Layla Taylor is breaking down how easy it was to get a GLP-1 prescription in Utah before realizing the weight-loss drug was an “unhealthy crutch” amid her eating disorder.
“I think that if people assume that this is a vain state, they would be correct,” Layla, 25, told Allure of her home state in an interview published on Thursday, March 26. “Appearance is everything here.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star — who opened up about her battle with an eating disorder on season 4 of the Hulu series — hinted that the beauty culture in Utah added to the ease in which she obtained a GLP-1.
Layla told the outlet that she got Tirzepatide, a GLP-1 meant for managing type 2 diabetes in addition to promoting weight loss, from “a plastic surgeon here in Utah in the fall of last year.”
She recalled the experience being seamless, noting there weren’t any obstacles to deter her from taking the medication.
“They just handed it to me without ever having an appointment with me,” Layla shared. “They got me a prescription and it was at my house the next day.”
Layla revealed that after sharing her story on SLOMW, she is hopeful that others will realize how not to abuse GLP-1s or at least think twice before taking one without doctor supervision.
“I’m very happy that I shared that with the world because there’s so many people that abuse this drug and it’s so easily accessible now,” she told the outlet.
Ahead of the season 4 premiere of SLOMW on March 12, Layla exclusively told Us Weekly about her ups and downs with disordered eating and how the use of GLP-1s added to her toxic cycle.
“It’s still going to be a battle,” Layla shared with Us. “I think what people don’t see is that an eating disorder is not just like, a talk about it one time in therapy or take a magic pill and it goes away. It’s something that I’ve struggled with since I was a little girl, so it’s something I probably always will. But I feel like I’m doing better, and I’m in a little bit of a better place. But day by day.”
Layla Taylor. Courtesy of Layla Taylor/Instagram
While Layla has been struggling with an eating disorder on and off since she was young, taking a GLP-1 to silence the food noise was a recent addition.
“I feel like the GLP-1 was a way to not enable the eating disorder, but in my head, it was a way to make an eating disorder more easy. It was just like an unhealthy crutch,” she confessed.
Now that Layla, a mother of two young boys, has stopped the medication she told Us she does “still struggle with the body image issues” but she’s trying to “manage it and not be on something that I knew was enabling it worse.” (Layla shares sons Oliver, 4, and Maxwell, 3, with ex-husband Clayton Wessel.)
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The reality star also confirmed that she is “still seeking treatment” at an outpatient facility for disordered eating after noticing inner pain coming from her unhealthy lifestyle.
“I think obviously you see that somebody’s losing weight, but you don’t see that it hurts for them to lay down at night because their joints hurt and my hair is falling out and my nails are breaking off every day,” Layla said, adding that her body “literally couldn’t go any longer at the rate” she was going.
If you or someone you know struggles with an eating disorder, visit the National Alliance for Eating Disorders website or call their hotline at (866) 662-1235. Text “ALLIANCE” to 741741 for free, 24/7 support.
