- Jenny McCarthy's vivacious charisma, snappy banter, and amusing facial expressions on MTV's Singled Out, a hyper-charged nineties version of The Dating Game, made the should-be stupid game show somehow bearable--nay, hypnotic.
- Jenny, the show that all the networks had bid fiercely for a year ago, is being pulled from NBC's schedule.
- Media hoaxer Alan Abel apparently failed to find anyone in the press or TV to bite on his latest stunt, a press release announcing the introduction of Jenny's Pint o'Pee, a take-off on Jenny McCarthy's ads for Candie's shoes, in which she is seen sitting on a toilet.
- Sometimes Credited As: Jennifer McCarthy
- Hobbies: Kickboxing, Karate, Ice skating
- The MVP of her high school softball & field hockey team.
- Playboy Playmate of the Year 1994
- Playboy Playmate of the Month October 1993
- Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world (1996)
- Dropped out of nursing school to become an actress
- Had her breast implants removed in 1998.
- Turned down a role in SCARY MOVIE (2000) to star in SCREAM 3 (2000).
- Auditioned for the lead female role in SHOWGIRLS (1995).
- Daughter-in-law of actress Joyce Bulifant and William Asher.
Quotes- "My humor comes from being in Catholic school all the time. It came from having to be so quiet. But at home I was always the one to make my sisters and my parents giggle. I wasn't the normal kind of girl but the tomboy who always made fun of my faults, even when I was young." - AP, March 12, 1997
- "At the Mallrats audition, there were fifteen people just waiting to laugh at me. When I was shutting the door, I could already hear them laughing."
- "I was a puke brunette."
- "All those girls who were mean to me[in high school], I pay them back by going through the drive-through window and asking for my burger. That feels really great."
Awards- Golden Apple Awards: Female Star of the Year (1997)
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