Melissa McCarthy Marks 19 Years of Marriage with 'Best Friend' Ben Falcone: 'Luckiest Gal in the World'

Mar. 15, 2025

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Melissa McCarthyand her husbandBen Falconeare celebrating a special occasion.

McCarthy, 54, posted a tribute Tuesday, Oct. 8 onInstagramto her “best friend” Falcone, 51, marking their 19th anniversary as a happy couple.

Captioning a shot of the duo, the Emmy winner wrote, “19 years ago I became the luckiest gal in the world.”

“I’m grateful every day,” continued McCarthy’s caption, “that I married my best friend and a fellow wig wearer!!!”

McCarthy and Falcone weremarried on Oct. 8, 2005. They met originally as teenagers before later connecting in a comedy class at improv theater the Groundlings in Los Angeles, and are the proud parents oftwo daughters, Vivian, 17, and Georgette, 14. The production company they founded in 2013, On the Day Productions, have brought 2014’sTammyand 2021’sThunder Force, in which the couple also starred, to the big screen.

The shot from McCarthy’s Instagram post comes from a 2013 feature inThe Hollywood Reporter. “We were going to do a glamorous shot, and we just kept going back to, ‘We should do some bad characters,'” McCarthy quipped at the time of the heart-themed photo shoot. “We spent so much time with Groundlings that this is our neutral.”

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Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage

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TheLittle Mermaidstarand Falcone have throughout their 19-year marriage offered glimpses of their life through social media. McCarthy called her husband “the kindest, funniest and weirdest human I’ve ever met” in anotherInstagram tributein 2020 pegged to their 15th anniversary.

Among McCarthy’s other recent Instagram posts is a goofyvideo of Falconecelebrating his birthday on Aug. 25 and abehind-the-scenes glimpseof her on the set ofOnly Murders in the Buildingseason 4, on which she guest stars. Her upcoming projects include Paramount+‘slimited series about JonBenét Ramsey.

source: people.com