Jenny McCarthy has revealed she landed her Singled Out hosting gig after disguising herself at auditions following multiple rejections due to her Playmate past.
McCarthy, 51, hosted the hit MTV dating show with Chris Hardwick from 1995 to 1996 – but she was first turned down for the role 17 times due to the network’s alleged aversion to casting a Playboy Playmate. Ultimately, she landed the role.
‘I got cast on MTV, but they rejected me 17 times,’ she recalled on Watch What Happens Live. ‘They said, “We’ll never have a Playmate on this network.”‘
However, McCarthy didn’t let the rejections stop her from finding a more creative way of trying-out for the role – she snuck into auditions and disguised herself.
‘So I snuck into auditions, disguised myself, until I got down to the final two,’ she said.
Jenny McCarthy has revealed she landed her Singled Out hosting gig after disguising herself at auditions following multiple rejections due to her Playmate past
Once she became one of the top two finalists for the role, the higher ups realized who she was.
‘And they were like, “Are you that Playmate that kept calling?” I’m like [laughs]. So that was it,’ she said.
Jenny didn’t recall exactly who the other finalist was, but she said her competition was a ‘female comedian.’
‘Some female comedian that I can’t remember. She was doing jokes! And I wasn’t. I was just being strong. Cause you have to be with all these guys. So I was being kooky and just myself and I got it,’ she said.
Fellow guest Ben Willoughby remarked: ‘Persistence.’
‘Exactly! The fact that you went there and you showed up, doesn’t that say everything?’ host Andy Cohen marveled.
‘It does. If you’ve got a dream, you’ve got to put action towards it,’ Jenny, who ultimately departed the show in 1996, said.
Jenny also described seeing ‘so much sex going on’ in the Playboy mansion in the early 1990s, but confessed it was ‘gross.’
‘I got cast on MTV, but they rejected me 17 times,’ she recalled on Watch What Happens Live. ‘They said, “We’ll never have a Playmate on this network.”‘
Jenny is now a major star these days on The Masked Singer but before finding TV fame, the pinup was a nude model for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine.
The blonde bombshell dished on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen about what it was really like at the famed Playboy mansion back in the early 1990s.
‘There was still so much sex going on with like gross celebrities in the grotto area, stuff like that,’ the wife of singer Donnie Wahlberg revealed.
‘I went to the parties, so I got to see a lot of that action,’ she continued, before being asked whether there was a ‘sexy vibe’ at those events.
McCarthy has opened up about seeing ‘so much sex going on’ in the Playboy mansion in the early 1990s, but confessed it was ‘gross’
Jenny is a major TV star these days with The Masked Singer. Seen in 2010 in Vegas
But before TV fame the pinup was a nude model for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine. Seen in 2001 in NYC
Jenny on the cover of the January 2005 issue of the gentleman’s magazine
‘Unfortunately, they would invite like… for every 20 guys, there was one girl. The guys were just in heaven. But also, the guys were also 70 years old.
‘There was only hot women and the ugliest dudes. They were like really, 비닉스 지속시간 really old. It was like Viagra central.’
Pauly Shore and Jack Nicholson were regulars at the mansion.
Jenny also revealed how she became a Playboy model.
She said she used to work at a Polish grocery store, 비아그라처방 which sold Playboy.
The actress, who is the cousin of Melissa McCarthy, noticed the Anna Nicole Smith cover and felt she could do the same.
‘I decided to just go to the Playboy building and ask, in Chicago. I said, “How do people become Playmates?” They said, “They don’t walk in. You have to send a photo,”‘ Jenny shared.
When she was waiting for the elevator to make her exit, an editor walked by and asked if she just wanted ‘to throw on a bikini’ and be a part of a photoshoot they were doing.
And this week the blonde bombshell was dishing on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen about what it was really like at the famed Playboy mansion in the early 1990s
‘There was still so much sex going on with like gross celebrities in the grotto area, stuff like that,’ the wife of singer Donnie Wahlberg revealed. Pictured with Hugh in the early 2000s
At the time, Hugh was married to Kimberly and they had kids; seen at the premiere of Star Wars: Special Edition in 1997 in LA
‘I said, “Okay.” I thought, “I didn’t shave, this is bad.” I went and put on my bathing suit and went to the photographer and literally, they’re like, “Pose,”‘ she recalled.
‘I did like a mugshot [pose], then I took the bus home. By the time I got home, there was a voicemail on my answering machine that said, we want to test you for Miss October. By the next year, I was Playmate of the Year.’
Her mom was mad but then forgave her when Jenny paid off all their bills with the money.
This comes after Jenny showed off her killer fashion sense during a press day in New York City last week.
The blonde bombshell was clad in a plunging black dress that showed off her busty chest.
The frock boasted a solid material layered over lace and included a fringed skirt.
Jenny added black fishnet tights and rounded out the sleeveless number with a pair of chunky black lace-up boots.
Her bright locks were parted down the center and 시알리스복용법 cut in a sleek, straight, shoulder-grazing bob.
Jenny seen on The Masked Singer on March 13 for the Wizard of Oz Night episode
She showed off her killer fashion sense during a press day in New York City last week
She also took to Instagram.
Sharing outtakes from the latest episode of The Masked Singer, she wrote in the caption: ‘Don’t miss tonight’s episode of @maskedsingerfox #wizardofoz theme night. It’s SO much fun.
‘If you have kids, it’s a must watch! Promise.’
She added a red heart emoji, plus the hashtags ‘#themaskedsinger #gamenight #familynight.’
Jenny is married to Mark Wahlberg’s brother Donnie, also 51.
Sparks first flew between the television personality and the New Kids On The Block star during a joint appearance on Watch What Happens Live in 2012.
The following year, Donnie appeared on Jenny’s eponymous VH1 talk show in March 2013.
A few months later, they were officially dating and making red carpet appearances together, and in April 2014, Donnie proposed.
They tied the knot in August in a ceremony featured on their A&E reality show: Donnie Loves Jenny.
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