Barbra Streisand has left fans baffled after she made a wild remark on Melissa McCarthy’s Instagram page that some people believe was meant to be a private message.
McCarthy attended Center Theatre Group’s CTG Gala on Sunday night with legendary director Adam Shankman and they posed together on the red carpet.
McCarthy later took to Instagram to post a paparazzi picture of herself with Shankman, and fans rushed to the comments to compliment the star on how good she looked.
Streisand thought she looked good too, but appeared to suggest that McCarthy could have used “Ozempic” to achieve her results.
The legendary singer wrote: “Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?”
Ozempic has been popularised in the US in recent months by stars like Oprah Winfrey and weight loss giant Weight Watchers. However in Australia Ozempic has been evaluated by the TGA for its safety, quality and efficacy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes only and not for weight loss, which is called ‘off-label’ use creating a wave of controversy surrounding it’s usage.
Fans rushed to reply to the gobsmacking comment, with one hitting back: “Dude that’s so rude omg her body is none of your business also ozempic if you’re not diabetic of some sort is a very dangerous method and not only that for someone that’s supposed to be a friend of hers this is totally disgusting and disrespectful.”
Another criticised the singer for talking about another woman’s appearance, commenting:
“Wow really! What happened to not taking about Bodies! As a mother of a daughter that’s not OK we as women need to not focus on appearance.”
‘I’m so totally taken aback that you could ask her that on Social Media for all to see?” remarked another. “I love and adore you, truly, but that disappointed me.”
While another hit back, saying: “Did you actually just have the audacity to ask her that?! Especially right out here on social media!!!”
Others also questioned whether Streisand thought she was sending a private message to the actress, only to inadvertently make it public.
Meanwhile, McCarthy has reportedly recently lost as much as 75lbs in recent months on her weight loss journey.
“I finally said [to myself], ‘Oh for God sakes, stop worrying about it, and it may be the best thing I’ve ever done,” McCarthy recently shared on CBS This Morning.
“I truly stopped worrying about [my weight]. I stopped over-analysing, over-thinking, overdoing anything … I just stopped constantly being worried about it and I think there’s something to kinda loosening up and not being so nervous and rigid about it that, bizarrely, has worked.”