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<p>Donnie Wahlberg’s a divorced man, which might be a shocking thing for some to learn about Jenny McCarthy’s beloved. </p>
<p>The boy band heartthrob-turned-<a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2024/05/tom-selleck-ranch-blue-bloods-canceled/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Blue Bloods</em></a> star has always been careful about keeping certain aspects of his private life away from the public eye.</p>
<p>As a result, even diehard fans might not be clear about the details of Donnie’s family situation.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-1024x683.jpg" alt="Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg pose during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. " class="wp-image-503529" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1076303144-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg pose during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve)</span></figcaption></figure>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-is-donnie-wahlberg-divorced">Is Donnie Wahlberg Divorced?</h2>
<p>These days, Donnie is married to <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/stars/jenny-mccarthy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jenny McCarthy</a>, and by all accounts, the relationship is a healthy and stable one.</p>
<p>But the road to “happily ever after” was not without its twists and turns.</p>
<p>In fact, both Jenny and Donnie have been divorced.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="652" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-1024x652.jpg" alt="Jenny McCarthy, left, hosts a special edition of her SiriusXM show, The Jenny McCarthy Show, live from the SiriusXM set with Donnie Wahlberg at Super Bowl LI Radio Row at the George R. Brown Convention Center on February 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. " class="wp-image-503527" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-300x191.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-768x489.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-2048x1305.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-960x612.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-1080x688.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-633696370-1200x764.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jenny McCarthy, left, hosts a special edition of her SiriusXM show, The Jenny McCarthy Show, live from the SiriusXM set with Donnie Wahlberg at Super Bowl LI Radio Row at the George R. Brown Convention Center on February 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>As <em><a href="https://people.com/jenny-mccarthy-donnie-wahlberg-relationship-timeline-7502547" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">People</a></em> reports, Donnie married Kim Fey in 1999, and the couple welcomed two children together.</p>
<p>However, in 2008, they decided to go their separate ways, citing “irreconcilable differences.”</p>
<p>Following a messy legal battle in which Kim requested sole custody of the kids, the divorce was finalized in 2010.</p>
<p>Court files were sealed, so we still don’t know how the judge ruled.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="766" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-1024x766.jpg" alt="Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy attend the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. " class="wp-image-503528" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-300x224.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-2048x1531.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-728x546.jpg 728w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-480x360.jpg 480w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-960x718.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-1080x808.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-911509564-1200x897.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy attend the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>The exact cause of the split remains unclear. But at the time, many observers speculated that Donnie’s friendship with Canadian model Michelle Tomlinson was a factor.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-donnie-and-jenny-s-second-act">Donnie and Jenny’s Second Act</h2>
<p>Whatever the case, it wasn’t long before Donnie fell for his second wife.</p>
<p>It happened in 2012 when Donnie and Jenny both appeared on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/stars/andy-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Andy Cohen</a>‘s Bravo talk show, <em>Watch What Happens Live</em>.</p>
<p>Donnie recalled their first meeting while participating in Instagram’s “first photo challenge” in 2020.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="753" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-1024x753.jpg" alt="Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg visit SiriusXM at Super Bowl LII Radio Row at the Mall of America on February 2, 2018 in Bloomington, Minnesota. " class="wp-image-503530" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-300x221.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-768x565.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-2048x1506.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-960x706.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-1080x794.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-913379236-1200x882.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg visit SiriusXM at Super Bowl LII Radio Row at the Mall of America on February 2, 2018 in Bloomington, Minnesota. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>“This was our first meeting at @bravoandy @bravowwhl — where Andy implored me to ask Jenny out,” <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0LsSnACtQ/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">he captioned a throwback pic</a> of the future couple.</p>
<p>“I didn’t … however, we’d meet again a year later at her talk show @vh1 @jennymccarthy. And the rest, as they say, is history.”</p>
<p>Jenny later told the tale of Donnie’s fateful appearance on her talk show.</p>
<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="683" height="1024" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-683x1024.jpg" alt="Jenny McCarthy and recording artist Donnie Wahlberg attend the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California." class="wp-image-503531" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-200x300.jpg 200w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-640x960.jpg 640w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-720x1080.jpg 720w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-624693140-scaled.jpg 1707w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jenny McCarthy and recording artist Donnie Wahlberg attend the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.<span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure></div>
<p>“I went a year without dating anybody,” she told New York’s 95.5 PLJ radio (via <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/964032/inside-jenny-mccarthy-and-donnie-wahlberg-s-entirely-unexpected-love-story" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">E! Online</a>).</p>
<p> “So I don’t know if I was really randy or really ready. But he was there, and I gave him my phone number. I’ve never given a guy my number, but I was interested.”</p>
<p>These days, when they’re not on either coast for work, Donnie and Jenny reside in her native Illinois with their happy blended family.</p>
<p>Now that <a href="https://www.tvfanatic.com/this-one-blue-bloods-ending-theory-would-be-so-disappointing-if/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Blue Bloods</em> has come to an end</a>, Donnie is set to star in a Boston-based spinoff.</p>
<p>But no matter where life takes him, he’ll have Jenny by his side.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/10/donnie-wahlberg-divorced-his-marriage-history-with-jenny-mccarthy-explained/">Donnie Wahlberg Divorced: His Marriage History With Jenny McCarthy, Explained</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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