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Sure, of us, that actually was Melissa McCarthy on the Saturday Evening stage this weekend.
The 55-year outdated hosted this iconic sketch comedy program for the sixth time on December 6, delivering a complete lot of jokes and smiles to viewers only a couple weeks earlier than Christmas.
However that’s not precisely what most individuals had been centered on.
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Many followers posted their reactions to McCarthy’s obvious weight reduction transformation, complimenting her physique on social media.
One person, for instance, wrote on Twitter (no, we’ll by no means name it X) that the beloved star regarded “literally snatched for this monologue,” whereas one other person raved:
“Melissa McCarthy looks amazing! That monologue was so fun.”
There have been lots extra props handed out, as effectively.
“Melissa McCarthy! Oh my!! I’ve had a crush on her forever,” one individual wrote. “I had no idea she had lost this much weight. Still crushing!”
Melissa McCarthy attends the 2025 Museum Gala on the American Museum of Pure Historical past on December 4, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Photos for the American Museum of Pure Historical past)
These phrases, after all, are each flattering and insulting on the similar time.
Ought to we actually speak a lot about another person’s physique? Did anybody’s opinion of Melissa McCarthy truly change because of nevertheless variety of kilos she has shed over the previous a number of months?
Is she any extra lovely? Any much less humorous or proficient?
Why will we care a lot about one thing so superficial?
Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy attend ELLE’s 2025 Ladies in Hollywood Celebration introduced by Ralph Lauren and Bvlgari with help from evian, Hendrick’s Gin, and Lucid Motors on November 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Joe Scarnici/Getty Photos for ELLE)
The actress herself beforehand shared the same sentiment about discovering her self-worth, admitting that doing so didn’t occur in a single day.
“Somewhere in my 30s, I was like, ‘I’m okay with who I am,’” she advised Individuals Journal in April 2023. “And if someone wasn’t thrilled with that, that’s okay too. At some point I was like, ‘They’re not all going to like you.’ You have to learn that the hard way, but it’s a good [lesson].”
The Emmy winner additionally credited her husband Ben Falcone—with whom she shares daughters Vivian, 18, and Georgette, 15—for reinforcing her optimistic picture of herself.
“He’s so constantly loving and kind,” she mentioned again then. “And funny and the weirdest human I know, to be honest.”
