Make Page Six a Preferred Source Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg revealed that her ongoing health struggles pushed her to suffer a “nervous breakdown” that left her husband, Donnie Wahlberg, worried for her.
McCarthy, who has been suffering from mold poisoning for the past few years, stated that she has “PTSD” from the illness, which contributed to her breakdown.
“Anywhere I’d walk, I’d have a histamine reaction. Everywhere I’d go, I’d panic that there was mold even if there wasn’t mold in the places,” McCarthy said during a Tuesday episode of her podcast.
She explained that things came to a head this summer when she traveled with her husband to the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas for his New Kids on the Block residency.
The two wed in 2014, and have been married for 12 years.
“I woke up with my eyes like a little swollen, and I went, ‘There’s mold in this room,'” McCarthy, 54, said.
“I literally went in hysterics, I was crying so hard and had a nervous breakdown in that room that my husband never saw me like this, ever,” she continued.
The “Two and a Half Men” star explained that since she had undergone 11 surgeries in 15 months, she was scared of her body “falling apart again.”
“Everywhere I’d go, I couldn’t get in an Uber, because of the fragrance Christmas trees, I was afraid to go into restaurants, the airplanes,” she said.
Now, months later, McCarthy said that she is focused on “healing” and is slowly getting better.
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The actress was diagnosed with mycotoxin poisoning by a doctor in December 2025, and has been in remission for the past seven months.
She suffered from constant chalazions on her eyes before getting diagnosed, as well as tooth pain, skin rashes and food allergies.
Part of her detox process thus far has involved living in a tent in her backyard.
“Because I am paranoid now about basically sleeping anywhere, I live in a tent,” McCarthy said during an Oct. 29 episode of her podcast. “I’m not even joking.”
“That’s where this journey has brought me,” McCarthy continued.
“After all of those surgeries, after being diagnosed with Mycotoxin poisoning, I feel a little bit sometimes crazy and like the walls are caving in and paranoid,” she said.
She added that she was still in the “traumatic part” of her mold poisoning journey.
Currently, the couple’s Illinois home is listed for sale for $2.8 million.
Previously, McCarthy was married to John Mallory Asher, whom she divorced in 2005, while Wahlberg was married to Kimberly Fey from 1999 to 2008.
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