Long earlier than Melissa graced your TV display screen, she was on the market hustling from audition to audition — and, as everyone knows, showbiz is not a really type place to work basically.
During a current look on The View, Melissa revealed that she as soon as misplaced a gig performing in a industrial as a result of the director shamed her for her — watch for it — palms. Yes, actually.
“When I was first auditioning and going out for commercials, my hands really stood in the way,” Melissa mentioned, claiming that she has “Hobbit hands” and holding her palms out to the cameras.
“I was in the running for a [TGI] Friday’s commercial, to play a waitress, and I was down to the wire on it. They asked for my availability for the next week. I was in the callback, and they said, ‘Okay, great, so glad you’re available next week. One more thing, can we just see your hands, to the camera? Show them back and front.'”
Once Melissa unveiled her palms, nevertheless, the industrial’s director reacted in a method that was…fairly impolite, if we’re being actual.
“I did that, and I heard the director from behind the camera go, ‘Jesus Christ!'” she recalled. “I didn’t get the job.”
Damn, that is tough — nevertheless it’s additionally a reminder that, it doesn’t matter what individuals say to you that will get you down, you’ll be able to all the time simply do your personal factor and succeed anyway. Who wants all of the negativity!
Watch the complete interview right here.
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