Obviously, I’m not a trained actress, and right now I’ll come out and say I’m glad I’m not.
JENNY MCCARTHYObviously, I’m not a trained actress, and right now I’ll come out and say I’m glad I’m not.
JENNY MCCARTHYI look at autism like a bus accident, and you don’t become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.
JENNY MCCARTHYI have my once-a-month nachos, but it’s soy cheese and turkey chili on it, so it’s somewhat safe. But it’s still a big vice for me, because I have a big bowl of it.
JENNY MCCARTHYIt can be hard for the cute girl. I was blond, cute, broke. I was beat up. I was thrown inside lockers. I was burned with cigarettes. My hair was lit on fire.
JENNY MCCARTHYNo I don’t have a sex tape and I’m kind of upset that I don’t. You know why? ‘Cause I’m really good.
JENNY MCCARTHYWaking your kids up for school the first day after a break is almost as much fun as birthing them was.
JENNY MCCARTHYCraziest thing I’ve done for love is getting married. I think it’s crazy. I think it’s crazy, crazy, crazy. I’m never going to say I wouldn’t do it again but I have to make sure it’s love and not settling for the ‘I have to do this by a certain age,’ which is kind of what I did.
JENNY MCCARTHYHope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I’m on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.
JENNY MCCARTHYI tried a few times, unsuccessfully, to lose weight. It wasn’t until I joined Weight Watchers that I was finally able to do it. I went to meetings and my son came with me. The best thing was that I could eat what I wanted and still lose weight. Slow and steady, I was getting my pre-pregnancy body back.
JENNY MCCARTHYCorner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they’ll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they’ll run for the door. They know better.
JENNY MCCARTHYWhat is missing from today’s dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism.
JENNY MCCARTHYI’m so scared girls look at my breast implants and think, ‘To get boys, you need big boobs.’ I tell them, ‘Don’t get it done. Those fears go away. You develop other insecurities, but breasts aren’t one of them.’ I want to get them half-size.
JENNY MCCARTHYMy tricks are, I get Botox in my forehead-I just have my doctor do a little shot there. if you overdo, it looks bad. I believe in just a little bit. It allows you to keep that mobility in your face. It’s a great little secret.
JENNY MCCARTHYMy philosophy of dating is to just fart right away.
JENNY MCCARTHYFor a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow. For a moderately autistic kid the best prognosis is full recovery.
JENNY MCCARTHYJust keep trying, and your dreams will come true. But you have to give it all your time, effort, and soul.
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