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Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy is known as an American actress, model, television personality, and author. She is most famous for her Playboy magazine spreads.

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Background and Age

Jenny McCarthy was born on November 1, 1972, in Illinois. McCarthy got her career start in 1993, when she started modeling for Playboy. In 1994, she was named the as Playmate of the Year.

Career and Net Worth

After her success with Playboy, McCarthy kept on picking up fame and distinction as the co-host of MTV's dating-game show Singled Out, along with Chris Hardwick, from 1995 to 1997. She left the show to start hosting her own show on the network, a sketch-comedy program called The Jenny McCarthy Show (1997). While her self-titled talk show proved to be a disappointment, McCarthy handled a noteworthy daytime TV gig in July 2013: It was declared that she would be another host on Barbara Walters' mainstream program The View. McCarthy was chosen to supplant the departing Joy Behar for the show's seventeenth season.

After her stretch on The View, McCarthy came back with the unscripted reality television series Donnie Loves Jenny. The program appeared in January 2015 with her wedding to the singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg, and concentrated on their lives as they shuffled the requests of family and Broadway. During these years, McCarthy likewise hosted a SiriusXM radio show and making the most of her long-lasting gig as a supporter of Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve. In mid 2019, McCarthy started her career as a judge on the singing challenge series The Masked Singer.

In September 2019, Jenny McCarthy wore herself out after hosting a portion of the red carpet during the 2019 Emmy Awards. Wearing her outfit from the night's event, The Masked Singer judge took a selfie of herself sleeping on the red carpet like a kitten.

Marriage, Husband and Kids

McCarthy dated actor and comedian Jim Carrey from 2005 to 2010, and later was associated with professional football player Brian Urlacher before starting her relationship with Donnie Wahlberg. In April 2014, McCarthy reported her engagement to Donnie Wahlberg on The View, showing the group of spectators her yellow sapphire wedding band. The couple got married on August 31, 2014.

McCarthy has a child, Evan Joseph, with ex John Mallory Asher. The couple separated in 2005. Not long after he was born, Evan was determined to have mental imbalance. In 2007, McCarthy reported that her child was mentally unbalanced, and around the same time, started working as an advocate in the interest of chemical imbalance related associations, including Talk About Curing Autism and her very own company, Generation Rescue.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 1 Nov, 1972
Age: 47 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Chicago
residence: Los Angeles
Education: Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
Southern Illinois University
Gender: Female
Description: American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host
twitterID: JennyMcCarthy
Spouse: John Mallory Asher[1999-2005]
Donnie Wahlberg [M. 2014]
Net Worth 2021: 25 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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