This hilarious couple may be our favourite Hollywood couple yet!
They boast the happiest marriage and the best work partnership ever. They have been together
for 24 years and have a meet-cute story like no other! This goofy couple has a household that
runs on laughter and it will make you want to move in with them. Stay tuned, Juicers,
because today we will be looking at actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy and her husband,
comedy actor Ben Falcone Their relationship will redefine couple goals for you.
Comedy icon Melissa McCarthy first stole people’s hearts when she played Sookie St. James on Gilmore
Girls in the early 2000s, but her husband Ben Falcone stole hers when they met in 1998.
The couple has been making each other laugh on and off-screen since the first day they met.
The pair met while attending a comedy writing class at The Groundlings School in Los Angeles.
From the first day, Melissa was smitten with Ben’s quiet humor as he performed a skit about an inmate
that really liked his new roommate. The actress reminisced on the day and said, "I immediately
was like, 'Oh, he's strange. I like him,'" Melissa continued. "And we were friends from day one."
From there they got to know each other better while writing their first skit together,
titled All Seger’s Eve which was about a Bob Seger themed holiday.
That one class turned into a relationship that is going strong today.
"From the very first time we spoke, we were on the same page," Falcone said.
But this class wasn’t their first meeting. McCarthy set the record straight about their
meeting. The pair had an encounter when she was a freshman in college in southern Illinois
and he was in high school. When they became friends in LA, Falcone insisted that he knew
who she was because he was afraid of her. Melissa was extremely goth, and all his
friends were wishing that their parents would let them dress like the scary older freshman.
In 2005, after dating for seven years, this hilarious couple tied the knot.
They recently celebrated their 16-year wedding anniversary and Melissa revealed her secret
to a happy marriage. The key to happiness is to marry your weird best friend, apparently.
She said, "I got hit with the lucky stick with Ben." And he responded by saying they got hit with
the same stick because, from the very first time they spoke, they were on the wavelength.
They love each other, respect each other, and try not to sweat the small stuff. They also
really make each other laugh – we guess that’s expected when two comedians are married, right?
If you love Melissa, you really need to love her family, too. They are just as quirky,
sweet, funny, goofy and above all, as genuine as the actress herself. In 2007, the couple
had their first daughter, Vivian Falcone ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs54Bdtj7lQ 0:30).
The actress hoped that the baby had a lot of Ben’s calm traits and less of her spazzy ones.
Although, their eldest daughter may not have many of Melissa’s spazzy traits,
she is certainly her mother’s mini-me. They both share a passion for interior design and Vivian has
made her screen debut in 2017 in The Boss, a film that her parents co-wrote together. She played
the younger version of her mother’s character. The proud mom said that her daughter lobbied
hard to be a part of the movie by saying, “She kept asking and we said no for months,
and Vivian then said, ‘Am I not allowed to even try?' She is very smart, and I said,
‘That’s good, you went right to it because I certainly can’t say you’re not allowed to try.’
So, we spent the next month seeing really if she’d do it. She did great.”
Vivian seems to have caught the acting bug because, after that first taste of on-set life,
she couldn’t wait to get more. When her mom starred in Thunder Force – a film also written
by her dad, Vivian played the younger version of her mother’s character once again. She is
definitely her mom’s daughter as she made everyone laugh in the film with the small role she had.
They welcomed their second daughter, Georgette Falcone
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjkcbFXrl-M 0:06) in 2010. Melissa has said that her
youngest daughter is a complete diva. When she was just 8 years old, she would wear a
full face of makeup with high-heeled boots and walk down the stairs and out the door
ready to take on the world while her mother was still in the kitchen having her morning coffee.
The now 12-year-old also made a brief appearance in The Boss as one of the girls selling brownies,
but it seems she may have a career as a stunt person rather than an actor. She is an absolute
daredevil and Melissa bought her a stunt vest for her 10th birthday. She clearly got this from her
mom because the actress said, “I love stunts so much, so I kind of got her a baby stunt vest.”
The multi-faceted miss Falcone has a lot of options because if stunts don’t work out,
she could try a career in anime design. Georgette apparently takes Japanese lessons and before
school, she walks upstairs, and when she comes back down there’s a full band of yellow across
her eyes to mimick characters in anime. We don’t know about you but everything about
this household sounds like an absolute blast. Much like their parents, both daughters are
apparently very funny. So much so that discipline can be a bit of a struggle.
“They get out of being disciplined because they are funny,” Falcone admitted. “They’ll
do something to get a laugh and you’re like, ‘Alright, hold on, that’s not the point.’”
Somehow in between writing movie after movie, Ben found the time to author a book,
Being A Dad Is Weird, about his experiences with his own "larger-than-life" dad and as a father to
his two daughters with Melissa. She even wrote the book's foreword. We have a serious question — is
there anything this adorable couple can't do? This couple doesn’t only work together as parents,
they also work together on screen – A LOT. Falcone is a talented screenwriter, and his
wife is frequently his muse for movies like Tammy, The Boss, Thunder Force, and Life Of The Party.
They have worked together on many sets with Falcone, mainly in cameo roles. He made one
on a whim in Identity Thief! The couple and their kids go as a troop to many sets,
and when the director saw Ben there, he was asked to make an appearance. He also featured in Gilmore
Girls and the pair shared a scene together. You probably don't need to be reminded of McCarthy
and Falcone's iconic airplane scene in the 2011 hit comedy Bridesmaids, but just in case...
Melissa played Megan, the bride's future sister-in-law, and Ben played undercover air
marshal Jon. Not only could Megan tell he was an air marshal, but she was totally into him.
The comedy dream team took a plunge into comedy production with their company, On The Day
Productions. They co-wrote Tammy together as well as The Boss and Life Of The Party where Melissa
was cast as the leading lady. Ben directed and had cameos in all three of the films!
Melissa spoke about what it’s like making movies with her husband, "It's ridiculous.
It's like you get to go to work with your best friend. It's exactly how we met, and we became
such good friends because we loved doing this together. To get to do it on this kind of scale
and still keep telling stories … it's a dream." Ben stands by Melissa’s side as she continues to
reach new levels of success. He accompanied his wife to the Academy Awards in 2019 where
she was nominated for Best Actress for the film Can You Ever Forgive Me? He was also
there when she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015
and when she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the film Bridesmaids in 2012.
The couple stays quirky and goofy together even at some of the biggest events in Hollywood.
They keep things light-hearted and don’t care what anyone thinks of them. They showed up to the
Vanity Fair Oscar after-party in matching Adidas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHWCxAbKNxE
0:18) tracksuits. Ben spoke about the evening saying, "I have never
been flipped off as much as at that party, and it was all done jokingly, but also with something
real behind it." Well, that’s Hollywood for you, if you aren’t being flashy in heels, dresses,
and suits that cost more than some people’s houses – you apparently shouldn’t be there.
But the stars didn’t let it bother them, they focussed on each other and danced the night away.
For their 13th anniversary, McCarthy also revealed she got Falcone a Jitterbug phone — the, in her
own words, "phone for senior citizens.” He got her two beautiful rings including one that said, love.
"I have to work on my romance skills, I think," she added. Well,
there's always next year Melissa! The actress is still doing incredible
things in her career without her husband on the same set. She has been cast as Ursula
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=letAK8-K5cQ 0:32) in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
The two have been together since before the turn of the millennium, and they are showing us
all how it’s done. It’s been 24 years now and they are a literal match made in comedy heaven.
You can see how they are completely head-over-heels in love with one another still.
Melissa often speaks on how she’s grateful every single day to be married to her best friend.
They have the goofiest and most hilarious relationship in Hollywood, and they probably have
one of the healthiest and most loving relationship Hollywood has ever seen too! They are truly meant
to be, and we cannot wait to see what this gorgeous couple is going to do in the future!