Melissa McCarthy made a triumphant return to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and the web can’t stop talking about her stunning transformation. The 55-year-old actress, who has reportedly dropped nearly 95 kilos, stepped onto the legendary Studio 8H stage in a sleek black velvet jumpsuit that highlighted her noticeably slimmer frame. Hosting the show for the sixth time, McCarthy delivered humor, high energy, and the form of magnetic presence fans have missed. However it was her physical transformation that sent social media into overdrive.
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Social Media Explodes With Praise For Melissa McCarthy’s Stunning ‘SNL’ Transformation
Viewers flocked to X (formerly Twitter) to share their shock and admiration after seeing McCarthy’s recent look on screen, with many praising her dramatic transformation in real time. Comments poured in as fans wrote, “She’s looking unbelievable,” and “She looks GREAT!”
Others applauded her dedication, saying, “I’m really impressed by Melissa’s weight reduction progress,” and “Melissa looks great. Good for her.” One longtime admirer added, “Melissa McCarthy! Oh my! I’ve had a crush on her eternally. I had no idea she had lost this much weight. Still crushing!”
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McCarthy Reflects On Her Complicated History With Body Image
As McCarthy has debuted a noticeably slimmer silhouette in recent months, online speculation about whether her transformation involved medications like Ozempic has only intensified. The actress, nonetheless, has neither confirmed nor denied using any type of weight-loss medication. As a substitute, she reflected on how her relationship with body image has evolved through the years.
In a past interview with Rolling Stone, McCarthy said, “I believed I battled weight throughout highschool, but I look back at pictures of me as a cheerleader, doing sprints, lifting weights, doing gymnastics, playing tennis… and while I wasn’t reed-thin like some girls. We’re so f-cked up on this country that someway equates that with higher. I used to be a size six your complete time. So what on Earth was I freaking out about?”
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Melissa McCarthy Has Been Open In The Past About What Didn’t Work For Her
Years ago, the actress revealed to PEOPLE that she had experimented with an all-liquid weight loss plan, a way she now looks back on with regret. “I’d never do this again. I felt starved and crazy half the time,” she shared, acknowledging how tough the acute regimen had been on her body and mind.
Over time, McCarthy continued to shed some pounds, but she also began letting go of the rigid mindset she once felt pressured to keep up. In an interview with CBS, she explained that her breakthrough got here when she finally stopped obsessing over every detail. “I finally said [to myself], ‘Oh, for God sake, stop worrying about it,’ and it often is the neatest thing I’ve ever done,” she said.
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That mental shift, she noted, made all of the difference. “I ended overanalyzing, overthinking, overdoing anything,” McCarthy added. “I just stopped consistently being apprehensive about it, and I believe there’s something to kinda loosening up and never being so nervous and rigid about it that, bizarrely, has worked.”
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McCarthy Says She’s Been ‘Every Size On The Planet’
Melissa McCarthy has long spoken openly about her shifting weight through the years, making it clear that her confidence and identity have never hinged on a number on a scale. In reality, the actress once told Women’s Wear Every day that she has lived in nearly every size category possible. “[I’ve been] every size on the planet. I actually have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12 and more,” she shared. “And whenever you go above a size 12, you don’t lose your love of fashion.”
Her frustration got here not from her body, but from the dearth of fashionable options available to women who didn’t fall into standard sizing. “I at all times said, ‘Why can’t I find great stuff?’” the “Mike & Molly” star recalled.
Melissa McCarthy Launched Her Own Clothing Line After Fashion Failed To Serve Her
As a substitute of waiting for the industry to alter, McCarthy stepped in herself. In 2015, she launched her own clothing line designed to supply fashion-forward pieces she felt were missing from the market, items she described as “more modern” than what full-figured shoppers were typically offered.
Importantly, McCarthy never wanted her label to exist solely inside the plus-size world. Her mission was inclusivity at every level. “I’m doing all sizes,” she said on the time. “It’s a wierd thing to stop at a certain size. Women don’t, so why should clothes?”
As she continues getting into recent roles with renewed confidence, Melissa McCarthy is proving she is in her boldest, brightest era yet.