Melissa McCarthy's Complete Weight-Loss Transformation

Funny lady Melissa McCarthy has played memorable and hilarious characters on the big and small screen. the actor has proven that she knows how to command the spotlight. But this time, fans were stunned by her appearance. When McCarthy walked out on stage for her monologue, viewers couldn't help but notice that she had lost a significant amount of weight. 

McCarthy was unrecognizable with her new slender figure and teeny-tiny waist. She wore a black jumpsuit with beaded detail on the shoulder and a matching belt with a silver pendant around her waist which accentuated her curves. This resulted in comments on social media including  and One X user wrote, "She looks AMAZING you go girl."

McCarthy is not the only celeb that has made a massive change to their appearance by losing a lot of weight. when she posted a birthday photo on Instagram of her new body. Valerie Bertinelli has talked at length about her weight-loss journey. While McCarthy has remained tight-lipped about her transformation, she has occasionally given updates about her health and lifestyle throughout the course of her career. 

What Melissa McCarthy has said about her weight

Melissa McCarthy became a household name when she During the show's run, McCarthy told USWeekly in 2013 that she had "been every size in the world." In an Instagram post from 2016, she called out society's obsession with weight by saying that it has a negative impact on body image, especially for young girls. "We have to stop categorizing and judging women based on their bodies," she wrote.  

While McCarthy does not go into detail about her weight, she has always been honest about her size. "I'll be up, I'll be down, probably for the rest of my life," she told Refinery29 in reference to her actual weight measurement. When appearing on the radio show "The Breakfast Club" in 2018, McCarthy within a five-year period.

Melissa McCarthy dressed in bold prints and patterns that disguised her body

It's a fact that the way a woman dresses can help give the illusion of a smaller waist, so it helps to pick the right dress shape for your body type. Not many people know that Melissa McCarthy has lots of knowledge when it comes to clothing and McCarthy has used her fashion school training wisely when walking on red carpets and appearing in magazines. She has often worn florals and to place focus on the eye-catching visuals rather than size. 

She realized that women of varying sizes likely felt the same, so she set out to create clothes in a wide range of sizes so every woman can feel beautiful and love their look. McCarthy told Redbook Magazine in 2016, "My message is that as long as everybody's healthy, enjoy and embrace whatever body type you have."

Barbra Streisand was the first to question Melissa McCarthy's weight loss secret

As Melissa McCarthy has been steadily shrinking her waist over the years, other celebrities have taken notice. In fact, Oscar winner Barbra Streisand made waves with a comment she left on McCarthy's social media.  

But all eyes were on the comment section,  The post was quickly deleted, and Streisand apologized on X, saying she "forgot the world was reading!" However, she never confirmed or denied publicly whether she has ever used the medication as a part of her weight loss journey. The jury is still out on whether McCarthy is among the celebs who look totally different after using weight-loss medications such as Ozempic.