Celebrity News April 30, 2024
Barbra Streisand Explains Melissa McCarthy Ozempic Comment
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Barbra Streisand is doing some explaining after facing backlash for a comment she made on Melissa McCarthy’s Instagram.
On Monday, Melissa posted photos of herself with famed director Adam Shankman at the 2024 Center Theatre Group Gala.
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Barbra wrote “Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?”
It may have been a compliment on Melissa’s svelte figure, but the judgy Internet wasn’t having it!
Today, Streisand explained her comment, which has since been deleted.
In a statement, Barbra wrote, “OMG - I went on Instagram to see the photos we’d posted of the beautiful flowers I’d received for my birthday! Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy who I sang with on my Encore album. She looked fantastic! I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading!”
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TMZ photogs also caught up with McCarthy, who gave Barbra the benefit of the doubt.
She said, “I think Barbra’s a treasure and I love her.”
