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that asserted that she “just wanted to pay a compliment” when she asked the “Little Mermaid” star on Instagram if she was taking Ozempic — a type 2 diabetes drug that some use off-label for weight loss.And it seems that the “Bridesmaids” star has decided to roll with the idea that this kind of question was indeed a compliment.
Some users on X, formerly Twitter, were offended by the question — but most found humor in it. Most joked that Streisand had pulled a “boomer” or “auntie” movie by posting something meant for a private DM in a public forum without realizing it. Others found it amusing that the “The Way We Were” singer was “that describes instances in which high-profile people unintentionally draw more attention to information they’d wanted to keep quiet when they try to wipe it from the public domain.
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