like, ‘I don’t want to have dinner, so I’m going to eat eight candy bars or a pint of ice cream’.
“Then I’d be like, ‘That was bad, so now I’m not going to eat any regular food’.
“There was a period where I was eating frozen yogurt for dinner and lunch. When I started meditating, I got into eating healthier food.
“I recently had a birthday, and (was sent) Beverly Hills Cookies.
“I can have two cookies. But I can’t keep it in my house because I don’t have any control.
“(It’s like) that episode of Sex and the City where Miranda Hobbes couldn’t stop eating brownies, so she threw them in the trash, then she took them out and ate them, and then had to pour soap on them.
“If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything. It’s wild to see all these amazing, beautiful performers (who are) sick or dying. I’m lucky to be alive and healthy. That’s No. 1, over my career and over everything else.
“I can totally see the appeal. Some people say it’s amazing, but I’m fearful people haven’t been taking it long enough to know if there are bad side effects. I’m just going more for working out and dieting.
“I’ve never cut my face open. I’ve tried microneedling and Botox. I don’t have any filler now, but I’ve tried it. I’m more into lasers. My goal is to look natural – I don’t want to look freaky. I wouldn’t completely rule it out, though.
“For me, it’s asking, ‘What do I want?’ Not, ‘Do you think I’m getting older?’ Or ‘How does everyone see me?’ I want to be telling my own stories, and I want to go on a yoga retreat and this is the kind of person I want to date and these are the friends I want to be around. It’s about self-esteem.”
