Every Celebrity Who Has Spoken Out About Their PCOS Diagnosis: Bebe Rexha, Maci Bookout, More

Bebe Rexha

Bebe shared the details of an ovarian cyst burst via TikTok on May 29, 2024.

“Two weeks ago, I was in urgent care. I was in so much pain,” the “Meant to Be” singer said. “My doctor thought it was appendicitis because it was so bad, but it was actually a cyst that had burst. Tylenol didn’t work, Advil didn’t work. I was sick to my stomach, the pain was so bad. The only thing that helped me – and I think you should try this if you have cysts – [is] a heating pad.”

Sasha Pieterse

“Just the fact that we were able to get pregnant was such a blessing because with PCOS that made me nervous,” she said in 2020 after the birth of her son Hudson. “A lot of women have infertility issues and so we were expecting more difficulty, so it’s been an absolute blessing that we were able to just get pregnant by ourselves.”

Lea Michele

The Glee alum opened up about her diagnosis at age 30, saying, “The side effects can be brutal.”

“Growing up, I had terrible skin. I went on Accutane three times. I was put on every medication that you could imagine to help my skin. Luckily, birth control was a savior for me when I was in my teens. And then when I was in my late 20s, I realized I wanted to detox my body of all medications. That’s when everything happened — the return to bad skin and, this time, weight gain,” she said. “I didn’t know what was going on.”

Jillian Michaels

“I have seen doctors come at this with myriad of drugs to attack the problem from various angles.  They can prescribe something like metformin to improve insulin sensitivity.  Some suggest birth control to add in more estrogen or progesterone.  And some suggest anti-androgens,” the former Biggest Loser trainer wrote in a June 2018 blog post. “In my experience, as a person who suffered from PCOS as a teenager, all of this can be controlled with lifestyle changes. The key is to be an ‘upstreamist,” she added before explaining that an “upstreamist” figures out the “root of the problem” rather than “attempting to cure the symptoms.”

Daisy Ridley

“At 15 I was diagnosed with endometriosis. One laparoscopy, many consultations and eight years down the line, pain was back (more mild this time!) and my skin was THE WORST,” the Star Wars actress said. “I’ve tried everything: products, antibiotics, more products, more antibiotics) and all that did was left my body in a bit of a mess. Finally found out I have polycystic ovaries and that’s why it’s bad.”

Maci Bookout

Maci has been an advocate for PCOS since being diagnosed at age 17 and often discusses her symptoms on Teen Mom. 

“Sometimes I’m like if I didn’t have PCOS, then maybe I wouldn’t have been so irritable with my children today,” she previously said. “It is somewhat manageable with medicine, but it is lose-lose. There’s never a win with the medication. You’re trading a symptom for a side effect which sucks. Plus I’m not really into taking medicine every day … I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing.”

Victoria Beckham

The Spice Girls singer was diagnosed while trying to conceive baby No. 4, daughter Harper Seven. 

“Every time I go out, someone says to me ‘Are you pregnant?’ And at first I tried to dodge these questions with a vague response and a smile, but now, I have resorted to overt, brutal honesty,” she previously said. “She continued, ‘I keep that big smile and say something like, ‘Actually, I’m struggling with infertility because of my PCOS, so my husband and I have been through several fertility treatments. No baby yet, but it’ll happen soon!’”

Francia Raisa

“My friend wrote a book about PCOS,” Francia shared via Instagram in July 2023 alongside a photo of Living With PCOS: Road To Reversal author Candice Craig. “I also have PCOS and still learning how to live with it. Thanks for this [Candice Craig].”

Jaime King

“It’s completely unacceptable that you spend years and years and years and years of your life suffering because there has been no education, no awareness,” the Hart of Dixie alum said following her diagnosis. 

She later described her challenges with conceiving, saying, “I lost my first baby at [20]. And I continued to miscarry and miscarry, and it took many years for me to have my first child, and when I was going through this, I cannot explain what it felt like — that this one thing that we’re told as women is that our gift is that we can carry life, and all of a sudden someone says, ‘Oh, maybe that might be in question.’”

Keke Palmer

“Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome has been attacking me from the inside out my entire life and I had no idea,” Keke revealed via Instagram in December 2020. “My acne has been so bad that people in my field offered to pay for me to get it fixed … My skin has made me sad many nights but I do not give up on myself. I know this is not me and my body has been looking for help.”

She added, “The least harmful thing PCOS can bring is acne. To all the people struggling with this please know you’re not alone and that you are still so f–king fine! MY ACNE AINT NEVER STOPPED ME.”