United Kingdom, Sept. 11 -- Kathy Bates has fired back at critics claiming her weight loss was all down to Ozempic.

The 77-year-old actress - who has lost around 100lbs since being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2017 - insisted while she eventually turned to the weight loss drug, she put in years of effort to get to where she wants to be.

She told Variety: "People say, 'Well, it was the Ozempic.' F*** you, it was the Ozempic! It took me years to do this.

"I got this diagnosis about diabetes - my father died of it; his mother died of it; one of my sisters is in peril.

"When they said 'diabetes,' I figured out what to do to slowly, over years, to lose the weight.

"And then when Ozempic came along, I was able to lose the last 15 to 2...