Is anyone else surprised that Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg are still together after five years? I just searched on them in our archives and the first article we published on them was in July, 2013. So they’ve been together for five years and have been married for four. I could have sworn it wasn’t that long. They don’t have any kids together, but Jenny has a son who is 16, Evan, Donnie has sons aged 25 and 16, and they have three dogs, at least one of which they adopted together. They call the dogs their “babies.” Some people think that’s stupid or offensive, but I find it cute. (Sidenote: There’s a scene in an awesome indie movie called Little Sister in which a couple at a party describe their dogs as if they’re children and you don’t get the joke until the end.)
US Weekly had a whole story about it, centered around the fact that Jenny posted that cute photo, above, of Donnie with two of their little dogs. Apparently she convinced him to adopt one of the dogs by saying it could be “their baby.” Look at those little faces! I want to smoosh them.
The married couple of almost four years have a full house with their three dogs — Wahlberg’s beloved French bulldog Lumpy, a black shih tzu named Gunner and an adorable pooch named DJ.
“You know, Jenny and I … we have these stories come out every few months that we’re having a baby. We would love to have a baby but we have three boys already together. We’ve having fun together,” the Saw II alum recalled. “So … she said, ‘I want this dog, I want this dog, it’ll be our baby.’”
“I said, no dog, especially a little dog like that … I like brut-ish dogs. So she started sayin’, you know, that can be our baby. I was like, ehhhhh,” he continued. “And she was like, ‘We can name it DJ for Donnie and Jenny’ and I was like, “Oh my god, fine, get the dog.”
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they have three human sons between them and also three dogs. This is just an excuse to post dog photos. There are so many annoying things about Jenny and Donnie, but this is endearing. I have a feeling that if they ever break up they’re going to be fighting over dog custody more than money.
Also, Jenny got rid of that awful blue hair and went back to blonde. Good.
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