Serena Williams has been taking a GLP-1 medication to help with her recent weight loss, she revealed for the first time in an exclusive TODAY interview.

But what is important to me is transparency.” That calling has led her to this very moment: Williams is ready to share that she’s on the GLP-1 drug Zepbound, a type of medication typically prescribed for diabetes and now also used for weight management.

Serena Williams shares she is now using a GLP-1 in partnership with Ro, a digital health care company. Find out why she’s not worried about the public’s reaction to her weight loss journey on today’s full episode of “Here’s the Scoop,

Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion. But it’s important for me to own my own narrative and tell my own story.”