Big Brother star Narinder Kaur has revealed she was rushed to hospital and feared she would die after taking an overdose of weight loss drug Wegovy.

The TV personality, 52, who found fame on the iconic reality show way back in 2001, was told by doctors she was not eligible for the medication on the NHS so resorted to buying it online, after being told by medics she was overweight.

Narinder said she decided to purchase the medication after trying numerous diets and being body shamed by trolls after posting bikini snaps from her sun-soaked holidays.

She told The Sun: ‘Stupidly, I ordered drugs online. That was the biggest mistake ever. I used weight-loss jabs without any professional medical guidance and I put my life at risk’.

Nardiner said the process took ‘less than ten minutes’ and she didn’t need to speak to a doctor, claiming it would have been ‘so easy’ for her to lie to ensure she got her prescription. 

Then, once the medication arrived, she chose to double her dose after feeling no effects following her first injection.

Big Brother star Narinder Kaur, 52, has revealed she was rushed to hospital and feared she would die after taking an overdose of weight loss drug Wegovy

The TV personality was told by doctors she was not eligible for the medication on the NHS so resorted to buying it online, after being told by medics she was overweight

Patients are advised but remain on the lowest dosage of 0.25ml before slowly increasing the amount in order to give the body time to adjust and avoid side effects. 

Following her second injection, she began suffering from severe nausea and was so violently ill she struggled to walk and had no choice but to retreat to her bed.

She said: ‘By day three, I really thought I was going to die. It had been 72 hours and I still hadn’t managed a sip of water. I felt so weak I could hardly sit up or talk at all, and my hands felt floppy.’

When her symptoms did not improve Narinder was rushed to hospital, where she was informed there was no cure and she would have to wait for the drug to work it’s way through her system. 

‘I’m an intelligent woman with a law degree so if I managed to cock it up, so could anyone else. It’s back to eating less and exercising more. I nearly died of stupidity,’ she said.

Elsewhere in recent days, a major high street pharmacy was caught on camera giving weight loss jab Wegovy to a teenager who lied about her age.

The shocking moment was captured during journalist Ellie Flynn’s investigation into the culture around these drugs in the UK – and how easy it is to acquire them on the private market –  for Channel 4’s latest episode of Dispatches. 

In Skinny Jab Scandal, a 16-year-old undercover reporter easily bought Wegovy from Boots on two separate occasions by falsely stating she was 18. 

Narinder said she decided to purchase the medication after trying numerous diets and being body shamed by trolls after posting bikini snaps from her sun-soaked holidays

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Both times, she was asked only to verbally confirm her date of birth when she went to pick up her prescriptions in-person.

‘No one checked her photo ID when she went to pick them up, nobody noticed that she looked young, nobody seemed concerned about the fact that this was a child picking up prescription medicine and had obviously falsified her details in order to get a hold of it,’ Flynn told FEMAIL.

‘Her GP wasn’t contacted on either occasion,’ she continued. 

‘It shows a real error in Boots system which can be potentially dangerous.’ 

Footage shared with FEMAIL revealed the first time Amber* applied for Wegovy on Boots’ Online Doctor website was on January 9, 2025. 

While filling out the application form, Amber used her real name, address, the contact details for her GP, and her real height and weight, and also included two body shots – one from the front and one from the side.