Fans demand refunds after discovering the influencer’s weight loss secret.
Health and wellness influencer Janelle Rohner is facing backlash after revealing she used Ozempic while promoting weight loss plans. Fans expressed their frustration in YouTube comments and Reddit threads, questioning her credibility after the 37-year-old admitted to using the GLP-1 drug. In the video, Rohner shared the various methods she tried to maintain her figure, including keto, macros, workouts, and lifestyle changes.
Rohner, who has over 5.2 million TikTok followers, shared before-and-after images to promote her programs during the year she admitted to using Ozempic.
Rohner explained that during the time she was microdosing Ozempic for weight loss, she also drank plenty of water, tracked her meals, and exercised regularly. She shared that using Ozempic helped her “regain a sense of control” and emphasized that it’s not something she feels “ashamed of.”
Rohner shared that she first took full doses of Ozempic to shed the “stubborn 10 to 15 pounds” before switching to “microdosing for maintenance.” She added, “I’d maybe do a microdose once a month and paired that with a game changer for me—seeing a therapist regularly.” The YouTube comment section was flooded with people accusing Rohner of misleading her audience by selling weight loss products without revealing she was using a weight loss aid herself.
“Here’s the truth… Your program was cheaper than a monthly GLP-1, so people tried it,” one user commented. “You took their money while using compounded GLP-1 yourself… this is clear fraud.” Another user pointed out that the issue wasn’t Rohner using Ozempic, but that she was “selling a $200 course to help people lose weight when counting macros wasn’t even enough for her to lose all the weight she wanted.”
“It’s called lying by omission—she didn’t disclose that she was combining the meds with the diet,” one user said. “This isn’t a hateful comment, it’s a fact. ‘This course will literally change your life and the way you view food.’ That’s a direct quote from the course page. It’s false advertising if she needed a GLP-1 as well.” The user also suggested that “all of her recent customers should get at least a partial refund, since they were missing part of the equation if they weren’t also on a GLP-1.” Some expressed disappointment in Rohner’s admission, while others said they unfollowed her after the revelation.
One YouTube user commented: “The issue isn’t about using GLP-1 or seeking help for your mental health—no one has a problem with that. So don’t use that as a cover. The real problem is charging people for a weight loss program while hiding the actual reason behind your own weight loss, something you don’t even seem to believe in yourself, which is why you turned to medication.” The user added, “You’re taking people’s money, misleading them, and not being honest with yourself either. That’s the issue. No one has a problem with others using the medication because they’re not selling a false narrative.”
In the video description on her YouTube page, Rohner wrote, “This isn’t easy to say, but I owe it to you to be honest. Janelle Rohner is microdosing a GLP-1. I’ve quietly been working on my mental health, trying to find peace in the chaos. I know sharing this might open me up to judgment, but hiding it would mean losing the most important thing: my truth. I’m not perfect, but I’m healing, and I hope that means something to someone out there who’s struggling too.”
