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In recent months numerous web sites have run an articles attributed to TMZ News (not to be confused with the real TMZ celebrity gossip site) reporting that CBS's mysterious cancellation of the pouplar Mike & Molly TV sitcom was due to the weight loss of the show's female lead, Melissa McCarthy: Although this article is presented as a news story, it's nothing more than a scammy ad for a weight loss pill called Garcinia Complex. The actress has not endorsed this pill, used this pill to lose weight, nor offered positive feedback about it. According to Shape, McCarthy dropped weight through a high protein and low-carb diet, not by taking a magic diet pill. While some tabloids have floated the idea that Mike & Molly's cancellation was related McCarthy's weight loss (the titular characters are a couple who met at an Overeaters Anonymous group and fell in love), those rumors have not been backed up by any solid evidence. When CBS announced the sitcom's cancellation in December 2015, McCarthy said that she was shocked but didn't mention anything about her weight being a factor: Most of the speculation about Mike & Molly's cancellation focused on the fact that the contracts of most of the show's cast were about to expire:
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