has sent fans into a spin as she unveiled her weight loss transformation to celebrate her guest role on season 16 of
The actress, who, and Mike & Molly, was a human glitterball as she rocked up to a watch party for the latest episode of the competition.
Taking to Instagram, the 53-year-old gave us a glimpse into the bash, , complete with a bright pink sequined jacket and chunky jewelry.
Side note: Only Melissa McCarthy can pull off that many sequins and still look seriously chic.
Alongside the stunning snap, she wrote: ‘Coco Chanel once said “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.” I am not Coco Chanel. I say PILE ON
‘Last night’s look for @rupaulsdragrace viewing party with @adamshankman and @benjyfalcone!! TY to @sarahhsuttonhair and @afton for my glam!’
Followers couldn’t get enough of the upload and quickly flooded the comments section with praise for the Spy star.
‘You have always been beautiful at whatever weight, but I have got to say you look absolutely beautiful in this pic, maybe it’s the dress,’ Charlotte Hermosillo penned.
Lauren Pontieri agreed: ‘Wow you have lost a lot of weight! You look amazing.’
As a follower going by Lisa Proud Canadian added: ‘Wow just wow you look fantastic, but then again I always thought no matter what weight you were you always looked fantastic.’
Melissa is coming off the back of a busy 2023, having starred in both the Little Mermaid and Genie, and shows no sign of slowing down.
Following her efforts on Drag Race, she is to appear on our screens once again in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story beside Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Hugh Grant and James Marsden.
The Netflix project, set in the 60s, will unpack the invention of the sweet treat and is slated for release in May.
Melissa has been candid about her weight loss in the past, revealing that she dropped 70lbs in just a few months in 2003, after embarking on an all-liquid diet – something she vowed she would never do again.
Speaking to Rolling Stone in 2017, the mom-of-two shared that she ‘worried about weight too soon’, as she recalled thinking she ‘battled weight throughout high school’.
‘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 – we’re so f***ed up in this country that somehow equates that with better – I was a size six the entire time,’ she said.
‘So what on Earth was I freaking out about? Like, I would kill, absolutely kill, to look like that now.’
Discussing how moving to LA changed her, the Hollywood icon added: ‘I stopped walking and ate s****y food. I was in good shape, then suddenly I gained 25lbs, like what the f**k? And then after my second kid, I haven’t lost any, because I’ve been working every day of my life.
‘But it wasn’t like I ever wanted to play the stunning-girl lead part who just says 17 dry lines. That didn’t seem like fun to me.’
