Melissa McCarthy, who has been looking trimmer than ever, reveals that she’s now a size 14 —read her weight loss secrets





She’s fashionable and fit!

During a Wednesday, March 16 press conference in Los Angeles for her latest movie, The Boss, Melissa McCarthy discussed similarities between her and her character, business mogul Michelle Darnell … including their dress sizes.

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“I actually am a 14,” the trimmer than ever Oscar-nominated star told reporters.

In a recent Extra interview, McCarthy revealed the secret to her weight loss: a “super boring life,” she said. “You bring it real down, you don’t do anything fun and you go to bed at 7:30 — that’s the trick.”

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The actress, 45, spent plenty of time in front of the cameras during filming, but her mind never strayed from her clothing line, Melissa McCarthy Seven7 Collection. It’s “going great!” the Ghostbusters star told reporters at the movies press conference ’s her passion project.



“I find it wildly creative. It’s something that I’ve dreamed of doing since I was probably in sixth grade,” she said. “Every time I fight for a seam or a better fabric or something, I think the fight’s worth while.”

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The Home Shopping Network collection, which launched last fall, offers pieces from size 2 to 28W. Last June, she told Us Weekly that she oversees all facets of production, from tailoring to ensuring that there aren’t any “scratchy” products.



“It’s kind of the way I work,” she told Us at the time. “It’s what I thought I was going to do for a living, so I take it very seriously.”

And her character in The Boss, Michelle, pays the same attention to detail: “She requires a certain amount of pomp and circumstance,” she continued at the press conference. “Nobody wanted to see Michelle in Dockers and a T-shirt.”

The Boss hits theaters April 8.



