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UPDATE: After a lot of back and forth, McCarthy has agreed to return for the series! The news was first reported by TVLine. "As of not even two hours ago it's happening," McCarthy said on Ellen. "I'm very happy to go back to Stars Hollow. " The announcement was preceded by the release of Entertainment Weekly's cover story on the show, which featured Sherman-Palladino offering one last plea to the actor, "We’ve just put it out into the universe; we’re here until May 10," said the co-creator. "I know what the scene is. I’ll pre-light it for her. She can drive up, run in, shoot it, and run out. I can get her in and out in two hours." Clearly it worked.

Their long — and very public "negotiation" — can be relived below..

McCarthy was the only major cast member absent from the ATX Television Festival reunion in June 2015 — besides the late Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore) — so her involvement in the revival seemed unlikely.

But on Feb. 2, McCarthy tweeted, "Sadly no one asked me or Sookie to come back to Stars Hollow. Wish them all the best!!"

It was odd statement given that Sherman-Palladino had told TVLine prior, "The thing I have said [to her team] is, 'Look, if Melissa is available and has an afternoon free, I’ll write her a scene.'"

Sherman-Palladino went on to say that she always assumed McCarthy's hectic schedule would have prevented her participation, but she added that the door is open for the woman who brought Sookie to life. "If she has a spare moment to run over, we would be totally game," Sherman-Palladino told TVLine.

Then, in a March interview with Refinery 29, McCarthy said, "They didn’t ask. And once this came out, because people were starting to say, ‘Oh, you won’t do it. You’re too big and busy now.’ I was like, ‘No. No one invited me to the party. I didn’t get a single call.’ And then after that, it was kind of, ‘Well, she’d like to do it, you guys can call us.’ I have to call and ask? And now I can’t make it happen. I thought it was the strangest thing. I am really proud of that show. I can’t wait for my kids to see it.”