Melissa McCarthy thinks we are living in a strange time of hatred.
The 50-year-old movie star told InStyle magazine that with all the fighting – she especially detests people who don’t wear masks – she wonders what the future of the United States will be like.
“I think the most frightening thing about all of this, more than even COVID, is that I really don’t think people hated each other so much or hated the idea of people they didn’t even know. I always ask myself: “Do racists know someone of a different color?”, Said the Oscar nominated comedian.
Stop the hatred: Melissa McCarthy thinks we are living in a strange era of hatred. The 50-year-old movie star told InStyle magazine that with all the fighting – she especially detests people who don’t wear masks – she wonders what the future of the United States will be like.
The Heat actress added: ‘People who are homophobic:’ Do you know anyone gay, bi or trans? Do you know these people or are you the great unknown? ”
And she thinks that in the next 10 years everyone will find out why people are so angry; there will also be more questions about mental illness. – I mean, because of all that QAnon stuff, those pizzas eat babies and then go to Mars and come back. It may well be that.
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‘I want to be angry, and I am incredulous about how insane this is. But who will help people? If you have lost your sense of reality, we cannot be angry. People are not just wrong. They need help. ‘
The star added that he hopes his comedy will help.
She’s right: ‘I think the scariest thing about all of this, more than even COVID, is that I really didn’t think people hated each other so much or hated the idea of people they didn’t even know. I always ask myself, “Do racists know someone of a different color?”, She said
“I’m not smart enough to know how to purify the water, but I can throw myself down the stairs and hope someone forgets about their problems.”
Fortunately, she is having a great time while in Byron Bay, Australia, to film the Hulu series, Nine Perfect Strangers, alongside Nicole Kidman and Bobby Cannavale.
She told InStyle magazine that she could stay in the country forever because she loves ‘chatty’ people.
‘I am connected to Australia in a way that I did not expect. I could easily live here for the rest of my life. I’m in love with that, ‘said the bridesmaid star. ‘Everyone is so talkative. I’m a girl from the Midwest who lives in LA, where no one wants to talk to you. And here I’ll be at the grocery store, and I can’t go down a single aisle without talking to someone. It is wonderful. I will come home and have 15 conversations. ‘
The puzzle: And she thinks that in the next 10 years everyone will find out why people are so angry; there will also be more questions about mental illness. – I mean, because of all that QAnon stuff, that pizzas eat babies and then go to Mars and come back. It may well be that ‘
And it is not often recognized.
‘I would say 60/40. There is a funny thing here that I think I am recognized for, but it has nothing to do with why they are talking to me. I’m buying grapes and they say, “What do you think about that?” Then there are other occasions when someone asks, “Oh, what are you, American? Are you working here [on a movie]? Good for you. Do you understand the lines? ” [laughs]. ‘
She has been in the country for nine months and will stay longer to make the Netflix series, God’s Favorite Idiot, written by her husband, Ben Falcone.
“We were supposed to shoot in Los Angeles and obviously it wasn’t going to happen,” said the actress who looks slim in the photo shoot in a tight green dress.
She likes Australia: luckily, she is having the best time of her life in Byron Bay, Australia, to film Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers series alongside Nicole Kidman and Bobby Cannavale. She told InStyle magazine that she could stay in the country forever because she loves ‘chatty’ people.
– And between cleaning grapefruits and doing laundry, I got a call asking what I thought about going to Byron Bay to film. I said, “I can’t take care of a family during a pandemic. I can’t even go down the street to a store.”
‘And then Vivian, my 13-year-old daughter, got so glazed out of a Zoom class. I was like, “I just got a stranger call. Someone asked if we want to move to Australia to do Nine Perfect Strangers.”
– And she didn’t even hit. She said, “We should be leaving today. We can’t see friends. And isn’t Australia one of the safest places on the planet?” And then I looked at Byron Bay and thought, ‘What an idiot. Its the Paradise.’
Your new home: sea views over the Cape Byron lighthouse, the easternmost point of the Australian continent in Byron Bay, Australia
Melissa said she feels a little bad about how much fun she is having on Down Under.
‘I feel strangely guilty. But part of my trick is to try to get more people here, which is not really my place. I’m sure the government would say, “You can’t do that. Shut up.” Ben says, “You can’t just tell people to get on a plane and go to Australia.” I was like, ‘Well, I’m trying to create the world that I want.’
About her incredible career, she says she is still shocked by this.
‘Fifteen years ago, if you had said, “Oh, by the way, you and Ben are going to be able to write and make films like the stupid stories we used to do onstage at the Groundlings improv theater in LA,” we would have thought,’ Really ? Is that possible? “‘Said the star who started on Gilmore Girls.
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‘The way we do things still looks very popular. I think of us as circus people in the sense that we kind of travel and put on a show. It’s like receiving an invitation to a party where you’re like, “Oh, I didn’t know they knew I existed”.
And she is ‘very happy’ as an actress.
‘I started acting because I find other people more interesting. I love to get out of myself and into someone else, so when the light shines on me, instead of a character, I just feel like I’m out. ‘
And McCarthy said she overreacted at the start of the pandemic.
“My mom came over for the winter and stayed with us, which was incredible. My father had gone home a little earlier, so she was stuck. She stayed five months, which was incredible. I haven’t lived with my mother every day since I was 18. Having that time with her again was unbelievable. ‘
But she said they were in a panic.
‘It was the panic of’ What do you have to wash? ‘We had washing stations in our garage and left things there. We were in anti-danger suits. I just remember to rub the outside of grapefruits with soap and water and then [dipping them] in a vinegar bath. We didn’t know what was safe enough. The amount of scrubbing and cleaning was crazy. Ben was like, “Are you making chlorine on the outside of the apple? Should we eat it?” It was just crazy. ‘
She was photographed by Charles Dennington / MAP, styled by Vanessa Coyle / The Artist Group with her hair by Richard Kavanagh / DLMAU and makeup by Amanda Reardon / Vivien’s Creative. The location was The Range Byron Bay.