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Jenny McCarthy Shares How Kelly Ripa Supported Her When Son Was Diagnosed with Autism: 'I'll Always Be Indebted'


Jenny McCarthy shares how Kelly Ripa supported her when her son Evan was diagnosed with autism, saying that she'll "always be indebted." The actress shares her 22-year-old son with ex-husband John Asher.

Jenny McCarthy is feeling grateful for the way her friend Kelly Ripa supported her when her son Evan was diagnosed with autism. Explaining that she had to go home right after and pack to come on Ripa's show, McCarthy says that all she wanted to do was "cancel, hold my baby who was just having like deadly seizures, but I had to feed and fix him. Ripa tells her friend that she didn't mind and recalls putting McCarthy in contact with an autism advocacy group.

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