At a time when it seems every celebrity is on Ozempic, fans have noticed that Jenny McCarthy is thinner than ever. After many rude comments about the shocking change to her appearance, she revealed a horrifying infection that led to weight loss. Keep reading for all the details and an update on how she is now.
Jenny McCarthy Announces Huge Career News
Jenny McCarthy was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Year in 1993. It launched her television career. Her first job was on MTV’s Singled Out. She’s starred in her own sitcom (Jenny,) briefly co-hosted The View, and currently serves as a judge on The Masked Singer. The reality competition returns to Fox with a new season on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
She’s also living the fantasy life of every teenage girl from the late 1980s. She married New Kids On The Block singer Donnie Wahlberg in 2014. Jenny McCarthy recently shared on social media that she’s in talks with Warner Bros. to develop a talk show-podcast hybrid.
The former model is obviously gorgeous, but fans were shocked by her slimmer appearance and commented on it on social media.
- “What…. Wait, why do you not look like yourself anymore?”
- “Same voice, completely different face”
- “What did you do, you look like a different person.”
- “I did not even recognize you sadly.”
Jenny McCarthy is at her slimmest weight ever, but it wasn’t intentional.
Donnie Wahlberg’s Wife Reveals Horrifying Infection
After hundreds of comments about her appearance, Jenny McCarthy broke her silence to PEOPLE magazine about her drastic weight loss. No, it’s not Ozempic. A serious, recurring mouth infection left her unable to eat, causing the weight loss.
It all started when she tried to get ceramic dental implants. “My teeth were falling out, implants falling out. They finally had to dig into my jawbone and chipped away, and found I had a deep bone infection,” she told the magazine.
It only got worse from there. “One infection turned into another and another, and then I had these growths show up on my eyeballs,” she added.
She revealed that she had nine surgeries on her mouth in the last year to address the infection. “I’ve been on antibiotics for a year, and have had to eat soft foods only,” the Masked Singer judge shared about her unexpected weight loss.
The infection kept coming back even after the doctors thought it was gone. “People should actually feel a little sorry for me!”
Update On How She’s Doing Now
Jenny McCarthy is finally on the road to recovery. She told the outlet that the infection has cleared up enough for her to enjoy Thanksgiving with her husband. The couple celebrated solo at home in Chicago, Illinois.
“It’s just me and him, at home in Chicago, me cooking a bird, and enjoying each other. I think I’m past the storm. I’m about to chow down,” Jenny McCarthy said about her holiday plans.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
