Melissa McCarthy flaunted her dramatic 75-pound weight loss on Live with Kelly and Mark this week, wearing an alluring Viking costume that hugged her curves. The 54-year-old Bridesmaids actress appeared on the talk show set with her husband Ben Falcone to promote their latest venture, the podcast Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire.
Walking arm-in-arm with her 51-year-old spouse, McCarthy dazzled in a floral orange top accented by a fur stole and a metallic dragon on her shoulder. A stylish black and brown corset highlighted her svelte figure, topped off by a fashionable brown leather maxi skirt.
Melissa McCarthy Highlights Her 75-Lb Weight Loss In Curve-Hugging Viking Look On Live with Kelly and Mark
McCarthy once admitted that she succumbed to fad diets in a bid to lose weight. During the early 2000s, after getting cast on Gilmore Girls, she revealed spending four months on a doctor-monitored all-liquid diet, resulting in a 70-pound weight loss. "I'd never do that again. I felt starved and crazy half the time," she noted, as per Hello!
The Little Mermaid alum added that she gained 25 lbs after she "stopped walking" daily and "ate [expletive] food." In an interview with Us Weekly, the mom of two (who shares daughters Vivian, 17, and Georgette, 14, with Falcone) explained: "I've been every size in the world."
McCarthy went on: "Parts of my twenties, I was in great shape, but I didn't appreciate it. If I was a six or an eight, I thought, 'Why aren't I a two or a four?’"
In a 2017 discussion with Rolling Stone, she shared that her anxiety over her weight originated in her teenage years.
"I thought I battled weight throughout high school, 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," she told the outlet.
She added: "I was a size six the entire time. So, what on earth was I freaking out about?"
Since then, McCarthy has noted that she now has a healthier outlook. "I finally said [to myself], 'Oh for God sakes, stop worrying about it', and it may be the best thing I've ever done," she said during a CBS Mornings appearance.
She continued: "I truly stopped worrying about [my weight]. I stopped over-analyzing, over-thinking, over-doing anything."
McCarthy's fans on social media have enthusiastically praised her stylish ensembles for red carpet functions lately, and, of course, her most recent stint on Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos' talk show.
As for what led to her looking so radiant and happy, McCarthy shared: "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."
