Barbra Streisand asked Melissa McCarthy if she used Ozempic in an Instagram comment on Monday triggering a slew of responses critical of the personal question.
McCarthy, 53, posted an image of herself and pal Adam Shankman, 59, in Los Angeles on Sunday at CTG’s The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theatre.
‘Pastels only to honor the incredible @matthewbourne13 at the @ctgla gala last night with this fella @adamshankman !!’ the Oscar-nominated actress captioned the image. ‘Thiiiiis much closer to my dream of dancing on stage
Streisand, 82, responded in the comment thread with the question, ‘Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?’
The EGOT-winning entertainer was quickly at the receiving end of dozens of responses calling out the nature of her inquiry.
Barbra Streisand, 82, asked Melissa McCarthy, 53, if she used Ozempic in an Instagram comment, triggering responses critical of the personal question. Pictured in NYC in 2019
McCarthy on Monday posted an image of herself and pal Adam Shankman, 59, in Los Angeles
‘Wow really!’ one user said. ‘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.’
Said another user to Streisand, ‘I’m so totally taken aback that you could ask her that on Social Media for all to see? I love and adore you, truly, but that disappointed me.’
Another user said, ‘Whether she did or did not is no one else’s business,’ while others described the line of questioning as ‘rude,’ ‘nasty,’ ‘disgusting and disrespectful.’
One user said Streisand’s remark was indicative of a vapid mentality in Hollywood: ‘Movie stars will never stop focusing on appearance.’
Another user said that McCarthy ‘looks healthy, no matter how she got there’ and that they were ‘surprised at the lack of respect’ Streisand showed with her question.
‘How about just being healthy for the sake of being healthy?’ the user added.
Another user asked Streisand, ‘Did you actually just have the audacity to ask her that?! Especially right out here on social media!!!’
One user questioned the possibility someone was posting under Streisand’s handle, saying that ‘this cannot possibly be the real Babs.’
The EGOT-winning entertainer garnered controversy with the question she asked McCarthy
The Oscar-nominated actress attended the CTG’s The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theatre Sunday in LA
A user told Streisand, ‘Women need to not focus on appearance’
The thread was full of commenters defending McCarthy
People described Streisand’s line of questioning as ‘rude,’ ‘nasty,’ ‘disgusting and disrespectful’
One user questioned the possibility someone was posting under Streisand’s handle, saying that ‘this cannot possibly be the real Babs’
Another suggested Streisand ‘meant this to be a private message.’
Said one user: ‘It doesn’t sound like something Barbra would say.’
Not everyone was offended, as one user said they were ‘in shock with that comment’ with a pair of hysterical laughing emojis.
One user opted to tell The Prince of Tides star explicitly: ‘BARBRA YOU CANT JUST ASK IF SOMEONE IS ON OZEMPIC HAHAHAHAHA SAVAGE.’
