Let’s get something straight right out of the gate—Sophia Umansky is not asking for your opinion. At 25, she’s knee-deep in the public spotlight, shedding hair in the shower, catching flak for using Mounjaro (yes, that weight-loss drug), and she’s not backing down.
The daughter of reality TV matriarch Kyle Richards is firing back at critics with the kind of calm confidence that comes from growing up in the hills where Botox is cheaper than therapy and opinions are served raw.
“People telling me I don’t need to be on it—they’re not doctors,” she told People. “Everyone needs to calm down and live their own lives.” It’s not a manifesto, but it’s close. Sophia isn’t hiding behind PR spin or tepid influencer babble. She’s copping to the drug use, embracing it, and daring the internet horde to say something meaningful back.
She’s on Mounjaro. That’s the whole play. The Type 2 diabetes med that’s found its way into Hollywood’s cosmetic bloodstream like a half-price facelift. And yes, it comes with side effects—dramatic weight loss and, for Sophia, enough hair loss to clog a drain and start a TikTok trend. But in a town that runs on image and injections, she’s simply following the modern gospel: look good, feel good, don’t lie about it.
And to be fair, she’s not operating in some rogue vacuum. “I obviously talk to a doctor,” she said. And Mom—Kyle Richards herself—isn’t the mad scientist behind the curtain. According to Sophia, Kyle tried to steer her off the pharmaceutical freeway. “She wasn’t saying like, ‘Oh, you should be on this medication,’” Sophia explained. “But once I spoke to doctors and she saw that that’s the path I wanted to take, she was very supportive.”
Now let’s talk about the real engine behind this whole story: the nerve to be public about something most people in Beverly Hills whisper about in candlelit salons. “I think I was cute before and I’m cute now,” Sophia said. And there it is. That old-school confidence with a 21st-century twist. She’s not self-loathing. She’s not chasing some Photoshopped ideal. She’s just playing the game on her own terms.
It’s the kind of honesty that would’ve made Bukowski raise a glass and Kerouac nod with a crooked smile. In a world saturated with filters, NDAs, and Ozempic denialism, Sophia isn’t pretending to be untouched by the system. She’s in it, chewing through it, and telling her story before the gossip rags get to fill in the blanks.
Her message is clear: she’s not your cautionary tale or your role model—she’s just another adult making choices in the fame-fueled meat grinder. And in her own words: “There’s nothing wrong with trying to feel a little bit more confident, a little bit cuter.”
Welcome to the new Hollywood truth serum: tell the story before it gets told for you.
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Last modified: May 13, 2025
