{"id":2504853,"date":"2026-07-16T17:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2504853"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:24:13","slug":"jenny-mccarthy-pitched-self-for-bachelorette-after-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jenny-mccarthy-pitched-self-for-bachelorette-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny McCarthy Pitched Self for Bachelorette After Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Long before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jenny-mccarthy\/\"><b>Jenny McCarthy <\/b><\/a>met husband <b>Donnie Wahlberg<\/b>, she had her eye on becoming the first celebrity <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-bachelorette\/\">Bachelorette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey just started<i> The Bachelorette<\/i>. I don\u2019t know how many years they were into it and I was newly divorced,\u201d McCarthy, 53, recalled on the Wednesday, July 15, episode of the \u201cBachelor Happy Hour\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eNLtdMM1Fz0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">podcast<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI called my agent and I said, \u2018I want you to call them and I want you to pitch me as the Bachelorette. I want you to tell them that Jenny McCarthy from MTV\u2019s <i>Singled Out, <\/i>the No. 1 dating show of all time, is single and now wants to be on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">McCarthy, who famously hosted <i>Singled Out <\/i>from 1995 to 1997, was married to director <b>John Asher <\/b>for six years until their 2005 divorce. Already a fervent Bachelor Nation viewer, the TV personality <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jenny-mccarthy-wanted-to-be-the-bachelorette-after-her-divorce-was-rejected-by-abc-2014141\/\">hoped to meet The One<\/a> onscreen once she settled her divorce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI had no fear, but I was also genuinely looking for love. I was like, \u2018I would make the greatest Bachelorette of all time.\u2019 And the show said, \u2018We don\u2019t want famous people on the show,\u2019\u201d McCarthy, who shares 24-year-old son Evan with her ex-husband, claimed. \u201cIt would have been the most ultimate Bachelor Nation season of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/singled-out-at-30-a-look-back-with-jenny-mccarthy-and-her-costars\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/singled-out-at-30-a-look-back-with-jenny-mccarthy-and-her-costars\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">30 Years Later, Stars Remember the Horny Lunacy of MTV&#8217;s &#8216;Singled Out&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFormalwear and flowers had no place on MTV\u2019s entry into dating shows. On Singled Out \u2014 which debuted June 5, 1995 \u2014 50 guys and 50 girls angled to be chosen by two lonelyhearts, who made eliminations based on shallow categories (say, \u201cWealth\u201d or \u201cLegs\u201d) and WTF stunts (one hopeful imitated a cow giving birth!). [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added, \u201cI would\u2019ve had so much fun with those boys. I would have made out with all of them. I would have just been, like, so awesome on that show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">McCarthy has since found love with Wahlberg, 56, and put her dreams of handing out roses to bed. Despite her apparent casting snub, the <i>Masked Singer <\/i>panelist remains <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jenny-mccarthy-donnie-wahlberg-cries-watching-the-bachelor\/\">a faithful franchise viewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m an OG Bachelor Nation girl, so the reason why I love it \u2026 is there\u2019s a hopefulness, there\u2019s an awkwardness even though it\u2019s on TV and things are polished, you can\u2019t escape the awkwardness of the first meetings [and] the first dates,\u201d McCarthy stated. \u201cIt\u2019s really cool to watch, of course, egos come alive, competitions, insecurity, but also [there are] the ones who are confident. You actually can learn a lot by watching the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebrities-who-love-the-bachelor-2014103\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-%E2%80%98The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebrities-Who-Love-\u2018The-Bachelor-01z.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Celebrities Who Love \u2018The Bachelor\u2019\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebrities-who-love-the-bachelor-2014103\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celebrities Who Love \u2018The Bachelor\u2019<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tStars really are just like Us \u2014 they, too, can\u2019t get enough of the Bachelor franchise! Over the years, many celebrities have shared their obsession with the show. In 2016, Blue Bloods actor Donnie Wahlberg shared his passion for the show, penning more than 1,000 words for Chicago Splash about his obsession. \u201cHow I lost [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">While McCarthy continues <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jenny-mccarthy-donnie-wahlberg-others-react-to-bachelorette-finale-2015287\/\">tuning into <i>Bachelor <\/i>seasons<\/a>, she can\u2019t help but feel that the franchise is missing a potentially lucrative spinoff idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI feel, like, they\u2019re kind of missing out on the celebrity version. They can literally call it the celebrity version of <i>Bachelorette<\/i> \u2018cause I think they would really really do [well],\u201d she stated. \u201cThey\u2019ve got other celebrity versions of everything else. Why would you [not] do the celebrity version of Bachelorette? But their loss now because now I\u2019m happily married.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before Jenny McCarthy met husband Donnie Wahlberg, she had her eye on becoming the first celebrity Bachelorette. \u201cThey just started The Bachelorette. I don\u2019t know how many years they were into it and I was newly divorced,\u201d McCarthy, 53, recalled on the Wednesday, July 15, episode of the \u201cBachelor Happy Hour\u201d podcast. \u201cI called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2504854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[305646,21741,24386,24122],"class_list":["post-2504853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bachelor-nation","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jenny-McCarthy-Pitched-Self-for-Bachelorette-After-Divorce.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504855,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504853\/revisions\/2504855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}