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On Friday, September 18, a video featuring the 41-year-old Jersey Shore star with a slimmer physique was posted on Instagram, and the comments quickly turned to her weight.
Some users accused Jenni “JWoww” Farley of using Ozempic or another GLP-1 medication. Farley replied in the comments with an explanation that had nothing to do with injections.
She said she had spent six days in the hospital, was told she couldn’t eat while doctors debated removing her appendix, and was treated for a kidney abscess she compared to a golf ball in size.
Her reply opened with a sarcastic apology to anyone offended by her weight, and it has since been widely shared.
The video was recorded at the Macy’s Rookie Kids Runway show in New York City, where her two children, Meilani and Greyson, walked the runway.
Her daughter wore denim Levi overalls, and her son wore a blue Jordan sweatsuit with a matching white cap. In a follow-up on her Instagram Story that has now disappeared, Farley joked that she had commented about her weight instead of how beautiful her kids looked because weight is what everybody cares about.
What follows lays out what she said, what her own earlier posts show about the illness behind the weight loss, and what is still unknown about her treatment.
What JWoww Said to Her Critics
Farley opened her comment with a sarcastic line. “Apologies to everyone offended by my weight lol,” she wrote. She then explained that she had “never been this thin since middle school,” but that the reason was unwelcome.
In her words, she had been told she couldn’t eat for six days in the hospital while doctors debated taking out her appendix, and she was also dealing with a kidney abscess.
She added that appendicitis and a kidney infection are miserable, and that because the problem had been ongoing, she had been losing weight over the summer.
She then addressed the medication accusations head-on. Farley wrote that what upsets her more is that she can’t control how thin she is right now, and she said she did not use any injections to get there. She then offered a prediction and a challenge to the commenters.
She wrote that when she gains the weight back, she’ll ask them to comment on how fat she got, because “women can’t win either way.” The line has become the center of the coverage, since it frames the criticism as a no-win situation rather than a one-off insult.
Followers weighed in on her side, according to Us Weekly. One wrote that people have no idea what illness does to the body and said those who can’t feel someone’s pain often assume it isn’t real.
Another told Farley to do what she needs to do to be healthy, since people will always have opinions, and that the only opinions that matter come from people who know her struggle.
The comment section became split, with critics on one side and supporters who had been through health scares of their own on the other.
The Hospital Stay Behind the Headlines
Farley’s explanation matches what she shared about two weeks earlier. On Thursday, September 3, she posted a photo on Instagram of herself in a hospital gown between her two children on their first day of school.
She wrote that it was not the first-day-of-school picture she wanted to post, then added that the past week had been “one of the hardest weeks of my life.”
She said she had spent every day fighting to get healthy enough to get home to her family while dealing with a horrible kidney infection and appendicitis. People reported that she was admitted to the hospital on Friday, August 28.
She also said the illness had been building for a long time. “I haven’t felt like myself for months,” Farley wrote, describing weight loss, exhaustion, and a constant feeling that something was off. Then, she said, her body reached a limit.
“We aren’t making it like this anymore,” she wrote of the Friday she ended up in the hospital. This is the timeline that gives her later comment its weight, since she described the weight loss as part of the illness well before the runway video, and before anyone accused her of using shots.
Her family rallied around the moment. Farley thanked the hospital team for doing everything they could to get her healthy enough to share the milestone with her kids, and she wrote that no matter where she was, she was going to do her daughter’s hair for her first day.
Her husband, Zack Carpinello, whom she married in a surprise ceremony on June 24, brought the kids to the hospital early so they could all be together.
She shared a video of herself doing her daughter’s hair in the hospital room and described the memory as one none of them would forget, made of hospital bracelets, backpacks, and hair supplies instead of the usual morning routine at home.
Some details remain undisclosed. The Blast reported that Farley has not provided complete details about her treatment or said whether doctors ultimately removed her appendix.
The outlet noted, citing the Mayo Clinic, that appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix that typically requires prompt medical attention, with treatment that can include antibiotics and, in many cases, surgery.
Farley has said she was treated for both appendicitis and a kidney infection, but she hasn’t said more about the procedures involved, and this article does not assume any.
A Familiar Cycle of Comments About Her Body
This is not the first time Farley has had to answer for how she looks. The Blast reported that earlier this year she pushed back after critics commented on her appearance in a swimsuit photo and suggested she looked ill.
At the time, she explained that she had not been deliberately trying to lose weight, and she criticized the conflicting expectations placed on women’s bodies. Her latest reply repeats that argument with a new set of facts and a sharper edge, linking back to the same point she made before.
What sets this episode apart is that she has now put a medical explanation on the record. She has described the kidney infection, the appendicitis, the days without eating and the months of feeling unwell, and she has denied using any medication to lose weight.
Nothing in the reporting reviewed for this article contradicts her account, and it lines up with what she posted in early September. What remains unverified is anything beyond what she has said herself, such as her exact treatment, her current condition, or how she is recovering.
Farley is a main cast member of the Jersey Shore franchise and its spin-offs, and she has been in the public eye since 2009, which helps explain why a runway video of her children turned into a national conversation about her weight.
As of this writing, she has not shared a further medical update beyond her comments and Instagram posts. Her message to the commenters was simple, and it is hers to stand behind: she says she can’t control how thin she is right now, and the people quick to judge have no idea what she has been through.
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