Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa” podcast, “I stole a cross from the Vatican and gave it to my mother,” “The Masked Singer” judge told host Kelly Ripa. “My mom’s like, ‘You know, this is not okay.'”“You did?” Ripa asked.McCarthy went on to clarify that she didn’t “personally” steal the cross but said it was purloined by one of her girlfriends while they were visiting the Pope’s apartment in Vatican City.“I was invited [to the Vatican] when I was in Italy, I was there for an eyeglass party or whatever, and they were like, ‘Do you want to go meet the Pope?
Actually, the Pope’s not in town, but we can go in his apartment.’ I was like, ‘What?’ So we went, we literally, at midnight, went in the back of the Vatican, and I went in his apartment and his hallways,” she recalled.“I tried on his hat.
It was crazy,” McCarthy continued. “It’s a whole story, but my girlfriend came with me, and when I got home in the hotel room, she goes, ‘I know your mom loves the Pope so much, so I stole her.…'”Ripa told McCarthy that “there was a penance due” but then noted that the “John Tucker Must Die” actress actually only received “stolen merchandise.”“Or actually, your mother did,” Ripa said.
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