Jenny McCarthy says her 'PTSD from mold poisoning' prompted a nervous breakdown, leaving husband Donnie Wahlberg terrified

Jenny McCarthy has opened up about the ongoing toll of suffering from mold poisoning.

The 54-year-old media personality explained on her self-titled podcast this week: 'I didn't realize you could have PTSD with mold until I had PTSD from mold poisoning.'

She said that the emotional side effect caused her to have a nervous breakdown, and deeply concerned her longtime husband Donnie Wahlberg, 57.

'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,' the blonde beauty recalled to guest Dr Amy Myers.

On one particular occasion in Las Vegas, McCarthy said: 'We got in really late and I just passed out and woke up, and I woke up with my eyes a little swollen and I was like, 'There's mold in this room.' 

'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 emphasized: 'I can even cry about it now... when you've gone through 11 surgeries in 15 months, my body… I could not handle it falling apart again.'

Her PTSD effects extended to various locations including Uber rides, restaurants and airplanes. 

'People don't realize that that happens and I had to work [on it],' the actress said of the disorder. 'I'm still working on it. I'm a lot better, but I'm not cured yet. I was determined to not let that take me down.'

It comes after weeks earlier McCarthy revealed on her podcast that she is sleeping in a tent as she detoxes from the poisoning she was diagnosed with last December.

She said she got sick following time spent in a 'very, very old' dressing room with 'air conditioning from like 1950.'

The show business vet added that she suffered from multiple symptoms, including cysts that formed on one of her eyelids, plus a root canal infection that caused her to lose multiple teeth.

McCarthy added that she developed rashes, swelling, insomnia and food allergies, as well as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).

Although she and Wahlberg paid tens of thousands of dollars to have a 'specialist' perform mold remediation on their home, she admitted she has become 'paranoid now about basically sleeping anywhere' and moved into a tent.

Sparks first flew between McCarthy and Wahlberg during a joint appearance on Watch What Happens Live in 2012. 

The couple agrees that after meeting they 'almost immediately' knew they would tie the knot.

Speaking to Us Weekly in January 2025, the New Kids On The Block star said: 'When we met we kind of knew we were gonna be married almost immediately. We just fell in love instantly.

'I knew when we started dating there was no turning back, and she said the same.'

They tied the knot on August 31, 2014. 

McCarthy shares 24-year-old son Evan Joseph Asher with ex-husband John Asher.

For his part, Wahlberg is dad to sons Xavier, 33, and Elijah, 25, whom he shares with ex-wife Kimberly Fey.