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The pair acted in several films together before they wed in 2005, and their first-ever collaboration was in one episode of the hit dramedy “Gilmore Girls.”
McCarthy played Sookie St. James (her breakout role) all seven seasons, while Falcone made a one-episode appearance in season three. The couple shared a scene.
They finally walked down the aisle in October 2005 after seven years of dating. In a 2013 interview with More magazine, the comedienne said:
“I got hit with the lucky stick with Ben.”
The man in question asked for her hand in marriage in the most comedic way. He knew her favorite place was this beautiful house that they lived in and that she was a homebody.
Falcone shared he wanted to keep the special occasion simple by popping the big question on the porch. He called McCarthy’s parents and admitted how nervous he was at the time.
He got iced coffee and bagels and dressed up nice on a Saturday morning. The "Smiley Face" star kept calling his girlfriend's name repeatedly, and according to McCarthy, Falcone never calls her by her name and calls her by her pet name, which is Mooch.
For that mere fact, she thought that he was breaking up with her and believed she was in trouble. The producer was watching an autopsy show on TV and playing Tetris at the time.
He ran at her full speed and said, “Melissa will you marry me!?” Falcone recalled. “He screamed at me like he hates me,” added McCarthy in an interview with Variety in June 2014.
She dropped the Tetris and began crying uncontrollably, and he told her he would need an answer. The two-time Emmy award winner revealed that she was so overwhelmed with emotions that she did not realize she had not said yes to his proposal.
On their 15th wedding anniversary in October 2020, the actor commemorated their special day on Instagram. He wrote that he was “so lucky and grateful to be married to such a lovely, smart, kind and wonderful person,” as McCarthy.
INSIDE THE COUPLE’S PARENTING
Today, the couple has two children, Vivian, 14, and Georgette, 11. They welcomed their oldest daughter in 2007, who made her screen debut in their 2017 movie “The Boss.”
Vivian played young McCarthy being returned to the orphanage in the film, but that was not her first rodeo. Technically, she was first on the “Gilmore Girls” set when her mother was pregnant with her as the pregnancy was written into the show.
The proud mom told E! News in 2018 that Vivian desperately wanted to be a part of the movie, sharing the producers of the film kept asking for their daughter, but she and Falcone refused for months.
Vivian then asked whether she was not allowed even to try, and McCarthy described her child as bright for that statement. The writer said that she told her child that her willingness was a good thing and that she could not have said no to her for wanting to try.
And so, they then spent the next month monitoring her performance to see whether she was cut for the part, and she did them exceptionally proud.
Young Vivian has also inherited her mother’s passion for interior design, evidently so. When she was eleven years old, her dad walked into her and her mom while they tried out a new bedspread. McCarthy recounted that moment to Ellen DeGeneres in 2018:
“Ben walked in, and Viv and I were trying out a new bedspread I got, and Viv’s like (thoughtfully), ‘I just think it might compete with the headboard.’ Ben turned around and went, ‘Oh, my God, I can’t have two of you.’”
Another daughter of the couple, Georgette, also made a brief appearance in “The Boss,” as one of the girls selling brownies, although it seems like her career might be as a stunt person instead of an actress.
The little one is such a daredevil that her mom bought her a stunt vest for her 10th birthday last year, which was all she ever wanted. McCarthy and Falcone welcomed their youngest child in February 2010.
Much like their parents, the girls are said to be hilarious. So much so that discipline can be challenging to apply when it comes to them. Their dad admitted to People in December:
“They get out of being disciplined because they are so funny. They’ll do something {to get a laugh}, and you’re like, ‘Alright, hold on, that’s not the point.’”
ROMANCE NEVER DIES IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP
In 2018, the kids were “horrified” by their mother’s gift for their dad on their 13th wedding anniversary. McCarthy told TV host DeGeneres on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that she and her husband had a romantic evening with Richard E. Grant that day.
The three of them had hamburgers for dinner, and recalling back to what she gave Falcone as a present, the mom of two shared she gifted him a Jitterbug phone, “and my kids are horrified by it,” said McCarthy.
The device features jumbo fonts and a simplified menu. Meanwhile, the comedian bought her two rings, “one that said ‘love,’” McCarthy explained.
In October 2021, Falcone celebrated their 16th anniversary with a heartfelt message on Instagram, writing he was lucky enough to marry the most delightful person in the world, alongside a throwback image of their wedding day.
His wife also had something to say about their blissful marriage, telling People the year prior that “it’s about finding someone who you just are better with.”
McCarthy shared that the “Enough Said” star was nothing but supportive and super intelligent. “He makes me gut-laugh, like crazy gut-laugh, four or five times a day. I hit the jackpot!” she added.
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