Viola Davis got a mixed reaction from fans with her glamorous outing Saturday at the 2024 LACMA Arts + Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Several users praised the 59-year-old actress for her radiant appearance, while some floated the idea that she used Ozempic to help her weight loss efforts, in reactions to an image of Davis on the X/Twitter account. @FilmUpdates.
‘O oo ozempic,’ one user said of the medication in response to the image, while another joked: ‘Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s Ozempic!..’
One user said, ‘Ozempic needs to start tagging these celebrities,’ while another said, ‘It seems like almost all of Hollywood is on Ozempic right now!’
Another commenter said that “the appearance is obvious” when one takes Ozempic, adding that it is “ridiculous” that people “who are obese and need medical assistance to lose weight” use it to lose weight.
Viola Davis, 59, got a mixed reaction from fans with her glamorous outing Saturday at the 2024 LACMA Arts + Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Some users suggested that the EGOT-winning artist, pictured in London in 2022, had used Ozempic to help lose weight.
At the event with her husband Julius Tennon, Davis donned a black sequin Gucci dress with long sleeves and a cape.
Among the other stars photographed at Saturday’s gala in Los Angeles were Kim Kardashian, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Kathy Hilton and Kaia Gerber.
Other users praised the St. Matthews, South Carolina native for her aura and glow at the annual event in Southern California.
‘She is an extraordinarily beautiful woman! My God!’ one user, while another called her “one of the most talented and inspiring women in Hollywood.”
Another user said: ‘Viola Davis looks absolutely amazing in this photo! Her talent and beauty shine at all times. Keep inspiring us, Viola!’
The EGOT-winning artist looked “regal” at the event, one user said: “Aside from the obvious weight loss in this photo, Viola has always been an attractive woman with the most incredible skin.”
The Fences star was also described as “stunning, gorgeous” and “gorgeous” in reaction to her appearance at the event.
The Help actress opened up about her beauty regimen in a YouTube clip for Harper Bazaar United Kingdom in November 2022.
At the event with her husband Julius Tennon, Davis donned a black sequin Gucci dress with long sleeves and a cape.
Some commenters raised the idea that Davis used Ozempic to help her in her weight loss efforts.
Others praised her appearance at the annual event in Southern California.
“The best beauty advice I’ve ever been given is, ‘Viola, whenever someone has a camera and wants to take your photo, look at the camera and smile,'” she said.
David added: “I thought that was really powerful, and I remember someone saying that to me and it made me feel like, wow, ‘I have something in me that I can use in a movie.’
“It just changes my whole look and after that, I kept smiling every time they put a camera in my face.”
In recent years, Davis has appeared in films such as this year’s Kung Fu Panda 4 and last year’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and Air.
Projects in the pipeline include the television shows Creature Commandos and Waller; and the films I Almost Forgot About You, G20, and an untitled Harriet Tubman project.