Barbra Streisand offered an explanation after asking Melissa McCarthy if the Bridesmaids star had taken the weight-loss drug Ozempic.
On Monday, McCarthy posted a photo of herself and director Adam Shankman as they attended a charity gala honoring renowned choreographer Matthew Bourne.
Fans and famous faces flooded the comments section – including Streisandwhose now-deleted post received attention for all the wrong reasons.
The Funny Girl star wrote: “Give you my regards, have you taken Ozempic?”
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Image: Melissa McCarthy in a Broadway premiere earlier this month. Photo: AP
The comment was soon discovered by McCarthy’s followers, one of whom wrote on Twitter: “Omg someone please teach Barbra Streisand how to send a DM.”
Streisand’s post was later deleted and she has now explained why she wrote it in an X post.
The 82-year-old wrote: “OMG – I went on Instagram to see the photos we posted of the beautiful flowers I got for my birthday!
“Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy, who I sang with on my album Encore. She looked fantastic!
“I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading.”
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McCarthy, 53, did not respond to any of Streisand’s posts.
Ozempic – a treatment originally developed for people with diabetes – works by suppressing your appetite and prolonging the time food stays in your stomach, leading to weight loss – at least as long as you continue to take it.
It was banned as a treatment for obesity in the UK due to high demand for the drug, causing a global shortage.
Numerous Hollywood stars are rumored to have used Ozempic to lose weight – but only a few celebrities have admitted this publicly.
See more information: Ozempic for Wegovy – what are the injections for weight loss? Ozempic dominates the internet despite health warnings
Stephen Fry was prescribed the drug in the US “years ago” and said earlier this year that side effects included vomiting up to five times a day.
Oprah Winfrey said she also took medication to lose weight, although she did not specify which ones.
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Barbra Streisand offered an explanation after asking Melissa McCarthy if the Bridesmaids star had taken the weight-loss drug Ozempic.
On Monday, McCarthy posted a photo of herself and director Adam Shankman as they attended a charity gala honoring renowned choreographer Matthew Bourne.
Fans and famous faces flooded the comments section – including Streisandwhose now-deleted post received attention for all the wrong reasons.
The Funny Girl star wrote: “Give you my regards, have you taken Ozempic?”
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Melissa McCarthy in a Broadway premiere earlier this month. Photo: AP
The comment was soon discovered by McCarthy’s followers, one of whom wrote on Twitter: “Omg someone please teach Barbra Streisand how to send a DM.”
Streisand’s post was later deleted and she has now explained why she wrote it in an X post.
The 82-year-old wrote: “OMG – I went on Instagram to see the photos we posted of the beautiful flowers I got for my birthday!
“Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy, who I sang with on my album Encore. She looked fantastic!
“I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading.”
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McCarthy, 53, did not respond to any of Streisand’s posts.
Ozempic – a treatment originally developed for people with diabetes – works by suppressing your appetite and prolonging the time food stays in your stomach, leading to weight loss – at least as long as you continue to take it.
It was banned as a treatment for obesity in the UK due to high demand for the drug, causing a global shortage.
Numerous Hollywood stars are rumored to have used Ozempic to lose weight – but only a few celebrities have admitted this publicly.
See more information:
Ozempic for Wegovy – what are the injections for weight loss?
Ozempic dominates the internet despite health warnings
Stephen Fry was prescribed the drug in the US “years ago” and said earlier this year that side effects included vomiting up to five times a day.
Oprah Winfrey said she also took medication to lose weight, although she did not specify which ones.
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