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"Melissa McCarthy has spoken about the recent criticism she received from a movie reviewer regarding her weight. The 42-year-old came under fire from critic Rex Reed in a review for Identity Thief, in which he labelled her &amp;quot;tractor-sized&amp;quot; and called her &amp;quot;a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success&amp;quot;.  The Bridesmaids actress did not immediately respond to the jibes, but in an interview with The New York Times stated that her initial reaction on reading Reed&amp;#039;s comments was, &amp;quot;Really?&amp;quot;, followed by, &amp;quot;Why would someone okay that?&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that&amp;#039;s someone who&amp;#039;s in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. &amp;quot;I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs.&amp;quot; McCarthy, who has previously won an Emmy Award for her role on CBS comedy Mike &amp;amp; Molly, also admitted that if the comments had been made when she was 20 years old, it &amp;quot;may have crushed&amp;quot; her. A poster for McCarthy&amp;#039;s latest film The Heat recently came under fire for photoshopping the actress&amp;#039;s appearance. Watch a trailer for The Heat below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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