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Jenny McCarthy Recalls Her Emotional Breakdown During Son’s Near-Death Experience: 'Felt So Helpless' (Exclusive)


Jenny McCarthy is opening up about the emotions she experienced during her son's near-death encounter on an upcoming episode of Maria Menounos' 'Heal Squad' podcast. McCarthy recalled a harrowing moment when her son's "life-threatening" seizure sent him into cardiac arrest and she almost lost him.

In an exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE ahead of the Tuesday, March 25 episode of Maria Menounos' Heal Squad podcast, the John Tucker Must Die actress, 52, detailed harrowing moments from a serious health scare involving her son Evan. Evan, an aspiring writer, filmmaker, gamer and content creator, was inspired to write the song by his celebrity crush, Selena Gomez, and worked on it alone for some time before presenting the lyrics to stepdad. "One of the many reasons why I admire and respect Selena Gomez is her ability to be brave no matter what life throws at her," Evan explained to PEOPLE.

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