FORMER Playboy Bunny Jenny McCarthy recalls the start of her career and how she went “back to zero,”. He still can’t believe he’s successful once more following leaving the Playboy house.
After many auditions, McCarthy, 51, finally landed the role of host of Singled Out on MTV, a dating game show that was popular from 1995 – 1998. Her success, she said, was due to her persistent efforts.
“I got cast on MTV, but they rejected me 17 times,” he told Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen.
“They said, ‘We will never have a Playmate on this network.'”
Despite many rejections, McCarthy infiltrated auditions and “undercover” until ultimately becoming one of the final two candidates for the role. Eventually, casting executives managed to recognize the former model from her days as a centerfold.
“They asked, ‘Are you that Playmate who keeps calling?’ I said, ‘(laughs).’ So that’s it,” she said, adding she was competing once morest another female comedian whose name she mightn’t remember.
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“He was doing a joke! I wasn’t. I was just strong. Because you have to be with all these guys. So I was being silly and just myself and I got it,” she explained.
Cohen expressed appreciation for McCarthy’s perseverance and noted her presence said “it all” despite her continued rejection.
“That’s right,” McCarthy replied. “If you have a dream, you have to act to make it happen.”
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Although The Masked Singer judge previously admitted her time at the Playboy Mansion wasn’t always fun. He acknowledged founder Hugh Hefner for starting his career in entertainment and giving him the “opportunity of a lifetime.”
“There are always people in your life who change the course of your life, and I think regarding how many people he influenced just through me alone,” McCarthy said on The Jenny McCarthy Show on SiriusXM the day following Hefner died in 2017.
“Give me the opportunity to move my parents from a bad neighborhood to a good one; pay off their debt; pay off my student loans; move to Los Angeles so I can chase my dreams.”
“It’s the thing that made me who I am today,” he continued.
“(And Hef) was always supportive, always proud. Every time I saw him he always said, ‘You did a really good job.’ I hope I did. I hope I made him proud.” (People/Z-3)
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