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Jenny McCarthy says mold poisoning has her living in a backyard tent

The TV personality details a two-year health ordeal, including nine surgeries and a mycotoxin diagnosis, that has left her too "paranoid" to sleep indoors.

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What to know

  • McCarthy says she was diagnosed with mycotoxin (mold) poisoning by a doctor in December 2025 after a cascade of symptoms including an infected root canal, eye surgeries, skin rashes and SIBO.
  • She has since had her house professionally remediated at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars but says she remains too paranoid to sleep indoors, living instead in a covered tent in her backyard.
  • She describes the ordeal, now in its seventh month of detox, as traumatic and compares it to PTSD; the revelation came via her Oct. 29 podcast episode and was widely reported by entertainment outlets over the following two days.

“That’s where this journey has brought me. 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.”

Jenny McCarthy, Actress, podcast host · Her podcast, via NY Post ↗ · Oct 28

Jenny McCarthyJenny McCarthy Actress, TV personality, Masked Singer judgeDonnie Wahlberg McCarthy's husband

Jenny McCarthy says mold poisoning has her living in a backyard tent
NY Post

How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts

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    Wider outlets echo the tent-living account

    USA Today, Mercury News and People.com published follow-up pieces describing the saga as a nearly two-year "mold poisoning nightmare," reiterating McCarthy's quotes about paranoia and PTSD.

    1. 8 outlets Jenny McCarthy says mold, mycotoxin poisoning had her 'living in a tent'

      first by USA Today, 14d ago · also Entertainment Weekly, The Independent, E! News, Yahoo, Us Weekly, Page Six +1

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    2. 5 outlets Jenny McCarthy says she is living in a tent after mold poisoning

      first by Mercury News, 13d ago · also Yahoo, Fox News, New York Daily News, The Mercury News

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    Page Six breaks out the podcast revelation into a story

    Page Six published the first article summarizing McCarthy's podcast comments, which was quickly mirrored by other outlets including People, Us Weekly and the Independent.

    “It’s really, really hard, and they talk about people with mold poisoning having PTSD, I’m still in the traumatic part.”
    — Jenny McCarthy
  3. background

    McCarthy reveals on her podcast she lives in a tent — During an Oct. 29 podcast episode, McCarthy said she now lives in a tan camping tent in her backyard, covered against rain, "chemtrails" and sprinklers, because she is too paranoid to sleep indoors while in month seven of mold detox.

  4. background

    McCarthy and Wahlberg list Illinois home for sale — Weeks before her podcast revelation, McCarthy and husband Donnie Wahlberg listed their Illinois home for $2.8 million.

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    McCarthy undergoes multiple surgeries and home remediation — She details a reoccurring infected root canal, repeated chalazion eye surgeries, skin rashes, food allergies and SIBO, and says she had her entire house professionally remediated of mold for tens of thousands of dollars.

  6. background

    Doctor diagnoses McCarthy with mycotoxin poisoning — McCarthy says a doctor diagnosed her with mycotoxin (mold) poisoning after months of worsening, unexplained symptoms.