Watch: Jenny McCarthy & Ken Jeong Tease "Masked Singer" FinaleJenny McCarthy is cherishing every moment after a difficult health scare. The Masked Singer judge revealed she's on the mend after suffering several infections from a failed dental implant. "I've had nine surgeries this year, on my mouth," Jenny, 53, told People in an interview published Nov. 26. "I had one infection that turned into another and another, and then I had these growths show up on my eyeballs." While the Scary Movie alum-who shares son Evan Joseph, 23, with ex-husband John Asher-didn't reveal when she had the operation, she noted her symptoms worsened as she tried to heal the swollen growths. "My teeth were falling out, implants falling out," she explained. "They finally had to dig into my jawbone and found I had a deep bone infection. I've been on antibiotics for a year, and have had to eat soft foods only. Every time we thought it had cleared up, it came back again. I'd be in massive pain with my jaw swelling up."readInside Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg's Unexpected Love StoryBut after months of dealing with recurring infections, Jenny confirmed that she's now "able to chew again." And as the model continues to recover from this troubling scare, she's focused on making memories with her husband Donnie Wahlberg. Indeed, Jenny shared that while she and the 56-year-old-who is dad to sons Xavier, 31, and Elijah, 23, from a previous marriage-want to spend Thanksgiving together, their busy schedules are making their plans "a little tricky-wicky." "I've been shooting The Masked Singer in Los Angeles, he's been in Canada with Boston Blue," she explained. "So it's been difficult, which means Thanksgiving and Christmas will mean more to us than ever this year. It's just me and him, at home in Chicago, me cooking a bird, and enjoying each other."Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThis isn't the first time Jenny's health has hit a roadblock. Earlier this year, she revealed that she "became ill" when she tried to do a vegan diet. "I tried vegan and I almost died," McCarthy, 52, said during her appearance on Maria Menounos' Heal Squad podcast in March. "I was exhausted and fatigued. I was a mess." Not only did the plant-based diet trigger her celiac disease-an autoimmune condition that prevents her from being able to digest gluten-to flare up, she also felt uncomfortable with eating a smaller amount of calories. Her doctor then suggested that she go "full carnivore," and once Jenny started to consume more "meat, eggs and seafood," she felt energetic again. "Some people work [and] heal better on a vegan diet and some people don't," she explained. "It's what you believe and you have to follow your intuition and then also follow what your blood says or what your body says. Your body will let you know." Keep reading for more celebrity health scares...
Jason Mendez/Getty ImagesNikki Garcia's Breast Implant InjuryThe Total Bellas alum revealed that one of her breast implants shifted after an elbow slam from fellow WWE star Piper Niven during a July 2025 wrestling match. "It's OK," she told sister Bella Garcia at the time. "We're going to get it fixed one day. I told the doctor, I go, 'Newly divorced, so the minute the boots are hung up, I'm going to come back to you and we're going to make these girls look real good, because these girls are going to get some action in the future and that can't look like that.'"Jason LaVeris/WireImageLupita Nyong'o's Uterine FibroidsThe 12 Years a Slave star was diagnosed with uterine fibroids-non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus-in 2014, the same year she won an Oscar for performance in the movie. However, it wasn't until 2025 when she disclosed her diagnosis, writing on Instagram that she had been "suffering in silence" for more than a decade. "When we reach puberty, we're taught periods mean pain, and that pain is simply part of being a woman," she shared. "We're struggling alone with something that affects us most." Instagram/Suki WaterhouseSuki Waterhouse's HerniaIn July 2025, the Daisy Jones & The Six star shared that she had been hospitalized due to a hernia-a gap in the muscular wall that's commonly found in the abdomen or groin area-caused by wearing tight pants. "'Suki you never tweet anymore,'" she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Have you ever considered I wore pants so tight 6 months ago it caused a hernia & I've been too scared to tell you?"Paul Zimmerman/ShutterstockBrian Austin Green's Perforated AppendixThe Beverly Hills, 90210 alum revealed in April 2025 that he was recovering from surgery after his appendix nearly burst. "Last week, I started feeling some pain in my stomach," Brian said in an Instagram video at the time. "I ended up going to the emergency room, and I had a perforated appendix. Not quite burst, but just before." He added, "I'm on the road to recovery. It's not an easy process. This is my first major surgery."Steph Chambers/NWSL via Getty ImagesSa