Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg's romance was in the cards. The Masked Singer judge reflected on her courtship with the Blue Bloods actor during an interview with iHeartRadio's

Jenny McCarthy is opening up about the unconventional way she and her husband, Donnie Wahlberg, first got together—and it turns out the couple had a little help from an unexpected source (or two). During her appearance on the latest episode of iHeartRadio's I Choose Me podcast with Jennie Garth,

It wasn’t until six months later that Wahlberg appeared on McCarthy's VH1 talk show, The Jenny McCarthy Show, in March 2013. She recalled, “So I'm doing my homework. I'm like, okay, who is he dating? He's not dating anybody. Still wasn't thinking anything.”

Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg might have celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in August 2024, but their relationship could have easily never materialized — if fate hadn’t intervened.