When I found out Jenny McCarthy was in the middle of yet another scandal, I felt real embarrassment.
She used to be my absolute favorite celebrity. Her first two books about pregnancy helped me a lot through my own experience, so I wanted to support her. I really did, but she makes it impossible.
I can forgive her for the vaccination thing. I didn’t personally believe vaccines caused autism, but I knew she was doing her best to be a good mom to her son. I let it go. Even though she never apologized for being wrong, I felt she truly loved her son and was simply sharing her truth with the world.
She started to lose my respect when she became a spokes person for e-cigarettes. Talk about putting toxins in your body. I couldn’t believe it. First she talked about how vaccines were evil and toxic, and then encouraged people to inhale noxious vapors? How could somebody smart enough to write a book not see the irony….unless she is actively trying to stir up controversy?
Now there is the Charlie Sheen thing.
To be honest, I totally get how she might feel “ick” about kissing someone later dianosed with HVI. Even though he contracted the disease after they were on set together, it could be unnerving to hear someone you have been in close contact with has such a disease; especially if you have cold sores from time to time.
Only she should have kept her opinions private.
Why she didn’t publically offer her support and sympathy, then privately bitch to friends and family is beyond me. She could have quietly gotten a test to make sure she was in the clear, and nobody would have been the wiser. Instead she decided to make herself sound ignorant about HIV, and unsympathetic to a sick man. It doesn’t make sense to me, especially when the public already thinks she’s a raving moron.
Honestly, her reaction makes me feel sorry for Charlie Sheen. At least Charlie Sheen came out and said he had lived the lifestyle that he did, and was now paying the price. He seemed to be–at least in public–humble, remorseful, and sorry if he put anyone at risk.
I guess I would have to consider myself an ex Jenny McCarthy fan. It hurts to say it, but I don’t think I’ll be running out for any more of her books.