Melissa McCarthy looked incredible as she celebrated her 56th birthday with a glowing video shared to social media on Monday, which saw her rocking an unusual headpiece. The video featured Melissa wearing a colorful printed blouse as she sat in front of a wall with a floral wallpaper design.
On her head, she wore two giant cherries attached to a headband, and paired the look with dark pink lipstick, bold eyeliner and hoop earrings.
© Instagram"I think there's something about turning 56 when you're like, 'Do I wear the cherries?'" she began in the clip. "Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'm wearing the cherries. Cherry on top."
She then captioned the video: "Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes last week!! At 56, I've decided that subtlety is everything."
© Getty ImagesFans of the A-list actress took to the comment section to exclaim over Melissa's incredible look, with one writing: "You look amazing with or without the cherries," while another said: "56?! No way," and a third chimed in: "Looking fabulous."
"Rock the cherries!" said another, while a fifth added: "Melissa girrrl!"
Melissa's weight loss transformation
The 56-year-old has undergone an incredible weight loss transformation in recent years, having gradually lost 95 lbs through lifestyle changes. Melissa opened up about her weight loss journey on Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, sharing that the gradual approach was much more effective for her than completely cutting certain foods from her life.
"Everybody's always kind of working on something," she explained. "And I was like, 'If I can de-stress and just do it slower and stop constantly trying to be on something.' And then it actually worked better instead of being like, 'I'm gonna not do this and do this and only drink this."'
© GettyShe added that extreme diets did not work for her and instead made her go "bats*** crazy".
"I was like, 'I'm just gonna mellow out [and] give myself a break,'" Melissa said. "After I had kids, I was just like, 'I have to be realistic. It's not gonna go fast.' I mean, I feel great."
A proponent of self-love
© Penske Media via Getty ImagesMelissa shares her daughters Vivian and Georgette with her husband of 21 years, Ben Falcone. The Spy star previously spoke about the importance of protecting her daughters from body image issues and explained that she wanted them to feel confident in themselves.
"Give me your best punch in the face, and I'll take that punch, rather than have my kid feel bad about herself," she told Redbook. "There's an epidemic in our country of girls and women feeling bad about themselves based on what 0.5 percent of the human race looks like."
© Getty ImagesShe added: "It starts very young. My message is that as long as everybody's healthy, enjoy and embrace whatever body type you have."
"With women, there's this constant weird cultural thing where we're always supposed to be comparing ourselves with one another," the star said. "Who wore it best? Whose butt's better? Instead, how about if everyone wins? How intensely boring would it be if we were all the same?"
