Melissa McCarthy Prepares For the Worst While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

oh my god I've never blown my nose on camera breaking new ground here oh yeah hot one season 21. [Music] hey what's going on everybody for first week Feast I'm Sean Evans and you're watching hot ones it's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings and today we're joined by Melissa McCarthy she's an academy award-nominated actor whose resume includes everything from beloved TV sitcoms to record shattering comedies and acclaimed dramatic performances you can also catch her as Ursula and Disney's The Little Mermaid which is set to release in theaters on May 26th Melissa McCarthy welcome to the show thank you see you tomorrow right away no you know what that would be record you know you know had your chance you had your chance but here you are trapped you're a hostage on the show now I know how are you around spicy food before we get started oh terrible I have no threshold for spicy at all which would make this one of my worst uh choices in life and I make kind of bad choices so this is saying something [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] I don't get nervous for a lot of things I am so weirdly nervous [Music] that's that's one I think okay oh it's getting but it's warming up yeah a little bit a little bit okay we're in for one today [Music] because now I'm like all right no actually I think maybe you're just a natural Melissa we'll see where this goes but I think you might be in the future I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your eyes so anecdotally The Little Mermaid has to be top five Disney movie soundtracks of all time from your perspective what was the most important thing to nail while tackling the iconic Poor Unfortunate Souls number oh five of her I think there's something about The Little Mermaid that I feel like people have ownership in and they feel like it's their story in so many different Generations have already kind of claimed it as their own and you know Pat Carroll killed it I mean she her original performance and song is just so iconic to me and I loved it but it took a minute because I was was so apparent I was so scared to sing right like I'm not a singer so to do that it's like I mean it's kind of like I mean it felt a little bit about like I had somehow got like got put on the Lakers now you gotta dunk now you gotta read it I know I have to perform and it was like well I got through the con but now I actually have to like wear the shorts which is just wearing shorts in general is um not a great idea [Music] Curry they're saying it as if it's like oh it's gonna be refreshing and fruity also it's like I'm I'm also eating this like I've never actually eaten anything before okay yeah this one yeah it has some sharpness to it I'm gonna say that's quite a jump from one I feel like now I'm cross-pollinating I know I know what do I do oh this one's the walls closing on you here on hot ones man I'll make all my things I'm like I know exactly how I'm gonna do this [Music] how did signing up for acting classes with Michael Harney change the trajectory of your career you once told The Hollywood Reporter I'm quite positive he's the reason I'm an actor for sure 100 I picked a random class it was a Meisner two-year class and Michael Harney just kind of came in I talk about armor all the time when I'm I forgot that that's where I got that from that's from Michael he would say I I stripped all of that down you take it all off in here and he would say but I never ever want you to ever step out of this door without putting it back on he's like because it's you're too open for the world but in here you can take it all off I realize I've stolen my whole thing of like how I prepare for a part I'm like is completely from Michael Harney oh Michael oh I almost burned myself [Laughter] we're going to three we're going to three maybe it's time to put the armor back on you know for yes I would like mouth armor right now [Music] I don't know what's happening but now I'm like pretty good as a member of SNL's five timer Club what do you think is like the closest you've ever flown to the sun while hosting that show live I think the craziest thing is I did on the 40th I was doing I was coming onto the news and it was with Tina Fey and it was I think Jane Curtin had come back and uh Amy was on it and then they were like you come in and I was doing Chris Farley's down by the river guy and they'd found his code and they were like carefully like took it in because they're like we don't want to alter it but like so I was wearing it and fully dressed as Chris I got so nervous like I can't do what he did and I afraid I didn't want to make fun of it I didn't want to do a bad job on the sweet stage manager as I'm like I keep like um the sweet stage manager came up and he grabbed my legs and he goes honey are you okay and I've never had this happen my knees were buckling in a way that my whole my whole I literally weren't in control I was holding the door waiting to go in and I literally I was like this and first of all really really weird when you're like I am not physically controlling my body in any way and I'm about to go live after somebody that I like really hold in such high regard with three icons to me three female comedians that I like and I was and he grabbed my legs and I was like I'm fine fine and then I was just like steam train I have to I can't let him down and then I did it but I I truly was like I don't know when I get on the other side of the door if my legs are gonna work so I mean that was just I was like I I don't know where I am in the Galaxy like I've truly felt out of body [Music] so this one is the chili lengua de Fuego oh [ __ ] I don't know a lot going on oh I don't want I should stretch my mouth right and this one's kind of another one of those jumps I think oh I'm just gonna warning you okay I'll take the warning this is I don't think I'm oh yeah oh yeah that's a bit of a jump yeah that hit it hit nothing in the front of my mouth and then literally it's like I got a bee sting on my like what is it like it did my usual I think that's lower yeah well on that note let me just ask you an interview question you know I'm sure so I loved reading stories about you growing up because I am a fellow Illinois native so Plainfield Carbondale Joliet they just sort of wash over me nostalgically yes where are you from again Crystal Lake which is like an hour and a half north of where you grew up in Plainfield my memory of Plainfield actually is now kind of just hitting me but I had like a pathological fear of tornadoes because there was like a catastrophic when I was like three or four years old that happened yes I was not three or four years old yeah you must have been like oh my God um yeah no there's a good reason to associate that it's like there's Tornado Alley which is now exactly where my parents live which is fun um I was down in car I was down at SIU at Carbondale um here I'll just clear my throat with this whole milk nothing really straightens up a throat like whole milk um and I came home for the weekend just to like see my parents and like see some friends and I went and I was visiting a friend who like lived in these townhouses we were like sitting on the couch in front of like patio windows I don't remember what happened but I think it must have been a pressure change and I just remember him grabbing me like really roughly and jerking me by the shirt and we went towards his basement stairs and then it just we were like clearly lightning him because it was such a loud sound and now I know it's like the pressure felt weird so we didn't know what was going on and we stayed there for you know a few minutes but then every it was just quiet again like strangely quiet and we came out and like that window was blown wow and he's like something's weird and he went upstairs and as he got closer to the top of the stairs he just turned around and was like there's no the upstairs is gone and then we walked outside and he was the last house on this whole block and there were groups of two townhouses together and his was the very last one and the entire block was gone whoa only into basements and then it was just his first floor and the one next to him was completely gone and it was just the craziest thing so you you should be it's not a crazy thing to be like maybe playing field and tornadoes aren't friendly what is this one Los Calientes Rojo here oh God too much I got on my laptop right why don't I feel anything this is one of those that kind of takes a second to really find you there there we go it's in it oh I know okay I know I know I understand oh wow yeah you've got stuff I have I have my own milk you're a genius genius at work I'm stretching I put milk in a bottle but I'll take it genius at work genius at work all right Melissa McCarthy we have a recurring segment on our show called explain that gram we do a deep dive on our guest Instagram interesting pictures that need more context so we'll pull the picture up over here on the monitor you just tell us the bigger story okay oh yeah all right incredible picture Factory on rocking track suits to one of the biggest look at me Red Carpet Events of the year as Ben and I came in literally everybody as they caught like because they caught us they were just like and I was like and she's in like and somebody would be like I'm dying inside I'm dying in these shoes and I was like I'm gonna get a drink and by the way that beautiful woman in the yellow dress I was in a pharmacy in La once and she was ironically and she goes I swear I don't only wear yellow and I was like okay he's like but I didn't I do laughing glasses on I just thought it was someone weirdly being like I like elephants she's like I don't know I don't always wear yellow and I was like well it's the person standing in front of the picture when you and your husband went back and she's like can I take a picture so she was very nice but I was like oh it's a it's a reunion weirdly the small of my back just got hot will this make my life I feel like um like maybe my lips will be Fuller when I'm done you get a little bit of a free treatment here on hot ones you know Melissa McCarthy it's the least we can do this is the uh spicy shark thrown an eye lift every week spicy shark guys spicy shark this is gonna be terrible foreign [Music] like spicy smoke yeah so this one it sort of fills up and you try to breathe in to live it all it gets worse it's like a gas that takes up all the space in the robe I know I know it's it's escalating right it's gonna build a little bit it's gonna build a little bit but don't worry for this question I got a nice long wind up for you there you go hit the hit the spray now hit the spray the cow oh so in a 2018 profile with the New York Times you said we're in a lot of trouble if it all becomes cops and capes and horror and Grim what do you think is lost when Hollywood stops caring so much about making audiences laugh I think we're gonna work I think it's a world of trouble I think when and I love all types of movies and films and shows and books and every time I'll take any kind of story you've got I just want to keep Variety in the pie I think once you go darker darker darker darker darker and it's only dark gets valued and it's only the worst of humanity if it's something where yeah and like oh how did it end well there's no hope it's like I want to cry I want to be heartbroken I want to feel hopeful and I want to laugh and somehow the new the new log line is that comedies don't work I think bad comedies don't work I think bad movies don't work but I will fight to my last breath which will be in about four more wings that comedies are important and I think it brings people together I think there's something deceptive like I almost I'm like almost like another bite chill this is a terrible decision I had to oh yeah well I think the first side didn't have it I know why would I why would I somewhere Ben's like because you're being brave Melissa you're taking it on are your lips on fire totally okay tongue is numb I'm no superhero I still feel everything I'm afraid to mix this with what's going on in my there you go yeah you almost pulled that out of nowhere still gas foreign [Music] I don't know but maybe that's yeah I'm awaiting a verdict you know because as you sort of guinea pig test all these things you know I'm taking notes over here I can't tell if it coated it or it's escalating it might have made things worse yeah I'm real unsteady [Music] okay so I understand that Guy Fieri served as inspiration for your character and bridesmaids when you read this script what connections did you see between Megan and the mayor of flavor town you know I thought it was something and I respectfully it's like I thought there was something about Megan at least in my head that was someone who's not quite I just love someone who's maybe not kind of putting it all together but they're like is this not [ __ ] amazing but they're going for it but they're confident like when confidence is like in a 50 and self-awareness is low and self-awareness is low I just remember saying at one point I was like I think I'm gonna need a Kanga and they were like what and I'm like I think I think if I get the Kanga I can feel the rest of it all yeah my I I would do anything for like just an ice mouth to kiss oh wait there you go oh that's enjoyable actually yeah it does help uh for like a second yeah it hurts so much to smile it really does like I just I I it's okay so this is me being this is me talking yeah this is like the hottest sauce in the world it's crazy you're terrible at this but would it be better if I just let you rip it you know maybe actually maybe maybe I don't know [Music] it neither tastes right I know what to do maybe go with the spray I don't know oh my God I know oh I can't even get to the water holy [ __ ] [Music] I'm right here with you I'm right here with you I know I know out of control oh my God I'm sorry I just did two I just actually hit a hiccup I know I know oh my God I know how I get it I get it I get it I get it I'm not sure you have the shittiest job shop huh you're told me okay oh my god I've never blown my nose on camera breaking new ground here oh yeah hot one season 21. yeah [Music] I know [Music] I accept it what gets you fired up when watching home renovation shows I've heard you nobody said it helped I don't know I've heard you compare yourself thank you so much yeah yeah I've heard you compare yourself to like a college football span screaming at the TV when you don't agree with a design choice I'm just fully weeping yeah no I good um it is I just this Bread's actually kind of working for me by the way I don't know who your bread guy is but clutch oh my God [Music] what's your legal situation oh like I think exposed obviously you've got to have lawyers like around the clock I think it's I'm gonna find out well I'm waiting for somebody to stress test that I'm waiting for someone to stress test that because in your in your Polo I think I'm exposed like welcome back to hot ones one time I was kind of trading notes with Bear Grylls we seem a little exposed after after talking to him I'm so sorry I get it so much Kleenex work sorry it's you're I'm not in control of it yeah yeah no it's all good it's all good no matter what you're going through on the show way crazier things have happened was McCarthy you know at the end of the day there's got to be some comfort in that that's like you didn't get picked we don't like you but you did a good job you're like I still feel like [ __ ] man that's the setup this whole Show's a setup it really is oh my God this is horrifying ah but uh I'm literally having tremors well it's like the 40th anniversary all over again except for the knees we're all up for body this time I know I know weird sauce hot sauce but we are almost gold to be good I mean should you have to be like like I get people like spice yeah yeah which I don't get and it's like a voucher whoever made it but it's like right I realize you're like oh you made my life's work yeah whoever yeah like El Dorado is like screw you McCarthy but it's there's a I get what you're I know what you're saying yeah like I guess there's something for everyone so I've been in the habit of asking movie stars about the most Preposterous acting exercise that they've ever done as part of a conservatory program or acting school as someone who was in the ground lanes for 10 years like is there an improv warm-up that you've actually found is useful for you on like a Hollywood set like do you use any of those improv warm-ups for acting warm-ups I mean the thought of like not thinking and just having to like say say what you say what you do or like just say before you think and don't like you can't like pre-determine what you're gonna say because you can only listen to what the person right before you is going to say so if you plan it it's going to be terrible but I can't say that I've ever been like you know when I was like working with somebody great that I was like should we just stop and lift a disc I'll pretend as a group lifted imaginary disc I get it's working together in a classroom it's helpful I can't see being like Javier I'm gonna pretend to live this and you get on the other side and you live Christy probably would be like okay but um oh my God I can't breathe at all my whole nose just wiped out I know how it looks it's that's Jesus oh this is an application foreign God help me is this the one that you're like you'll revert you'll die immediately you know what we're already dead [Laughter] yeah okay I know I know the good news is Melissa McCarthy this spice soaked Wing flight it's a distant memory it's behind us oh wait oh no I think that I think oh I've avoided it the whole time and I think I got it oh but not I not I right not I okay that's good but no it's still a part of my body now after watching The Little Mermaid you know what I couldn't help but to feel for Ursula you know banish to this dark corner of the ocean with no one to hang out with except for her eels after walking a mile in her tentacles do you have like a glass half full take on Ursula like in what ways if at all do you think she's misunderstood as a villain I think she oh my God I think she's totally misunderstood like the more I always like loved her and I thought she's I can't I just need it I need the milk to be colder um first time I've ever seen that incredible [Music] oh my God I sound like Ursula um going back to Michael Harney like what's her armor and her armor is the makeup and the hair and the attitude but it's to kind of cover up for her loneliness she feels betrayed by her family and her isolation it's like yes somebody's bark is really bad but why are they doing that and they kind of to kind of play those two sides I thought I really kind of fell in love the brighter side of Ursula and look at you Melissa McCarthy taking on the wings of death living to tell the tale and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you this camera this camera this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life two I'm from Plainfield Illinois chose to hurt myself with a chicken wings um oh I have Little Mermaids coming out it is so joyful it's such a group of nice people it's so beautiful and hopeful it makes us go ahead my mouth hurts a lot um I think everything about it it's for everybody and it's it is so nice to sit shoulder to shoulder again with people that you love people that are fully strangers in the theater and have that Collective feeling of fear and joy and love and heartbreak and surprise and I think we need that as humans this is a everything I said about what a lovely warm charcuterie boy when this started [Music] [Applause] you did it wonderful there was one where I was like I'm out of my body I'm out of my body and like every time I tried to breathe in it had like a vapor to it and it really made it worse was that the bomb one I think that probably started our spicy shark I think that's where it starts and then it doesn't stop after that yeah and they each are like they're all terrible in their own different ways and that's why we love it and that's why we love them I mean I I get it and I don't get it right right it's just fun though in a in a like when you break your legs [Laughter] okay hey what's going on hot ones fans this is Sean Evans and if you've ever watched hot ones and wondered to yourself how hot are those sauces really I can get through that with no water or milk well now is the time to put your money where your mouth is the hot ones season 21 lineup is now available in its entirety at heatness.com heatness.com that's heatness.com to get your hands on the season 21 hot Ones hot sauce lineup milk not included be careful around the eyes and get them while they're hot mother

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Length: 26min 8sec (1568 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 15 2023

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