Celebs and the menopause

Cybill Shepherd

A talented jazz singer as well as an inspired comedy actress, Cybill Shepherd has used her music to come out loud and proud about the menopause.

In Menopause Blues she belts out: ‘Now you can keep your Viagra - Testosterone, too - My libido's on the rise - This horny bitch ain't through.' Cybill, 58, is a long-time advocate of women's health issues, speaking out about contraception and abortion in an often hostile US. She did two episodes of her sitcom 'Cybill' around menopause issues, after which she was introduced to the natural remedy red clover which has helped her manage her symptoms.  ‘I'm not going to romanticise menopause,' says Cybill, ‘It is not easy, but it is also another exciting stage.'