Jenny Mccarthy Says Mold Diagnosis Led Her to Live in a Tent

WHO:

Yahoo - Jenny McCarthy, age 53, discussed her health and living situation on *The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show*.

Yahoo - McCarthy’s husband is Donnie Wahlberg; the article says they have children and identifies McCarthy as the mother of one.

Yahoo - McCarthy said her makeup artist, who “only works on me in that dressing room,” also began experiencing health issues.

US Magazine - Jenny McCarthy, age 53, discussed her experience on her podcast, *The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show*.

WHAT:

Yahoo - McCarthy said she moved into a tent outside her home after being diagnosed with mycotoxin poisoning and despite paying a specialist to remove mold from the house.

Yahoo - She described symptoms including a root canal infection, chalazions, rashes, swelling, insomnia, and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

Yahoo - McCarthy said she had nine separate mouth surgeries in 2025 because of a recurring infection that caused several teeth to fall out.

Yahoo - She said she felt paranoid about sleeping in different places and said, “I feel like now everything is mold.”

Yahoo - McCarthy said mold poisoning had left her feeling as though she had PTSD and that she was “still in the traumatic part.”

Yahoo - She said contractors might need to rebuild the house and that she had been told to discard furniture and clothes.

Yahoo - McCarthy and Wahlberg listed their Chicago home for $2.8 million and planned to move to Las Vegas.

Yahoo - The home has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a sauna, a home gym, a theater, a waterslide, and a hot tub, on 1.3 acres.

Yahoo - Wahlberg described the house as a symbol of their love and said they were grateful for it.

NY Post - The Post reported that McCarthy was living in a tent after a mold-poisoning diagnosis and described her as “paranoid.”

WHERE:

Yahoo - McCarthy said she had been affected after spending time in an old dressing room with “air conditioning from 1950.”

Yahoo - She said the tent was outside her home; the article identifies the couple’s listed home as being in Chicago.

Yahoo - McCarthy said she did not worry about rain in California but worried about “chemtrails” and sprinklers.

WHEN:

Yahoo - The article says McCarthy underwent nine mouth surgeries in 2025.

US Magazine - McCarthy described the “last two years” of her life as “absolutely fricking insane.”

Yahoo - The couple listed their Chicago home in September.

NY Post - The Post said McCarthy shared the news during an Oct. 29 podcast episode.

US Magazine - The magazine identified the podcast episode as Wednesday, October 28.

WHY:

Yahoo - McCarthy suspected mold from the dressing-room air-conditioning unit caused her illness; she pointed to her makeup artist’s health issues as a reason for suspecting it.

Yahoo - She said she moved into a tent because she was afraid of mold exposure and felt paranoid about sleeping indoors.

Yahoo - She said the diagnosis and health problems made her feel “a little bit sometimes crazy and like the walls are caving in.”

HOW:

Yahoo - McCarthy said she had a mold specialist remove mold from her house and showed her outdoor tent arrangements on the podcast.

Yahoo - She said she could “detect mold, honestly, like a mold dog.”

(UPDATED October 30, 2026 21:02 UTC)

Jenny McCarthy says suspected mold poisoning drove her outdoors, where she’s sleeping in a tent. She described severe symptoms, including recurring mouth infections that required nine surgeries. McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg listed their Chicago home and plan to move to Las Vegas.