--- title: Melissa McCarthy Fights With Jennifer Aniston on Kimmel description: In a funny Jimmy Kimmel Live! skit, Melissa McCarthy and Jennifer Aniston make the case for climate change. canonical: https://time.com/5056124/melissa-mccarthy-jennifer-aniston/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-08T18:17:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:11.202Z og:title: Melissa McCarthy Has a Disagreement with Jennifer Aniston og:description: McCarthy has something to say about gravity, although Aniston is not on board og:url: https://time.com/5056124/melissa-mccarthy-jennifer-aniston/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d6c033b3818102/6988f4620a4a22f8009d0fe9/screen-shot-2017-12-08-at-11-47-53-am.png?branch=production&width=841&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 841 og:image:height: 473 og:image:alt: jennifer-aniston-melissa-mccarthy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melissa McCarthy Has a Disagreement with Jennifer Aniston twitter:description: McCarthy has something to say about gravity, although Aniston is not on board twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d6c033b3818102/6988f4620a4a22f8009d0fe9/screen-shot-2017-12-08-at-11-47-53-am.png?branch=production&width=841&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anti-Gravity Activist Melissa McCarthy Had a Hilarious Fight With Jennifer Aniston > Sponsored content. 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In a comic skit for _Jimmy Kimmel Live_, McCarthy introduced a little infomercial she stars in that attempts to get to the bottom of some of science’s most-accepted foundational theories. At first, McCarthy jokingly questions the [veracity of climate change](http://time.com/5007913/climate-change-report-trump/). But then she makes an even bolder claim. “There’s an even bigger issue facing our planet, one that’s gone un-debunked for hundreds of years,” McCarthy explained. “So please, pay attention to this because it might just save your life.” She then cut to a pre-recorded infomercial segment that takes on the controversial notion of… gravity. Yep, gravity. “The so-called Theory of Gravity was conceived by [Isaac Newton](http://time.com/3647786/neil-degrasse-tyson-sir-isaac-newton-twitter/). That’s right, the guy from the cookies is trying to tell us why we should stay down,” she jokes, parodying the way that conspiracy theorists tend to draw connections between unrelated pieces of information. Guest star [Jennifer Aniston](http://time.com/money/4933495/this-is-what-jennifer-aniston-does-to-relax-on-sundays/) then pops up to attempt to bring McCarthy back to earth — but without much luck. Instead, Aniston finds herself engaging in a tousle and being hoisted into a stage harness. “Why are you afraid to hear both sides?” McCarthy insists to Aniston. “Because there are not both sides! If there’s no gravity, why are you still on the ground?” Aniston replies. But McCarthy refuses to be satisfied by logic. 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