Melissa McCarthyis sharing the story behind thesweet signshe made for palMariska Hargitay.
TheNine Perfect Strangersactress, 50, appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonMonday, where she opened up about her friendship with Hargitay, 57, and how she came up with the idea for her “get well soon” stunt after theLaw & Order: SVUstar broke her ankle in July.
McCarthy explained, “She rolled her ankle and it was like a really severe break. And she’s a really good texter and I’m terrible. Sometimes I … put my phone in my purse for three days and then people are like, ‘Where are you?’ "
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McCarthy added, “She sent me a really funny text of like, ‘Oh don’t worry, I’m just here in a lot of pain recovering. I guess you’re too busy to respond to my text.’ "
The actress told Fallon, 46, that she knew it was “game on” after Hargitay’s response, and she hatched a plan to send the ultimate “get well soon” message.
“So now I have to make it seem like this is why I didn’t get back to you, because I was petitioning for prayers. And so we literally jumped in the car and ran over — as you do in Burbank — to [L.A. fast food chain] Wienerschnitzel,” McCarthy said. “And I just jumped up and down and cars honked, and I think they were like, ‘What?’ "
Fallon then showed his audience a clip of McCarthy standing outside the fast food restaurant dressed in a green jumpsuit and waving her sign.
While the late night host pointed out that she got “a couple” of honks, McCarthy joked that she wasn’t sure if they were all in support of Hargitay’s recovery.
“I can’t tell if they were thinking like, ‘Get well, Mariska,’ or if they were like, ‘Get out of the way,’ " she said with a laugh.
“Believe it or not, she sent me an even longer video that was pretty epic,” Hargitay said. “I was absolutely blown away. I couldn’t even speak when I saw it.”
She went on to praise McCarthy as “the most fun and the most creative” person, adding, “She’s just a genius. She literally blew my mind, it was crazy. She’s pure magic, that one.”
source: people.com
