It Appears Melissa McCarthy Actually Was Asked To Return To "Gilmore Girls"

The actor behind Sookie says she was never asked to return, but creator Amy Sherman-Palladino says that if she can be available, she "would write her in and figure it out."

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Susan Cheng
by Susan Cheng

BuzzFeed Editorial Assistant

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Melissa McCarthy tweeted on Tuesday that she wasn’t asked to be a part of the Gilmore Girls revival.

Melissa McCarthy @melissamccarthy

Thanks for the invite, but sadly no one asked me or Sookie to come back to Stars Hollow. Wish them all the best!! https://t.co/II2Atug4wx

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Needless to say, fans were livid.

Nate Hoffelder @thDigitalReader

THERE'S NO #STARSHOLLOW WITHOUT #SOOKIE! https://t.co/vIQMFZWwC6

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Sarah-Elizabeth Daly @selizabethdaly

@katyjjo @melissamccarthy sobbing in a corner. Sookie is the heart of Stars Hollow :(

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Trey Witzel @TreyWitzel

Drama in Stars Hollow. The love of Sookie will be a huge hole in the new season. https://t.co/TVIIEptt34

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Samantha Stratton @SammyDavisIAm

WHAT! Now I'm a little mad. Seriously Palladino/Netflix. Sookie is the best. https://t.co/rmCiqXIYMn

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But show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino told TVLine in an interview posted on Monday — before McCarthy's tweet — that she did not write Sookie into the reboot in a major plotline because McCarthy "just simply wouldn’t have that sort of time."

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"It simply would've been impossible. Planning around her crazypants schedule and her movies and her this and her that and Ghostbusters… I would just be sobbing in a corner for six months. That would be my whole life."

However, she suggests in that interview that she had asked about McCarthy’s availability, saying, "If she has a spare moment to run over, we would be totally game."

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"[T]he thing I have said [to her team] is, 'Look, if Melissa is available and has an afternoon free, I'll write her a scene,'" she said. It's unclear whether Sherman-Palladino had asked if McCarthy would make herself available for a recurring role again. "Melissa was one of us. If she has a spare moment to run over [to the set] — even if for just a cameo — we would be totally game. And if it's a last-minute thing, I would write her in and we would figure it out. That's the way we left it."

BuzzFeed News has reached out to Melissa McCarthy and Warner Bros. for a comment.

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