In December 2005, McCarthy began dating actor Jim Carrey. They did not make their relationship public until June 2006. She announced on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on April 2, 2008 that she and Carrey were living together but had no plans to marry, as they did not need a "piece of paper". Carrey almost made a mock proposal to McCarthy as a promotion to the film "Yes Man" (2008) for Ellen's Twelve Days of Christmas. In April 2010, McCarthy and Carrey announced that they had split up.