--- title: Melissa McCarthy: I Believe in Ghosts Says Ghostbusters Star description: "I also don’t think when we’re done we just float away. I think we’re still around." canonical: https://time.com/4308825/melissa-mccarthy-belives-in-ghosts-ghostbusters-time-100/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T00:40:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:08.145Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Melissa McCarthy Says She Believes in Ghosts og:description: "I also don’t think when we’re done we just float away. 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I think we’re still around" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c09e06f5cc0cd6/698890c20b72e35ee96e9194/facebook-melissa-mccarthy-time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-14.jpg?branch=production ---  # Melissa McCarthy Says She Believes in Ghosts  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 12:40 AM UTC  Melissa McCarthy at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016. Melissa McCarthy at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016.Stephen Lovekin—REX/Shutterstock  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 12:40 AM UTC [Melissa McCarthy](http://time.com/4299845/melissa-mccarthy-2016-time-100/), star of the upcoming [_G_ _hostbusters_](http://www.ghostbusters.com/), says that she believes in ghosts—or at least in a presence. “I think they do exist. I don’t know in what form,” McCarthy told TIME. “But I think there are things out there. I think we’ve all felt a presence or an energy where for no reason something just feels different in a place we’re familiar with.” The comedian and TIME 100 honoree shared her views on what happens after you die during the [TIME 100 Gala](http://time.com/4307268/time-100-gala-red-carpet-photos-2016/) on Tuesday night. “I also don’t think when we’re done we just float away. I think we’re still around. I still talk to my grandparents all the time. I don’t think of them as ghosts, but I do talk to them a lot in my car. I don’t know if that makes me crazy,” she said, laughing. When asked why in her car, she said, “I guess that’s when I’m alone. 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