Barbra Streisand asked Melissa McCarthy if she used Ozempic in an Instagram comment on Monday, prompting a series of critical responses to the personal question.
McCarthy, 53, posted a picture of herself and her friend Adam Shankman, 59, in Los Angeles on Sunday at CTG’s The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theatre.
‘Cakes just to honor the amazing @matthewbourne13 at the @ctgla gala last night with this guy @adamshankman!!’ the Oscar-nominated actress captioned the image. ‘This is much closer to my dream of dancing on stage.
Streisand, 82, responded in the comments thread with the question: ‘Give him my regards, did you take Ozempic?’
The EGOT-winning artist quickly received dozens of responses detailing the nature of her query.
Barbra Streisand, 82, asked Melissa McCarthy, 53, if she used Ozempic in an Instagram comment, prompting critical responses to the personal question. Photographed in New York in 2019.
McCarthy posted an image of herself and her friend Adam Shankman, 59, in Los Angeles on Monday.
‘Wow, really!’ said one user. ‘What happened to not talking about Bodies! As a mother of a daughter, that is not right, we as women should not focus on appearance.’
Another user told Streisand: “I’m so baffled that you can ask her that on social media for everyone to see.” I love you and adore you, I really do, but that disappointed me.
Another user said: “Whether he did it or not is nobody else’s business,” while others described the line of questioning as “rude”, “disgusting”, “disgusting and disrespectful”.
One user said Streisand’s comment was indicative of a vapid mentality in Hollywood: “Movie stars will never stop focusing on looks.”
Another user said McCarthy “looks healthy, regardless of how she got there” and that they were “surprised by the lack of respect” Streisand showed with her question.
‘How about being healthy for the sake of being healthy?’ the user added.
Another user asked Streisand: ‘Did you really have the audacity to ask her that?’ Especially here on social media!!!’
One user questioned the possibility that someone was posting under Streisand’s name, saying “this can’t be the real Babs.”
The EGOT-winning entertainer generated controversy with the question she asked McCarthy
The Oscar-nominated actress attended CTG’s The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theater on Sunday in Los Angeles.
One user told Streisand: ‘Women shouldn’t focus on appearance’
The thread was full of commenters defending McCarthy.
People described Streisand’s line of questioning as “rude,” “disgusting,” “disgusting and disrespectful.”
One user questioned the possibility that someone was posting under Streisand’s name, saying “this can’t be the real Babs.”
Another suggested that Streisand “wanted this to be a private message.”
One user said: “Doesn’t sound like something Barbra would say.”
Not everyone was offended, as one user said they were “shocked by that comment” with a couple of hysterical laughing emojis.
One user chose to explicitly tell the Prince of Tides star: “BARBRA YOU CAN’T ASK IF SOMEONE IS ON OZEMPIC HAHAHAHAHA SAVAGE.”