This Feb. 4, 2013 photo shows American comedian, actress, and author Jenny McCarthy is host of "The Jenny McCarthy Show," debuting Friday, Feb. 8, on VH1. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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Jenny McCarthy may have made a home in the Chicago suburbs, but the 40-year-old mom of a 10-year-old son hasn't lost her goofy, party girl-persona. The former Playboy playmate and TV host says Hugh Hefner's 1970s-era "Playboy After Dark" is the inspiration her new weekly VH1 talk show, "The Jenny McCarthy Show," which debuts at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. She'll commute to New York to film the show from her home outside her native Chicago. "In a perfect world the dream is to be as close as possible to my little boy so I can be the mom I want to be and to be the person on TV I want to be," McCarthy said.Latest Galleries
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