Hefty Hayek Blimps Out!

Movie siren Salma is unrecognizable after gaining 38 lbs.

LUSCIOUS Latina Salma Hayek has packed on nearly 40 pounds with her nonstop gobbling — leaving pals fearing the actress may destroy her career and health!

Once considered one of Hollywood’s sexiest stars, the 52-year-old shocked onlookers on the set of her new Amazon flick, Bliss, sporting thunder thighs and a jiggly belly that a baggy outfit couldn’t hide.

Medical experts estimate Salma’s gained between 35 and 40 pounds, and sources tattle that the wife of French moneybags François-Henri Pinault, 57, and mom of his daughter, Valentina, 11, has turned into an eating machine.

“She doesn’t diet and eats what she wants when she wants,” dishes an insider. “She loves bread and cheese and gourmet French cuisine — and butter.