Barbra Streisand has upset fans after her recent comment on Melissa McCarthy's Instagram post. Photo / Getty Images
Barbra Streisand has upset fans after her recent comment on Melissa McCarthy's Instagram post. Photo / Getty Images
Barbra Streisand has caused upset after a recent comment she left on a fellow actor’s Instagram page.
The iconic American star has caused a stir among fans this week after she made a comment on an Instagram post made by actress Melissa McCarthy, news.com.au reports.
Postinga photo of herself and legendary director Adam Shankman, at the Center Theatre Group’s CTG Gala last week, McCarthy captioned the post: “Pastels only to honour the incredible @matthewbourne13 at the @ctgla gala last night with this fella @adamshankman !! Thiiiiis much closer to my dream of dancing on stage [sic]”.
While many fans took to the comment section to gush over the star, Streisand seemingly suggested the actress has recently used the controversial weight-loss drug Ozempic.
“Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?” She wrote. Despite deleting her comment swiftly, many fans were quick to reply, with one writing: “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 [sic].”
Another said: “Wow really! What happened to not talking about bodies! As a mother of a daughter that’s not OK we as women need to not focus on appearance.”
Melissa McCarthy and Barbra Streisand pose backstage during the tour opener for "Barbra - The Music... The Mem'ries... The Magic!" in 2016. Photo / Getty Images
Others questioned whether Streisand meant to comment on the post or if she believed she was sending a private message to the actress: “Leave Barbra alone she would never do that on purpose I believe she meant that for a private question.”
A second echoed: “I think Barbra thought it was a dm [sic].”
She wrote: “OMG - 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!”
McCarthy - who has reportedly lost 35kg in recent months, told CBS’ This Morning during an interview this year: “I finally said [to myself], ‘Oh for God sakes, stop worrying about it’, and it may be the best thing I’ve ever done.”
She added: “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.”
