<P> The movie starts with Deanna Miles ( Melissa McCarthy ) going with her husband Dan ( Matt Walsh ) to drop off their daughter Maddie ( Molly Gordon ) to her senior year at Decatur University in Atlanta . After saying bye to Maddie , Deanna tells Dan how she 's looking forward to their trip to Italy until Dan flat - out tells her he wants a divorce because he has fallen in love with another woman . To make things worse , he is selling their house since everything is under his name , meaning Deanna has to leave . Deanna angrily kicks his car and takes an Uber home . </P>
<P> The movie starts with Deanna Miles ( Melissa McCarthy ) going with her husband Dan ( Matt Walsh ) to drop off their daughter Maddie ( Molly Gordon ) to her senior year at Decatur University in Atlanta . After saying bye to Maddie , Deanna tells Dan how she 's looking forward to their trip to Italy until Dan flat - out tells her he wants a divorce because he has fallen in love with another woman . To make things worse , he is selling their house since everything is under his name , meaning Deanna has to leave . Deanna angrily kicks his car and takes an Uber home . </P>
who plays the husband in life of the party
who plays the husband in life of the party
Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh