Melissa McCarthy’s Mom Accidentally Pet a Wild Skunk

Melissa McCarthy told Ellen about how her parents rescued cats, and at one point had over 30 living in the barn at their home. She gave an example of how to properly call the cats in for dinner, and recalled the time her mom hilariously mistook a skunk for a cat! The actress also chatted about how all her 10-year-old daughter wanted for her birthday was a stunt harness.
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[@ednsav]

I think it's hilarious that Melissa called out the one mom whose face showed how disapproving she was about the harness lol No mom-shaming lady

[@severetiredamage6754]

wow

[@teamadventurebeagle4392]

Skunk log 265: I have successfully infiltrated the cat pack... the humans appear to have accepted me as feline. Acquired food, but also endured several strokes from a human paw. Unexpectedly pleasant. Will return.

[@gabyzanguitu]

hehehehhehe love this!

[@pinto777mendez]

🤣🤣

[@SwiftFoxProductions]

😂😂😂Accurate.

[@thirdoctoberchild]

Comments like this are what make the internet an amazing place.

[@reginabest4266]

🤣🤣 This is the best comment

[@steffnic13]

Melissa is so real and down to earth. She deserves all of the success that has come her way.

[@armandoucles5346]

Thank God for Melissa McCarthy. We need more positive people like her to show us that laughter and kindness will get us through any hardship.

[@DerekKildall]

mike and sandy are my grandparents name, that literally just made me double take haha

[@Katerina77823]

Is Melissa McCarthy your mom?

[@jamesrussellmayes]

Her parents are ADORABLE. No wonder Melissa McCarthy is such a good person, as well as a GENIUS.

[@ashleymasse4305]

Lauren Graham was on this show last week, and now Melissa McCarthy. It's a Gilmore Girls reunion.

[@emilyannn]

Ashley M my thoughts exactly 😂😂

[@Angelface11]

I LOVE SKUNKS! They scare me...but they are the cutest, especially the babies.

[@daegumaa]

Angel Face I love this statement even though it made me laugh, so thank you for that!

[@jocelynpierrard3075]

When I was picking out my wedding venue, I wanted something outdoors. When I was checking out this one place, there in the distance was a family pack of skunks and I said, 'This is it! The perfect venue!' lol. They were so adorable!

[@skunkie110]

Just seemed appropriate that I comment here. I love skunks too 🖤

[@grateful954]

My grandmother did the exact same thing with the “Heeerre kitty kitty kitty..!” Gave them stewed leftovers bread and warm milk mixtures😁 and it did seem normal back then😂

[@cjcj6945]

Still does!🐈👍

[@xsakisaki]

I was watching this with the volume up and my cat legit walked into the room after Melissa did her cat call 😱

[@Jaz238]

That was hilarious, I laughed more than I thought I will. Love Melissa and her sweet parents

[@kenmajikina1]

I love Melissa McCarthy, she always cracks me up!! That was hilarious when she said her mom pet a skunk. I really love when Melissa talks about her children! It sounds like the one little girl will be a stunt woman soon. Love you Melissa!!

[@linulain]

she had a lot of good characters in the past but i mean - for real- she'll always be Sukie

[@00ooKENBoo00]

funniest thing I've heard so far in 2020, may the rest of the year bring joy and more laughter 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@ridgebriar17]

Well ... it is safe to say in May 2020 ... that VERY LIKELY will be the funniest thing you will experience all year long - and maybe next year too.

[@meganrosedelacruzdagohoy6276]

Ye

[@shananalexander9789]

I can’t quit laughing about the skunk. So funny 🤪😂😂

[@Elena-fu7jj]

I love Mike and Molly! She's so good in it. Its one of my all time favourite shows.

[@3303jeri]

The whole "huh that was a skunk" took me out!

[@taylor22624]

Same 🤣🤣🤣

[@nathganeo9359]

I have always loved Melissa and now I love her parents too ♥️😂

[@cameron4907]

Melissa needs a talk show!

[@lolabrini3758]

melissa is just a ball of cuteness and sweetness and funness in one. 🥰😘❤️💋and now i know she gets it from her adorably hilarious parents! 🤣

[@stephaniehernandez9360]

I love Melissa’s parents ♥️ the stories she tells about them are always so funny!

[@cherylemaybury9967]

Melissa McCarthy is my favourite actress. I have loved her ever since Gilmore Girls came out. That was also my most favourite TV series, I have watched it all so many times.

[@mutilatedangel1155]

Omg ! I do the here kitty kitty kitty kitty...mine always comes running..lol

[@KateSitka]

We need Wanda Sykes back on here shaking her head, “oh white people.”

[@jeanettebiermann1890]

😂😂😂

[@suejohnson3972]

Kate 😊

[@Elizabeth-eb9il]

As a white person, I agree. I love "oh white people"

[@rebelpeace6547]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@moonfun5412]

Pls Ellen have Melissa host your show...she is so funny and down to earth very refreshing ❤️

[@arthurdaniels3559]

I love Melissa so much !! She is delightful !! I wish more humans were like her.... she's such a beautiful lady - inside and out. She's the best !!

[@blugreen123]

Love Melissa's sweater & ring! I want them both! ❤️

[@philj4961]

Melissa McCarthy and Amy Schumer should do a movie together called sisters it will be comedy genius

[@victorialowe849]

You mean like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler already did?

[@dougy_dawg]

Yeah except for the fact the Amy is garbage

[@brie2606]

Oh my goodness no wonder she's amazing her parents are so adorable and clearly so kind hearted. Love the family!

[@TastySchu4]

Anyone else remember her several eps back talking about a soft, snuggly straight jacket for her kid? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love Melissa ❤😊😍👍

[@sdogboe]

Yes !!! 😅

[@caro_santamaria]

Love Melissa so much! She's brilliant! (And so is her stylist 👌🏼)

[@scottmiller9174]

Melissa is such a comedic story teller! I love listening to her stories about her kids and parents

[@philj4961]

Melissa McCarthy is such down to earth

[@ellalloyd7608]

I would love to meet melissa's McCarthy❤❤

[@NaomiSwanson]

“Its how you call 30 cats” 😂

[@kateo4052]

Melissa could definitely make a movie out of her parents and her life growing up 😂

[@jufelcaliskis8810]

Hi Ellen , watching here from Philippines..I LOVE YOU❤

[@rachaeltrainor7249]

Oh. My. Goodness. That is 100% how we would call our cats back to the house for dinner when I was a kid. I’ve never heard anyone else do it!

[@thenobleandmightybeaver4411]

Luckily skunks aren’t quick to spray. I nearly stepped on one getting out of my car once and it didn’t spray me. They are quite cute.

[@kimfortin8452]

Melissa McCarthy is the funniest person, naturally. I love her.

[@zzzcocopepe]

Skunks are actually really cute. They make robot noises

[@blakelawrence6750]

Her mom is just so adorable.

[@gokulagrawal295]

Commenting everyday until Ellen replies day 99

[@hd-xc2lz]

You just know she's itching to. Very soooooon.

[@sarahbethaustintx]

OMG THATS HOW I CALL MY CATS! I thought that was normal

[@ridgebriar17]

I think most people call their cats .... "Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty - and if you say it fast enough, it become "Here Ki, Ki, Ki" .... even cats you have never seen before in your neighborhood will respond.

[@aminagai4412]

i love melissa she’s full of humor and overall has and amazing personality

[@sum12sumwhere]

How pure! The skunk got to feel love! And get a fully belly ❤

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

I love Melissa's stories. 👍👍 I think she is great.

[@meganrosedelacruzdagohoy6276]

Dowetbb

[@meganrosedelacruzdagohoy6276]

Habes

[@Malshe]

I love Melissa McCarthy... She is just an engaging story teller

[@jam6467]

Yep - that's exactly how we called the cats on my parents' farm! Is it a Midwestern thing?

[@ddkcarlson]

That's how the cats were called on my Aunts dairy farm in Kansas too!

[@xSPARROWxx]

That’s how my mom called our cats and we’re from North Carolina.

[@kateo4052]

it must have come from a movie bc here in a Australia we do the same and I haven’t even had cats

[@Joanie-o5l]

Also the same on my family's dairy farm in upstate NY. My father would pour them fresh milk from the bucket and kitties would come running!

[@marianna1513]

In California we say, here kitty kitty kitty kitty, infinity lol. So it must be a universal call 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

[@alixali7552]

Melissa is cute star, i love this women, i love u so much Ellen, u r genious lady,u are amazing,you are great person in this planet

[@scar7164]

alix ali Aww this is so sweet

[@shelleyroberts2269]

Melissa is a beautiful and hilarious lady

[@Uniquenotdifferent]

Who else thinks Melissa and Ellen should have a show together ✋🏻😻

[@luxaholicanonymous2577]

g g - I immediately thought of adding Wanda too. Lol!

[@leannepaxton5012]

And Kristen Bell! Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Bell are my 2 favourite people to watch, they are just natural story tellers and naturally funny. They always give the best interviews every single time.

[@Uniquenotdifferent]

@gg•1 yassssssss!!!!!

[@chezney1410]

Who else has been a true fan of the Ellen show before 2020?! ❤️ 👇🏻

[@suejohnson3972]

Me💓👍

[@giovannigillion]

Man i dont care what no one says but im totally in love with Melissa McCarthy

[@murraywestenskow2896]

The second episode of Mike and Molly - the restaurant and bathroom scene - might be the funniest thing I've seen on TV.

[@oliviergahungu5787]

Melissa McCarthy is awesome the way she tells all these stories

[@MarcusKandziora]

Finally a new interview with her! 😍 love them together

[@kdrg5761]

Wow! The views just increased by nearly 100 by the time I finished watching just half of the video! 😂😍

[@poppybell8217]

I was awoken in the middle of the night recently by the sound of my kitty’s food bag rustling and very loud crunching. I thought “geeze, kitties, you’re being so loud!” I crawled out of bed, half asleep, to put away the food bag. I reached down to pet my kitties and noticed that their fur was really rough and coarse! I turned the light on and realized that I had been petting two raccoons who must have come inside through the pet door!

[@faizannaeem492]

Never do anything so serious, that people have to call rescue people. Because if they follow a fake call, someone reall might be dead.

[@missgunst4152]

The police did know about that before; from Ellen, she informed them.

[@hazhu2153]

That was not funny to be honest

[@missgunst4152]

Haz Hu Go fxxx yourself then.

[@pandumiharja6769]

Huh that was a skunk.... I'm laughing soo loud and its 3 a.m

[@1942rita]

Violin lessons: when my sis was learning the cello it was Sept and they were getting ready for Christmas school shows. The cellos only got the harmony-never the melody. I went in to ask my mother to please please limit how long she practiced. My mother goes in and I hear her say “oh, honey, you keep practice I think we are going to love seeing you in the orchestra. You sound so good.’’ I. Asked my bro’s does he sound good they just shook their heads-the cello never sounds good.

[@claireosborne692]

I bloody love Melissa McCarthy ❤️x x

[@radujokiy9424]

So funny! "Huh, that was a skunk." 😂😂

[@ambermitchell8455]

The way she explained how she called the cats is literally how me and mom call our outside cats to eat 😂😂

[@xSPARROWxx]

Amber Mitchell that’s how my mom always called our outdoor cats back to the house to be fed too. Now I have indoor cats and just have to shake the food to get them to come. Haha.

[@nikkim7647]

That’s completely normal how I always called our cats when we were growing up

[@blemast]

Same here. It’s a mid-West thing 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ClaireRooULove]

Ugh i LOVE her sweater

[@kellyschriner6203]

Harry Styles has a sweater vest made from the same pattern as Melissa’s cardigan

[@yisroel5556]

So Melissa McCarthy is a great actress so it just has to happen!

[@baileydyson8409]

Love them both!

[@ericadominguez41]

I love Melissa

[@panha3240]

Ellen seems out of energy

[@cademancaden]

She's been doing this a long time. You would be too.

[@teayahouse4379]

Both of them seem that way

[@yvonnecamacho7887]

Love Melissa's outfits.

[@Sheila612Miller]

I love when Ellen laughs. It's historical.

[@helenmurphree3434]

I’m snorting 🤣🤣 this is very therapeutic 🥰

[@FreakyPeoplez]

I love you Sookie St. James ❤️

[@sannevorrink]

Igor Marley Basic shes my fav actress but to me she will always be Sookie

[@FreakyPeoplez]

Sanne Vorrink yes! Always Sookie ♥️

[@tibaazher2792]

Yeah me too 😍

[@mslea13]

💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 Omgosh!!! That’s HILARIOUS!!!! What sweet parents Melissa has!!! I love this so much.

[@Sara2016a]

She is the funniest actress! I love her!

[@andreagascoigne6735]

......accidentally **petted** a wild skunk.

[@lovelychildhood4147]

She is so cute and funny

[@khyatipawar6551]

Didn't Harry wear the same print sweater!?? LANVIN GANG ;)

[@ashleytorres51]

Yeah but his didn't split down the middle it was an actual sweater.

[@MarioDodovski-is9ln]

It's Lanvin actually :)

[@khyatipawar6551]

@@MarioDodovski-is9ln oh thanks! Didn't know that :)

[@karenamanda1958]

I ❤️ Melissa! I hope she’ll make a sequel to Spy one day!

[@lisaseidel2606]

I adore Melissa McCarthy. I’m pretty sure we could be best friends if given a chance.

[@crunchie2851]

Oh I just love her!

[@karinaathenarose6711]

I love Melissa,she is so much fun,her parents are cute

[@izabellpowers1626]

Your not the only one melissa my family does it as well and we only have 3

[@CcSnipess]

"Who let the Skunk in" meow, meow, meow 🎶🎶

[@mareir]

As someone who looks after 30+ cats on my acreage (people dump them, we befriend and spay/neuter/shelter/feed/adopt them out), I can soooooo relate to this. Lol. Her parents are sweet.

[@idfwy_ylsabiafwy182_GiGi]

So no one's gonna mention the *Boxed Water* that belongs to the person behind Melissa McCarthy's mom, Sorry never seen boxed water ever just milk.. Lol

[@kennybegeske8824]

I Think Melissa McCarthy Should Play Footsie With Aidy Bryant Because Aidy Bryant Would Like To Play Footsie With Melissa McCarthy

[@tracyhaupt9031]

My parents set a live trap years ago. They caught a skunk. My son had to have been 5 at the time. He thought it was a kitten and got really close. Needless to say, my mom called and told me my son just got a tomato sauce bath. Yep he tried to pet the "kitten" and got sprayed😀

[@patriciaeroz5828]

HI Ellen & Melissa❗️❤️❗️❤️ MM, Plz See My Recent Notes On The JWI WCD To Give To The Appropriate Parties 🎉 🎈 🎊 🥂 🍾 & TU❗️ 💃🏽

[@ninaray4479]

It's good to get a full laugh with tears... Melissa is the greatest... bet her parents enjoys every bit of her talent to be where she is today...

[@ncbming]

Nobody cares if you are early

[@basiafaustina3586]

She’s so f’n funny!

[@anistarsz]

Hi stranger people who like watching Ellen

[@tonis204]

Hi!!!

[@kennybegeske8824]

I Always Wanted To Be Melissa McCarthy Buddy in person Because She's The Queen of Plainfield Illinois

[@joseapsantos3633]

Boa noite, essa Melissa é uma das melhores atrizes do mundo.Adorei o vídeo.

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

Lol..my cat was sleeping and her head snapped up when she did the cat call.

[@dineisantos7417]

BRASIL AMA MELISSA.

[@barbiehouse6437]

OMG I'M DEAD! Oh hmm that one is a skunk...