Melissa McCarthy new look on Saturday Night Live stuns viewers

Melissa McCarthy returned to Saturday Night Live for the sixth time, and now fans are talking about it for two reasons: her physical comedy and jaw-dropping transformation. On Dec. 6, the Gilmore Girls alum delivered her trademark hilarious performances, and her apparent slimmer physique also sparked conversation on social media.

Lady in black

The 55-year-old star wore a black velvet jumpsuit for the hosting gig, and her dramatic weight loss transformation has left fans stunned. Her new look and transformation have delighted her fans. "Holy cr*p, Melissa McCarthy looks AMAZING on SNL," one X user commented. “Melissa McCarthy! Oh my!! I’ve had a crush on her forever — I had no idea she had lost this much weight. Still crushing!” wrote another. A third added that the actress looked ‘snatched’: "Melissa McCarthy is literally snatched for this monologue."

One X user lauded her transformation and said, ‘I'm really impressed by Melissa's weight loss progress.

’ "I can’t believe how much weight Melissa McCarthy lost," another added. “She's looking fantastic,” another said. “So glad to see Melissa McCarthy back on the SNL stage — and she looks fabulous,” another gushed. Last year, Barbra Streisand faced backlash for commenting on McCarthy's weight loss. After McCarthy shared photos with director Adam Shankman on Instagram from the event honouring choreographer Matthew Bourne, Streisand commented, “Give him my regards — did you take Ozempic?” The since-deleted comment drew backlash for being perceived as invasive and insensitive. Following that, Streisand offered an explanation and said, “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 was reading!” McCarthy quickly acknowledged Streisand's remarks.

When she spoke about facing constant body shaming

Melissa McCarthy has previously expressed that she has constantly been prodded about her body. She has faced questions about her weight fluctuations over the years. Talking to InStyle earlier, she said, "I do remember another interview I did for 'Bridesmaids' with somebody who later lost his job for a conversation he had on a bus with someone else. I won’t mention names, but just think about it. He kept asking, 'Are you shocked that you actually work in this business at your tremendous size?'" She expressed how "all the blood drained out of [her]" at the moment; however, she kept her calm.

"I thought, 'With my tremendous size, I could tackle you so quickly.' There were two cameras on him, and one was on me, and he went back to that question three or four times," she said. The actress added that such questions "happen all the time." Back in 2015, she told CBS Morning that she stopped worrying about weight loss. “I finally said [to myself], 'Oh, for God's sake, stop worrying about it,' and it may be the best thing I've ever done. I truly stopped worrying about [my weight]. I stopped over-analysing, over-thinking, over-doing anything,” she said. "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," she further added.