Our 25-year friendship
May 06, 2021
3 minutes
When they were just starting out in Hollywood, Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone performed with the renowned comedy troupe The Groundlings. One of their biggest fans was a then-unknown Octavia Spencer. “When I first moved to town, I used to go to The Groundlings to watch them,” says Spencer, 50.
She, McCarthy and Falcone developed a friendship that only strengthened as their careers soared. In 2012 Spencer won an Oscar for her star-making
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