Barbra Streisand SLAMMED in comment thread after asking Melissa McCarthy, ‘Did you take Ozempic?’
Barbra Streisand asked Melissa McCarthy if she used Ozempic in an Instagram comment on Monday, sparking a slew of critical responses to the personal question.
McCarthy, 53, posted a photo of himself and boyfriend Adam Shankman, 59, in Los Angeles on Sunday at CTG’s The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theater.
“Just pastels in honor of the incredible @matthewbourne13 at the @ctgla gala last night with this guy @adamshankman!!” the Oscar-nominated actress captioned the image. ‘Thiiii comes much closer to my dream of dancing on stage
Streisand, 82, responded in the comment thread asking, “Give him my regards, did you take Ozempic?”
The EGOT-winning entertainer quickly received dozens of comments highlighting the nature of her research.
Barbra Streisand, 82, asked Melissa McCarthy, 53, if she used Ozempic in an Instagram comment, prompting critical responses to the personal question. Pictured in New York in 2019
McCarthy posted a photo of herself and her boyfriend Adam Shankman, 59, in Los Angeles on Monday
‘Wow really!’ said one user. “What happened to not discussing bodies! As a mother of a daughter that is not okay, we as women should not focus on appearance.’
Another user told Streisand, “I’m so totally surprised that you could ask her that on social media for everyone to see? I really love and adore you, but that disappointed me.”
Another user said, “Whether she did it or not is no one else’s business,” while others described the questioning as “rude,” “nasty,” “disgusting and disrespectful.”
One user said Streisand’s comment was indicative of a boring mentality in Hollywood: “Movie stars will always focus on appearances.”
Another user said McCarthy “looks healthy no matter how she got there” and that they were “surprised by the lack of respect” Streisand showed with her question.
“How about just being healthy for the sake of being healthy?” added the user.
Another user asked Streisand, “Did you actually have the nerve to ask her that?! Especially here on social media!!!’
One user questioned the possibility of someone posting under Streisand, saying that “this can’t possibly be the real Babs.”
The EGOT-winning entertainer sparked controversy with the question she asked McCarthy
The Oscar-nominated actress attended CTG’s The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theater Sunday in LA
One user told Streisand: ‘Women shouldn’t focus on appearance’
The thread was full of commenters defending McCarthy
People describe Streisand’s questioning style as ‘rude’, ‘nasty’, ‘disgusting and disrespectful’
One user questioned the possibility that someone posted under Streisand, saying that ‘this can’t possibly be the real Babs’
Another suggested that Streisand “meant this was a private message.”
One user said: ‘It doesn’t sound like something Barbra would say.’
Not everyone was offended, as one user said he was ‘in shock at that comment’ with some hysterical laughing emojis.
One user chose to explicitly tell The Prince of Tides star, “BARBRA YOU CAN’T JUST ASK IF SOMEONE IS ON OZEMPIC HAHAHAHAHA SAVAGE.”