Melissa McCarthy Shows Off Her 75-Lb Weight Loss In Corseted Viking Costume On ‘Live With Kelly And Mark’

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."