Melissa McCarthy is pleased Barbra Streisand knows who she is and insisted she wasn't offended when the veteran entertainer asked if she had been using Ozempic.
Melissa McCarthy is pleased Barbra Streisand knows who she is.
The 53-year-old actress insisted she has no hard feelings after the veteran entertainer caused a stir when she publicly asked her on Instagram if she had been using weight-loss drug Ozempic, and instead she feels like she has "won the day" by receiving a compliment from the 82-year-old star.
Sharing a short video on Instagram in which she was reading a magazine with a vintage photo of Barbra on the cover, Melissa said: “The takeaway – Barbra Streisand knows I exist, she reached out to me, and she thought I looked good.
“I win the day."
She captioned the post: “@Barbrastreisand fan club members only!!!”
The 'A Star is Born' star had raised eyebrows when she made her comment on a post shared by the 'Bridesmaids' actress which featured her and choreographer Adam Shankman outside the Centre Theatre Group Gala in Los Angeles.
Barbra commented: “Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?”
Following a backlash, the 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' singer later admitted she had "forgot the world is reading" when she made her comment.
She said on Instagram Stories about her since-deleted post: “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!”
In 2016, Melissa and Barbra teamed up for a duet of ‘Anything You Can Do’, which featured on the Oscar and Grammy-winning singer’s ‘Encore’ album.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2023, Melissa said Barbra is “really funny”, adding about what surprised her about the star when they first met: “I think when she opened the door she had leggings on and lunch meat in her hand. And I was like, ‘None of this is what I expected.’”
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