Melissa McCarthy, 55, Wows SNL Fans with 95-Pound Weight Loss

Melissa McCarthy wowed fans with her incredible weight loss as she hosted Saturday Night Live for the sixth time. The 55-year-old actress has reportedly lost about 95 pounds, and she showed off her new figure in a black velvet jumpsuit with sparkling details on the shoulders and a silver floral belt. The audience greeted her with loud cheers when she walked onto the SNL stage.

McCarthy joked about her time on the show, saying, “It is so great to be here hosting Saturday Night Live for the sixth time. Crazy.” She also shared a fun surprise with viewers: “There is something most people don’t know about me. And it’s that I am a musician. And my instrument is the mouth horn. That’s right. It’s the mouth horn.” Despite feeling nervous, she gave a short performance to get everyone in the holiday spirit.

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During the skit, fake snow fell on her, and a comedic struggle with a piano pushed by elf Marcello Hernandez ended with McCarthy falling on the piano bench. Feeling like she had “ruined” Christmas, Kenan Thompson came to cheer her up, telling her, “Come on, you haven’t ruined Christmas at all. Everyone here loves you. Now, why don’t we do one of your favorite Christmas songs?” McCarthy finished her opening monologue with a playful mouth horn version of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), joined by Thompson and other cast members.

The actress has openly talked about her weight changing over the years. Sources estimate her recent loss at 75 to 95 pounds. In 2019, she told Refinery29, “I’ll be up, I’ll be down, probably for the rest of my life. The thing is, if that is the most interesting thing about me, I need to go have a lavender farm in Minnesota and give this up. There has to be something more.”

McCarthy’s appearance on SNL highlighted not only her dramatic transformation but also her lively personality and sense of humor. Her performance reminded fans that she can entertain and inspire at the same time.

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