Barbra Streisand breaks silence on THAT Melissa McCarthy Ozempic remark which ... trends now
Barbra Streisand has broken her silence on her barbed Instagram comment asking whether close pal Melissa McCarthy was using weight loss drug Ozempic.
Streisand, 82, left fans reeling after publicly grilling McCarthy, 53, about Ozempic use before she quickly backtracked and deleted the remark.
McCarthy first caught Streisand's eye when she 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.
The comedian - whose weight has fluctuated over the years - showcased her newly slimmed down figure in a stylish mint dress and blazer.
Streisand responded in the comment thread with the question, 'Give him my regards did you take Ozempic?' - leading to a tidal wave of online criticism.
Barbra Streisand has broken her silence on her barbed Instagram comment asking whether close pal Melissa McCarthy was using weight loss drug Ozempic
Streisand , 82, left fans reeling after publicly grilling McCarthy , 53, about Ozempic use before she quickly backtracked and deleted the remark
A groveling Streisand later returned to social media on Tuesday to issue a mea culpa and 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 my on Encore album.
'She looked fantastic! I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading!'
The EGOT-winning entertainer was quickly at the receiving end of dozens of responses calling out the nature of her inquiry.
'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.'
One added: '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.'
A groveling Streisand later returned to social media on Tuesday to issue a mea culpa and wrote: 'OMG - I just wanted to pay her a compliment'
The actress attended the CTG's The Gala 2024 at the Ahmanson Theatre Sunday in LA. The star - whose weight has fluctuated throughout the years - is pictured right in 2014
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.'
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'
Broadway legend Barbra has also had numerous feuds with fellow celebrities over the years, including Donald Trump, Larry Kramer and Oprah.
Oprah
In 2003, Barbra appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show wearing a white turtleneck and carrying her white dog Sammie around the studio.
Barbra and Oprah (pictured) clashed when she appeared on her talk show in 2003
After a musical performance during which Barbara used a white microphone, Oprah called her out for matching even the microphone to her outfit and dog.
She said: 'I want to just say this... I own this studio, I've been here I don't know how many years. I've never seen a white mic.'
Barbara replied to Oprah: 'It's actually off-white, to match my off-white sweater. I like simplicity, and monochromatic frames.'
'So you had the mic sprayed?,' Oprah asked again in an encounter that Comedian Kathy Griffin said was eating at Oprah for weeks in her book Official Book Club Selection.
Donald Trump
In 2018, Barbra claimed that President Trump's politics made her 'gain weight'
In 2018, Barbra claimed that Donald Trump was making her 'gain weight' as she resorted to comfort eating in order to deal with the current state of politics.
She then added to Australia's Stellar magazine that the 'lying' President was making her feel 'kind of depressed' as she stayed up until the wee hours after eating chocolate and ice-cream.
'Trump lied from the beginning, and I just honour the truth - in my work, in my life, I love the truth. I think it's so powerful,' Barbra stated.
'The truth, to me, is the essence of living in a democracy and I guess what offends me so much is Trump seems to care so very little about it, because he continues to lie day after day and make up things, you know?'
Larry Kramer
Barbra and Larry clashed over television adaptation of his play The Normal Heart
Barbra and Larry were embroiled in a saga over the television adaptation of his play The Normal Heart for years.
Barbra optioned the rights to The Normal Heart back in 1986 but apparently could not raise the money to get the project made.
A leaked email from Larry to Barbra back in 2012 highlighted his frustration, as he told her she 'did not have quite the same burning passion to make it as you always claim.'
Yet Barbra defended herself, insisting: 'In the press, Larry kept speaking out against me.
'But I think it's unfair to keep blaming me for the movie not getting made.
'I worked on it for 25 years, without pay. Larry had the rights for the last 15 years and he couldn't get it made, either. Those are the facts.'
Bradley Cooper
Barbra wasn't impressed with Bradley's 2018 remake of a Star Is Born
When Bradley's 2018 remake of her 1976 film A Star Is Born was released, Barbra couldn't help but show her disappointment in the finished result.
She confessed she was initially on board
