Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone both take to Instagram to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone took to social media Wednesday to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary.
The 50-year-old actress posted a tender photo on Instagram of her and Ben, 47, kissing.
’15 years ago today I married the kindest, funniest and weirdest human I’ve ever met. Grateful every single day!!!,’ Melissa wrote in the caption for her roughly 8.9 million followers.
Going strong: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, shown in August 2019 in Los Angeles, took to social media Wednesday to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary
Ben also noted the milestone on Instagram with a photo of Melissa holding two rabbits while wearing a butterfly dress and a wreath atop her head.
‘Was scrolling through my phone and came across this photo. Can’t remember seeing it before. Two things: A) I’m so lucky and grateful to be married to such a lovely, smart, kind and wonderful person B) why is there a skunk in the picture? Happy fifteenth Anniversary, Mooch! Here’s to 500 more (I am assuming we will kinda be robots for 400 of those years),’ Ben wrote in the caption for his approximately 192,000 followers.
Melissa and Ben met as comedy students at The Groundlings Theater and School in Hollywood and the longtime couple got married on October 8, 2005.
They have 13-year-old daughter Vivian and 10-year-old daughter Georgette together.
Tender photo: The 50-year-old actress posted a tender photo on Instagram of her and Ben, 47, kissing
Funny picture: Ben also noted the milestone on Instagram with a photo of Melissa holding two rabbits while wearing a butterfly dress and a wreath atop her head
Melissa’s pregnancy with Vivian was written into the final season of Gilmore Girls in which she played Sookie St. James from 2000 to 2007.
Vivian and Georgette both appeared in the 2016 film The Boss with her eldest daughter playing a younger version of Melissa’s character.
Ben frequently makes cameos in Melissa’s films and TV series with his appearances including: Gilmore Girls, The Nines, Bridesmaids, The Heat, Tammy, Identity Theft, Spy, The Boss, Life Of The Party, Can You Ever Forgive Me? and The Happytime Murders.
Cute couple: Melissa and Ben, shown in April 2011 in Los Angeles, met as comedy students at The Groundlings Theater and School in Hollywood and the longtime couple got married on October 8, 2005
Melissa and Ben have another collaboration due out this year titled Superintelligence that they co-produced with Ben directing and Melissa starring.
The action comedy follows Carol Peters, played by Melissa, who believes she’s going insane after getting snarky backtalk from her TV, phone and microwave. It turns out that the world’s first superintelligence has selected Carol for observation and she becomes humanity’s last chance before the AI takes over.
Superintelligence will debut on HBO Max later this year.
Busy stars: Melissa and Ben, shown in January 2007 in Utah, have another collaboration due out this year titled Superintelligence that they co-produced with Ben directing and Melissa starring
Family time: Ben and Melissa are shown in November 2018 at Los Angeles International Airport with their daughters Georgette and Vivian