A friend has been working on a project with Melissa McCarthy, the actress. My friend texted me the other day to tell me how sincerely nice Ms. McCarthy is, as my friend knows I’m a fan. That was the gist of our exchange – short and sweet.
What I liked about learning that is this: I see successful people (from afar) all the danged time and I never know anything about the decency of their souls. I often find myself hoping folks are nice, especially when I appreciate their work, but as I will likely never, never, ever meet any of those people, I can’t know for sure. That’s the nature of celebrity-dom us-and-them. We think we know someone, but we don’t. Not really.
When my friend told me how awesome Melissa McCarthy is, I was happy. It’s great when someone you admire is actually nice. And nice is good, y’all! For reals!