Melissa McCarthy ‘rattled’ to wear late Chris Farley’s ‘SNL’ costume
40th anniversary special in 2015.The “Bridesmaids” star, 51, had to don the comedian’s iconic plaid jacket and green tie from his recurring character of motivational speaker Matt Foley, who is divorced and “lives in a van down by the river” and first appeared in a sketch in 1993.Farley passed away due to an overdose in December 1997.McCarthy recently dished to Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM radio show about how she felt wearing Farley’s costume for a skit.“It was really his jacket and they just kind of, like, clipped it back,” McCarthy said. “And they’re like, ‘We’re gonna take it in, but we don’t wanna damage it. And we’re gonna do all this.'” She also noted that it was “really wild” for everyone to see her as the late funnyman in his clothes — though the experience “rattled” her.