{"id":195481,"date":"2025-09-26T18:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/jenny-mccarthy-explains-alleged-link-between-tylenol-autism\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:45:07","slug":"jenny-mccarthy-explains-alleged-link-between-tylenol-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/jenny-mccarthy-explains-alleged-link-between-tylenol-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny McCarthy &#8216;Explains&#8217; Alleged Link Between Tylenol &#038; Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What does Jenny McCarthy think of Donald Trump\u2019s anti-Tylenol announcement?<\/p>\n<p>You can probably guess that she\u2019s all for it.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy is one of the people who \u201chelped\u201d bring society where it is today. Growing numbers of people are hesitant to vaccinate themselves, their children, or even their dogs.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, she\u2019s happy to explain exactly why <em>she <\/em>believes that Tylenol is a menace.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in January 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-536238 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jenny McCarthy attends the FOX Winter TCA All Star Party at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 07, 2020.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Rich Fury\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-donald-trump-told-his-supporters-don-t-take-tylenol\">Donald Trump told his supporters: \u2018Don\u2019t take Tylenol\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Though Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/donald-trump-blasts-abc-you-told-me-jimmy-kimmel-was-canceled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meltdown over Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> distracted many from it, he made an announcement claiming that acetaminophen \u2014 which most of us know by the brand name, Tylenol \u2014 is inadvisable during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>(Unlike other painkillers, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen has long been known to be safe when taken as a painkiller when someone is pregnant)<\/p>\n<p>Bizarrely, the claim was not simply that Tylenol is unsafe. <\/p>\n<p>But there is a farcically absurd and unscientific claim that taking Tylenol has a causal link to autism. (This is false)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump: &quot;Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen. But with Tylenol, don&#039;t take it.&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0zBkigJffxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jenny McCarthy has spent decades tying her personal brand to what one might generously describe as fringe science.<\/p>\n<p>She has maintained that she is not an \u201canti-vaxxer\u201d while simultaneously being the face of vaccine hesitancy in America.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s chiming in with Trump\u2019s extremely dubious claims about Tylenol. <\/p>\n<p>And she has more to say than \u201cit can only good happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPCpLyZjXbJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jenny-mccarthy-has-been-waiting-for-a-moment-like-this-for-decades\">Jenny McCarthy has been waiting for a moment like this for decades<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cLet me explain,\u201d Jenny McCarthy says ominously in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPCpLyZjXbJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> video. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTylenol basically depletes your glutathione,\u201d she alleged. \u201cIt lowers it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is partially true; in particular, someone taking too much acetaminophen could see a reduction in this organic compound that functions as a natural antioxidant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in November 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-536239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in November 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-536239 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_02-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SiriusXM Host Jenny McCarthy attends SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cDial Up The Moment\u201d campaign launch at Penn Plaza Pavilion on November 13, 2019.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat is glutathione?\u201d McCarthy continues. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlutathione is your body\u2019s natural antioxidant.\u201d (It also plays a role in wine making!)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful thing to help us detox all of the environmental toxins that we\u2019re assaulted with every single day,\u201d she alleged. (We have not seen actual experts characterize it in quite this way)<\/p>\n<p>This is when McCarthy ties it to vaccines, one of her favorite topics for the past couple of decades. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in March 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in March 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-536240 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jenny McCarthy attends the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 17, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See, Jenny McCarthy explains that she believes that Tylenol use before or after a vaccination could diminish the body\u2019s ability to purge alleged toxins within vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>(You can see where she is working with real information, even if her statements are not supported by the medical or scientific communities)<\/p>\n<p>She also seems to believe that this could play a role in whether someone is autistic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in June 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-536241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-1486x2048.jpg 1486w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-697x960.jpg 697w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-784x1080.jpg 784w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-871x1200.jpg 871w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-scaled.jpg 1858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny McCarthy in June 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-536241 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-1486x2048.jpg 1486w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-697x960.jpg 697w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-784x1080.jpg 784w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-871x1200.jpg 871w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-scaled.jpg 1858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0926_jennymccarthy_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noted non-doctor Jenny McCarthy attends Day 2 of the 35th Annual Nightclub &amp; Bar Show and World Tea Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center on June 29, 2021.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Gabe Ginsberg\/Getty Images for Nightclub &amp;amp; Bar Media Group)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that some have characterized McCarthy as an \u201cautism advocate,\u201d but much of what she has to say on autism tends to sound negative.<\/p>\n<p>Autistic people are not a problem to be solved \u2014 or prevented. <\/p>\n<p>They are your friends, your neighbors, your family, your coworkers, your partners.<\/p>\n<p>The way to address autism is to create a society that is more friendly towards autistic folks.<\/p>\n<p>Also, please don\u2019t get your information from quacks. We\u2019re not saying who the quacks are. Hopefully, you can figure that out yourself.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jenny-mccarthy-tylenol-vaccines-autism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes What does Jenny McCarthy think of Donald Trump\u2019s anti-Tylenol announcement? You can probably guess that she\u2019s all for it. McCarthy is one of the people who \u201chelped\u201d bring society where it is today. Growing numbers of people are hesitant to vaccinate themselves, their children, or even their dogs. And yes, she\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}