14 DAY TRIAL // Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey were, for almost 5 years, one of the oddest and happiest couples in showbiz. They broke up in April this year, and the former glamour model is now speaking out about it.
Over the weekend, reports emerged that Jenny had broken off her relationship with the comedian because his recurrent bouts of depression.
Also then, word had it she had decided to give him another chance and the two were consequently talking about a possible future reconciliation.
On Oprah the other day, Jenny talked about the split for the first time, while also shooting down rumors of any reconciliation happening soon, as People magazine can confirm.
Speculation about what might have gone wrong to make the romance come to an end hasn’t ceased making the rounds since April, but Oprah Winfrey aimed to get to the bottom of it.
Looking at her celebrity guest in the face, she asked Jenny when did she know the relationship was over – and got a straight answer in return.
“You know, the simple word I can give – and there’s a few, so let me say a few. The first thing is, when it’s not fun anymore, you need to start investigating and do an inquiry into the relationship,” McCarthy said.
The model would not give more details about it, but she agreed to talk a bit about her romance and how she learned, thanks to it, to think of herself as something other than just a “celebrity girlfriend.”
“I’ve learned that and this is why my identification wasn’t caught up [in] being a celebrity’s… girlfriend. It wasn’t at all. Absolutely,” the former model said.
“I did check on that, by the way. I checked into myself. How does my ego feel?… My ego’s fine. I’m a warrior mom [to son Evan, 8]. I always got back on my feet, and I know especially this year who I am,” McCarthy said of how she saw herself post-Jim Carrey.
As for rumors that she’d forgiven Jim and had agreed to give the relationship another try, Jenny didn’t even seem to know where that rumor had come from.
“Okay, I’m gonna ask this… Just because I have to… Any chance you’ll get back together, do you think?” Oprah asked bluntly.
“God, another good question. I know [it’s a simple question]. I didn’t even think about that one, though,” Jenny replied.