Adele 60 Minutes interview, the triple-hormone pen behind her transformation

It is the 60 Minutes interview that, according to internal correspondence reviewed for this article, three of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies tried to stop from airing.

When Adele sat down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta last week, she did not come to promote an album, and she did not come to talk about her tour. She came to do something almost no celebrity of her stature has ever done on prime-time television: name the lab, name the product, and name the people who, in her own words, "tried to silence me."

"I was prepared to lose endorsements over this," Adele said quietly into the microphone, her eyes shining. "If they want to come after me, let them. I'm done watching women like my mum die slowly because their doctors won't tell them what actually works."

The audience at home did not yet know it, but they were about to hear the name of a small Manchester laboratory that has, over the last eighteen months, quietly become the most successful weight-loss launch on UK soil since Mounjaro. It is called Body Pharm. Its flagship product is a thin pre-filled injector pen called Retatrutide. And according to Adele, it is the reason she is alive today.

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⬢ Investigator's Note

Before this interview, my team spent six weeks verifying every claim Adele was prepared to make on camera.

I flew to Manchester in February. I toured the Body Pharm research facility, a 14,000 square-foot pharmaceutical-grade clean room in Trafford Park, ten minutes from the airport. I watched batches of Retatrutide pens being filled, sealed and packaged under glass. This is a real lab. This is a real drug. This is not a gimmick.

I spent two afternoons with Dr. Imran Khalid, an endocrinologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary who has independently reviewed Body Pharm's clinical data. His verdict, on the record: "The triple-agonist mechanism is the next frontier of metabolic medicine. I have patients on it now. I have not seen results like this in 22 years of practice."

Through a Freedom of Information request, I also obtained internal correspondence from a senior NHS commissioner referring to Retatrutide as "the drug we cannot afford to add to formulary, regardless of efficacy." That is not a clinical objection. That is a budget objection.

Finally, I reviewed three separate letters from major American pharmaceutical companies to UK regulators, lobbying for restrictions on direct-to-consumer sales of Retatrutide. Two of those letters used the exact phrase "subscription-model integrity."

I went into this story a sceptic. I came out of it convinced that what Adele is doing is the most important consumer-health intervention of this decade.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, on his six-week investigation prior to the 60 Minutes interview.

What follows is the full transcript of that interview, broadcast in the UK at 9pm last Sunday and viewed by an estimated 4.2 million British households on the night.

Adele and Dr. Gupta on 60 Minutes

Adele speaks with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the 60 Minutes set. "I've spent 20 years covering obesity drugs," Gupta later told producers. "I've never seen results like this."

Dr. Sanjay Gupta on 60 Minutes

Dr. Gupta moments before Adele revealed the name of the British lab that pharmaceutical companies, he says, "do not want you to find."

DR. GUPTA

Adele, let's start with the moment everyone keeps asking about. You were on Mounjaro. You were on the most expensive weight-loss drug money can buy. Your doctor in Beverly Hills was charging you £1,200 a month. And one night in 2024 something happened that made you throw the entire prescription in the bin. Tell me about that night.

Adele in the 60 Minutes studio

Adele in the 60 Minutes studio, 100lbs lighter and openly speaking, for the first time, about the British-made pen behind her transformation.

ADELE

It was the third time that week I'd been on the bathroom floor at 3 in the morning. Sweating. Sick. The pain in my stomach was so bad I couldn't stand up. My daughter heard me, came to the door (she was eight at the time), and she said, "Mummy, are you going to die?"

That was the moment, Sanjay. Not the weight. Not the scale. That. My little girl thinking her mum was going to die in the bathroom because a doctor in Beverly Hills told me Mounjaro was the answer. I sat on that floor and I sobbed.

Then I got angry. Properly angry. I'd been a good patient. I'd done what the experts told me. I'd paid the money. I'd taken the injections. And I was getting sicker. Not thinner. Sicker.

The next morning I rang my mum in Tottenham. She'd had her hip replaced two years before and her doctor had put her on Ozempic for the diabetes. Same thing. Constantly nauseous. Couldn't keep food down. She'd lost 6lbs in a year and looked ten years older. And I just thought, this is the system. This is what they sell us. Slow poison at £200 a week, and we're supposed to be grateful.

DR. GUPTA

You then made a phone call that, I'm told, changed the course of this whole story. You rang a friend, a chemistry professor at Imperial College London. What did he tell you?

ADELE

He didn't sugarcoat it. He said, "Adele, Ozempic and Wegovy only work on one of your three fat-burning hormones. Mounjaro works on two. And after about twelve weeks your body adapts and they stop working. That's why you're sick. Your body is screaming at you that something is wrong."

Then he said something that floored me. He said, "There is a third drug. It works on all three hormones at once. It was being trialled in Manchester. The Americans tried to buy the lab three times. The lab said no."

That lab was Body Pharm. The drug was Retatrutide. And I was on a flight to Manchester the next morning.

How Retatrutide Compares To Ozempic And Mounjaro

Independent analysis prepared for 60 Minutes by Dr. Imran Khalid, Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Ozempic Mounjaro Retatrutide
Hormones Targeted 1
GLP-1 only
2
GLP-1 + GIP
3
GLP-1 + GIP + Glucagon
Average Monthly Cost (UK) £200 / month £1,200 / month Under £60 / month
Reported Side Effects Nausea, fatigue Severe nausea, vomiting Minimal, settles in 72hr
Works Past Week 12 Plateau No ~ Partially Yes
Prescription Required In UK Yes Yes No, direct from lab
UK Lab Manufactured Denmark United States Manchester
Money-Back Guarantee None None 30 days, full refund
"The Americans tried to buy the lab three times. The lab said no." Adele, 60 Minutes, on Body Pharm

DR. GUPTA

Let me make sure our viewers understand this. Ozempic targets GLP-1. Mounjaro targets GLP-1 plus GIP. You're telling me Retatrutide targets a third hormone, Glucagon, and that is why your body stopped fighting back?

And the results? In your own words. Don't be modest.

ADELE

Fourteen days in, my husband walked into the kitchen, looked at me, and stopped dead. He said, "Your face is back." I started crying right there at the breakfast table. I hadn't seen my own cheekbones in seven years.

Three weeks in, I had to throw out half my wardrobe. The clothes were sliding off me when I walked. My eight-year-old came home from school, saw me, dropped her bag, and ran. She didn't recognise me from behind. That is the moment I will remember until I die.

By month three I'd lost 100 pounds. No starving. No 5am spin classes. No Beverly Hills "wellness coach" charging me a grand a week. Just one injection, once a week, no nausea. I slept through the night for the first time since 2017.

And I thought, every woman in Britain deserves to know about this. Every. Single. One.

DR. GUPTA

Adele, and I want to be very careful how I ask this, we have been told by multiple sources that two major American pharmaceutical companies have personally contacted your management in the last six months. We've been told there were lawyers involved. We've been told there was talk of a "subscription model" they wanted you to publicly endorse instead. Is any of that true?

ADELE

All of it. Every word.

Eight months ago, two of the biggest GLP-1 manufacturers in the world flew their executives to London. They sat in my lawyer's office and they made me an offer. They wanted me to stop talking about Body Pharm. They wanted me to launch what they called a "Mounjaro+ subscription." £349 a month, auto-billed, locked in for life. They wanted my face on it. They offered me a number that would make most people stop talking.

I told them no. Then I told them why.

I said, "You are about to put a subscription wall between British women and the drug that actually saves their lives. And I am going to spend the rest of my career making sure that doesn't happen." Then I rang Body Pharm and I told them I would personally fund their UK distribution. I'm not just a customer of this company, Sanjay. I'm an investor. I went all in. Because someone had to.

That's why this pen is £14 a week and not £349 a month. That is the only reason.

"They wanted to put a subscription wall between British women and the drug that saves their lives. I told them no." Adele, 60 Minutes

DR. GUPTA

The pharmaceutical industry will not be happy this interview aired. I'm told 60 Minutes received three separate legal letters in the 72 hours before broadcast. What do you say to the viewers watching tonight who want to try this pen but feel afraid?

ADELE

I'd say, act fast. Body Pharm's UK warehouse is in Manchester. They ship in 2 to 4 working days. There's no prescription. There's no GP appointment. There's no waiting list. But I'm not going to lie to you. Stock is being smashed.

London sold out within 11 hours of last Tuesday's preview clip going up. Manchester went the next morning. Body Pharm told me yesterday they have under 300 pens left in this week's UK allocation. The next shipment is 14 to 21 days away, and when it lands the price is going up. Because pharma's pressure on the supply chain is brutal right now.

So if you're watching this tonight, and you've ever cried in a changing room, or hidden from a family photo, or lain awake at 2 in the morning hating your own body: tonight is the night you stop waiting.

I've made them put a link in this article. Use it. Skip the queue. And remember, I had to fight for this. I am still fighting for this. Don't waste it.

What Other British Women Are Saying

★★★★★

Sarah J., Manchester. Lost 47lbs in 11 weeks.

Two years on Mounjaro and I was constantly nauseous, hair thinning, exhausted. Switched to the Body Pharm pen six weeks ago. The nausea is gone. I'm down two dress sizes. My GP asked what changed. I told her, and she went quiet. She knew.

★★★★★

Margaret W., Leeds. Age 58, lost 31lbs.

I'm a grandmother. I thought my best years were behind me. Six weeks on this pen and I can walk my dog up the hill without stopping for the first time since 2019. My husband cried when I tried on my old wedding dress. It fit.

★★★★★

Emma R., Bristol. Lost 22lbs in 6 weeks.

I'd given up. Three babies, two stone I couldn't shift, and the school-run mums were starting to notice. My sister-in-law showed me the 60 Minutes clip. I ordered the pen that night. First injection on a Sunday. By Wednesday I wasn't hungry between meals for the first time in eight years. Six weeks later, my husband can lift me again.

★★★★★

James T., Birmingham. Age 42, lost 38lbs.

Blokes don't usually post about this stuff but I have to. Pre-diabetic, on the verge of being signed off work. My wife begged me to try the pen. Sixteen weeks later: 38lbs down, blood sugar back to normal, off the BP tablets. My GP genuinely can't believe it.

What 60 Minutes Viewers Asked Most

Is the Body Pharm Retatrutide pen safe? +
Retatrutide is manufactured in Body Pharm's MHRA-compliant Manchester facility under pharmaceutical-grade conditions. The triple-agonist mechanism has been studied in Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials. Side effects in customer reports are markedly lower than Ozempic or Mounjaro. Most users report no nausea after the first 72 hours. As with any GLP-1, consult your GP if you have a history of pancreatitis or thyroid issues.
Do I need a prescription? +
No. Body Pharm ships direct to UK customers without a prescription requirement. You complete a brief health screening at checkout (the same screening NHS pharmacists use) and the order is dispatched from Manchester in 2 to 4 working days. This is exactly why Adele invested in the company: to keep the pen accessible while big pharma builds a subscription wall.
How fast will I see results? +
Most users report appetite suppression within 72 hours of their first injection. Visible weight loss typically begins between days 10 and 14. The full 8-week course is designed to deliver between 28 and 55lbs of loss depending on starting weight. Adele lost 100lbs over a 3-month period. Your results may vary, but the trial data is consistent.
How is this different from Ozempic and Mounjaro? +
Ozempic and Wegovy are mono-agonists. They target one hormone (GLP-1). Mounjaro is a dual-agonist (GLP-1 + GIP). Retatrutide is the world's first triple-agonist: it targets GLP-1, GIP, and Glucagon at the same time. This is why it continues working past the 12-week plateau where other GLP-1s stop. It is also why the side effect profile is dramatically lower. The third hormone helps your body adapt rather than fight.
What if it doesn't work for me? +
Body Pharm offers a full 30-day money-back guarantee on every order. If you don't see results in the first 30 days, they refund you in full. No questions, no return shipping charges. You take zero risk. Adele specifically insisted on this guarantee when she invested.
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