Don’t Ya Just Love Jim Jenny?

Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy are one of my favorite couples. At first, it was their anti-marriage stance that made me pay more attention to them. As far as I know, the two aren’t not getting married for political reasons, or taking any kind of “not until it’s legal for everyone!” stand, they just simply don’t see the point. And I say, hooray for them! I think that kind of thinking is refreshing in today’s world, when a couple is actually just doing what’s best for them and not trying to make some kind of statement about it.

Okay, more reasons to love Jim and Jenny. They also do oodles of good work, most of which is for autism, which Jenny’s son is affected by. They recently just hosted a poker tournament to raise money for the cause and People nabbed them long enough to talk about the event, and of course, to give them a chance to talk about their relationship, and give us even more reasons to love them. From People,

“Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy have been together four years – and they have a simple explanation about what makes their relationship work.

“Say what you mean,” McCarthy tells PEOPLE. “No one has the energy for mind games.”

“Jenny is the first person that I’ve been with where I don’t have a giant question mark over my head,” Carrey says at the Saturday Night Spectacular poker event he hosted with McCarthy at Miami’s Bank of America Tower.

But how do they keep their relationship on track? “Communication,” McCarthy says, before ticking off other important factors. “Being turned on by each other. Being each other’s soul mate.”

“When you’re not turned on, there’s generally something to talk about,” Carrey interjects. “So, it’s good to listen to that.”

Carrey, 48, and McCarthy, 37, hosted the event to raise funds for their autism organization, Generation Rescue. “This is so important,” Carrey says. “Everyone knows someone who has been touched by autism. It’s important to know that there is hope.”

It’s an issue that hits close to home for them both. McCarthy’s son, Evan, was diagnosed with autism in 2004. Since Carrey started dating McCarthy, he and Evan have developed a close bond. “I think a man who is good with children is sexy,” McCarthy says. “And Jim definitely is. He loves Evan so much.”

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, does the happy couple have any big plans? “I don’t know,” McCarthy says, before turning to Carrey. “What are we going to do?”

He just smiled: “Every day is Valentine’s Day, baby.”

I’d like to imagine that with these two, every day is Valentine’s Day. But I think because they’re so honest, it’s most likely not. Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy have always been quite open about their relationship, even though there’s not a whole ton of drama surrounding these two. They’ve also made it quite clear that they are in it for the long haul with each other – but that there will most likely never be a piece of paper to prove that.

McCarthy Cures her Son

Long before she appeared on The View and claimed that she was going to use her “big, loud mouth that God gave her to tell the world about autism,” Jenny McCarthy was doing a lot of research and good for the cause as she had a special connection to it - her son was autistic. It’s such a heartbreaking disorder and one that is becoming a raging epidemic and of course, when you have the kind of platform a celebrity does, it’s always nice to see them using that in a way to better the world. However, I was extremely skeptical when I first read this headline. Really? You cured your son? Can you even cure autism? It’s because of people like me that McCarthy has to do all of the hard work she does. I was completely misinformed. This is what she tells US about the road to her son’s recovery,

“Despite criticism from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Jenny McCarthy says she helped her son, Evan, recover from autism.

The actress - who believes the MMR vaccine was to blame for her son’s diagnosis - says a strict no wheat-and-dairy-free diet has changed her son from a quiet little boy who used to flail his arms around to a loving six-year-old.

“Before the vaccination, he was huggy, lovey, snuggly,” she says in the newest issue of Us Weekly. “Then it was like someone came down and stole him.”

McCarthy, 36, remembers when Evan began to come out of his shell while watching a SpongeBob episode. “I heard Evan laugh…I jumped on the bed and started screaming.”

She adds, “When he finally hugged me, I prayed, ‘Please God don’t let this be the only time.’”

“I made a deal with God,” she explains. “I said, ‘You fix my boy, you show me the way and I’ll teach the world how I did it.’”

The interview really made me stop and think. I don’t know Jenny or her son but I’m pretty sure that she’s not lying about this. And I can’t imagine how devastating it must be to have your child finally hug you and then needing to worry that it would be the last time. I guess the American Academy of Pediatrics may be skeptical for some of the same reasons I was but really, if what she did helped her son, why not tell the world about it? It may help others as well who suffer from the disorder and it may not but isn’t it at least worth trying? This is truly one feel-good story and I’m so encouraged by it that others will find the help that they need and that Jenny will continue to tell her story.

Britney Scared About Autism

Britney Spears may soon be among the celebrities fighting the fight against autism as she now fears that her youngest son, Jadyen James, may be affected with the neurological disorder. Autism is a difficult disorder to diagnose because the disorder lies on such a broad spectrum and so while one person’s symptoms may be severe, another’s may go unnoticed. We should always applaud parents when they pick up on something that’s “not quite right” with their child and take measures to ensure that the child will be okay. Here’s what the Pop Crunch Show had to report on Britney’s situation,

“Britney Spears fears Jayden James, the youngest of her two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline, may be autistic.

Compared to his big brother, Sean Preston, little Jayden “often seems to be in his own world,” family friends say.

“He plays alone a lot,”an In Touch Weekly snitch says. “Jayden often starts crying for no apparent reason,” a friend of K-Fed’s adds.

Britney and Kevin are planning to have the 1-year-old tested for the neurological disorder that affects communication skills, in addition to a host of other developmental conditions.

“Kevin wants Jayden tested to rule out any developmental problems,” a Federline insider dished to In Touch.”

Hopefully this is a case of parents just being overprotective as they should be but of course we’ll all be hoping for the best and anxiously waiting to hear what comes of the testing. Jenny McCarthy is another celebrity that is known for being very outspoken about autism as she fights the daily battle with her son, Evan. McCarthy and other celebs such as Lance Armstrong will be hosting the mega-event Ante Up for Autism, which will be a very star-studded event held in October.