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The gays discovered Melissa McCarthy first

What can I say? Gays have excellent taste.

Melissa McCarthy may be the queen of comedy these days but there was a time when the only people who appreciated her humor were gay men.

The Emmy-winning star of TV’s Mike & Molly has, of course, found major big screen success in recent years with an Oscar-nominated turn in Bridesmaids and big box office opposite Sandra Bullock in Heat.

Appearing on Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show last week, the actress remembered a time when things weren’t so funny.

Before she found success on TV’s long-running hit Gilmore Girls, McCarthy tried her hand at stand-up comedy for a period of eight months.

‘As you were just placing your foot on the stage, somebody from the back of the room was always like, “Show us your boobs!”‘

It didn’t help that she didn’t bother to write any material.

‘I didn’t know you were supposed to write… I was just like, “I guess I’ll just have a shot and get up on stage, that’s what they do, right?”‘

But she found support among gay crowds at The Duplex in New York.

‘That place I loved, because it was all lovely gay boys,’ McCarthy said. ‘They didn’t want to see boobs.’

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  1. Could care less about her or her bleached blond VERY UNFUNNY cousin. Trying to get background work on her show is totally impossible for short or little to very overweight people. Central casting, casting director tells us they do not hire fat short or older people only “BEAUTIFUL” (aka…30 to 34 inch waste people that is)people. My question always to that is to say to the casting director…have you EVER checked out what the stars of that show look like?!?!?!???!??! What gives Mike and Molly show? Ever heard of reverse discrimination? Really, SHAME ON everyone on that awful show from the stars, producers and casting people!!!! And please, don’t tell me she does not know anything about it. Mizz Melissa, you could have made a dent in the only beautiful people problem we have here in Hollywood but instead you have chosen to turn your back on us. SO SADDD!

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