She starred as best friend Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls for seven years.

So it comes as no surprise that revisiting the world of Stars Hollow for the show's upcoming Netflix reboot left Melissa McCarthy feeling 'sentimental.'

Speaking with People at the Time 100 Gala, the 45-year-old said, 'Oh, my God, it was so sad. I got so sentimental.'

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'It felt like the greatest idea in the world': Melissa McCarthy revealed to People at the Time 100 Gala in New York on Tuesday how 'sentimental' it was for her to revisit the world of Gilmore Girls

She's back: Melissa portrayed Sookie St. James throughout the series, who was the best friend of Lauren Graham's Lorelai Gilmore

'And it felt like the greatest idea in the world. It was lovely.'

Melissa said her schedule initially didn't allow for her to appear on the show.

But then fate stepped in and the timing ended up working out perfectly.

'Once we decided is there any possible way, something fell out for me, something changed for them, and then we immediately nabbed it,' she said, adding that she had paid a visit to the 'sets again and everybody on them' two weeks prior.

Whoops: The 45-year-old opened her address at the New York gala by pretending to read the wrong speech

'It kind of felt like we didn't skip a beat,' she told Jen Peros from Entertainment Tonight that evening of her visit to the set.

Filming of the four 90-minute Gilmore Girls episodes started in Los Angeles on February 2 and is currently scheduled to last until June 30.

Meanwhile, Melissa was among one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential people, and she delivered a toast to her fellow nominees in which she pretended to be reading the wrong speech.

Garden variety: She then gave a shout out to stem cell biologist Kathy Niakan for 'discovering the human gnome'

'Obviously everyone in this room is known for their physical prowess and their superior athletic ability; people enjoy you for your brawn, certainly not your brain...' she began, according to Time, to tell the room filled with scientists, business moguls and world leaders, before revealing she was hosting this year's ESPYs and had confused her speeches.

She then gave a shout out to stem cell biologist Kathy Niakan for 'discovering the human gnome'.

'Kathy, girl, we are thinking the same thing because I've always loved a garden gnome,' she told the giggling scientist, 'and every time I walk away I think: "when we're not looking... do they come to life?" Like minds think alike.'

Date night: The Ghostbusters star - who attended with husband Ben Falcone - then got serious for a moment as she thanked the Time 100 present for their 'anarchy'

The Ghostbusters star then got serious for a moment as she thanked the Time 100 present for their 'anarchy'.

'I think at some way along the road so many people in this room were told "you can't do that. That's not how you should think. You're doing it wrong. You're nuts. You're crazy. That's not how we do things. That's not acceptable, there's a way to do it",' she said.

'And in one way or another, everybody in this room simply forged ahead. And thinking outside the box like that will change the world.

Pioneers: 'I just think it's fantastic and none of you have picked the easy way. There's a lot easier ways to do this than what you've all done, and I think we've all benefited from it greatly, and I think we're all grateful for it,' she said

'And it doesn't matter how small or how big - there's people fighting for human rights and medical cures and making the world happier by singing amazing songs like Ariana out of that little tiny body,' she said gesturing to Grande. 'I don't understand how that works.'

Once again apologising for mixing up the 'human genomes'with 'human gnomes', she said the door was open for someone on Time's 100 list next year to discover the secret of the the mysterious garden ornaments.

'I just think it's fantastic and none of you have picked the easy way. There's a lot easier ways to do this than what you've all done, and I think we've all benefited from it greatly, and I think we're all grateful for it,' she added.