Melissa McCarthy has responded to Barbra Streisand's question about whether or not she's used Ozempic. In a now-deleted comment, the iconic singer wrote underneath a photo of McCarthy and Adam Shankman, "Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?" The comment quickly went viral. In response to all the online chatter, McCarthy shared a video on Instagram.
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00:00Melissa McCarthy has responded to Barbra Streisand's question about whether or not she's used Ozempic.
00:06In a now-deleted comment, the iconic singer wrote underneath a photo of McCarthy and Adam Shankman,
00:11giving my regards, did you take Ozempic? The comment quickly went viral.
00:15In response to all the online chatter, McCarthy shared this video on Instagram.
00:20The takeaway, Barbra Streisand knows I exist. She reached out to me and she thought I look good.
00:26I win the day.
00:28Streisand also later explained her remark on social media,
00:31saying she was merely praising McCarthy's appearance. She wrote,
00:34OMG I went on Instagram to see the photos we'd posted of the beautiful flowers I'd received for
00:39my birthday. Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy, who I sang with on my Encore
00:44album. The singer continued, she looked fantastic. I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot
00:49the world was reading. While McCarthy has spoken out about her health in the past,
00:53she hasn't publicly talked about using Ozempic or other medicine for weight loss.
00:57McCarthy can next be seen in Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tarts origin movie,
01:00Unfrosted, which hits Netflix on Friday.
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