“I am! I have a rrrreal fondness for a wig. It started even before The Groundlings. But The Groundlings really sealed the deal,” McCarthy said. She explained that every new wig at the theater felt like a new character waiting to emerge, adding, “every new wig was like a whole new person I’d get to meet.”
That enthusiasm eventually turned into a serious collection. When asked how many wigs lived at her house, McCarthy laughed and replied, “A bunch. A lot!” She recalled that she donated about 50 wigs when she left The Groundlings, although she still took roughly 10 home with her.
Falcone, who was part of the conversation, joked that he had essentially staged an intervention. “Yeah, but that was almost — I sort of ran intervention,” he said, before explaining that she could always come back and ask for the wigs later.
McCarthy also revealed just how central wigs had become to her acting process. “But then every movie—every single movie starts with the wig,” she said. “I go — the second—the second I have a part, I go, and I look for a wig, and it starts the whole process.”
Even Her Family Has Joined the Wig Obsession
The wig collection is apparently not limited to McCarthy’s professional life. In a separate interview about her work and career, McCarthy talked about Falcone’s own sense of humor and revealed that wigs have become part of the family’s everyday life.
“Ben, he’s so funny. He’s so weird and so funny,” she said. McCarthy explained that she and Falcone sometimes end up doing bits together while wearing wigs in their kitchen, while their daughters simply walk in and accept the scene as normal. “If we’re both in wigs doing a bit in the kitchen, like our girls just walk in and they’re like, ‘Good morning.’ There’s a lot of wigs in my house.”
Melissa McCarthy appears during a Variety interview, where she opened up about her family’s playful relationship with wigs and revealed that the accessories have become a familiar part of life at home. | Source: YouTube/Variety
Melissa McCarthy appears during a Variety interview, where she opened up about her family’s playful relationship with wigs and revealed that the accessories have become a familiar part of life at home. | Source: YouTube/Variety
