Melissa McCarthy

Critic Rex Reed is once again talking about Melissa McCarthy, but he's still not offering an apology for disparaging her weight and comparing her to a tractor in his film review of 'Identity Thief.' Last week, McCarthy finally took time out of her schedule to address the comments, elegantly saying she felt bad for the clearly unhappy Reed. But of course he couldn't let her have the last word. Read

Back in February, movie critic Rex Reed saw the movie 'Identity Thief,' and instead of judging it based on its content, decided to hone in on one of the film's stars, Melissa McCarthy, and attack her weight. Because he's classy like that. In his piece he referred to the 'Bridesmaids' actress as "tractor-sized" and a "female hippo," and pretty much everyone called him out for it

Melissa McCarthy may let obnoxious and ignorant comments about her weight roll off her back, but she's not so willing to turn the other cheek when she sees a child being mistreated.

Having recently been – rather unnecessarily – lambasted by a critic-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned for being overweight, Melissa McCarthy did what any awesome celebrity who’s very honey badger about the situation would do: She went on Sesame Street and showed off her sweet dance moves. And that girl can move.

Rex Reed is coming out swinging against the backlash he faced after making unnecessary, pointless remarks about Melissa McCarthy's weight in his scathing review of 'Identity Thief.' And he's missing the point. Surprise!

Say what you want about the cinematic quality of 'Identity Thief,' but you can't deny Melissa McCarthy's box office power. Despite -- or perhaps because of -- idiotic, sexist and ignorant reviewer Rex Reed's comments about McCarthy's size in his scathing review of the film, it was a box office heavyweight, debuting at No. 1.

Movie critic Rex Reed had some issues with the film 'Identity Thief,' which stars Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman. Instead of addressing the film's failures on an artistic level, however, Reed did the truly professional thing and attacked McCarthy for her weight. Hey, Rex Reed? Go get stuffed.