
Jenny McCarthy Weighs in After Donald Trump Claims Tylenol Causes Autism: Watch

Actress Jenny McCarthy is speaking out on the alleged link between Tylenol and autism, days after President Donald Trump urged women to 'tough it out.'
Sept. 26 2025, Published 1:56 p.m. ET
Jenny McCarthy is speaking out on the alleged link between Tylenol and autism days after President Donald Trump urged pregnant women not to use the medicine.
McCarthy, 52, explained her understanding of the link in a nearly two-minute video, where she recounted how Tylenol “depletes” glutathione, the body’s “natural antioxidant” that helps clear out toxins.
Jenny McCarthy Addressed Links Between Autism and Tylenol

Jenny McCarthy spoke about the links between autism and Tylenol.
“So many calls and questions. Hope this helps a little. ❤️🙏🏻,” she captioned the video posted via Instagram on Thursday, September 25. “Note: I’m repeating what the doctors have said. Talk to your own for more info.”
The actress explained that ditching Tylenol before and after vaccines was important, as some children – including her son, Evan, who was diagnosed with autism in 2005 – were low on glutathione, which makes it tougher to clear out toxins.
McCarthy was previously accused of being anti-vaccine. In 2014, she later walked back her comments.
In an op-ed for the Chicago Sun Times — in which she insisted she was "wrongly branded as 'anti-vaccine,'" she cleared the air.
"This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position I have recently adopted," she wrote. "I've never told anyone to not vaccinate."
"My beautiful son, Evan, inspired this mother to question the 'one size fits all' philosophy of the recommended vaccine schedule," she continued. "I embarked on this quest not only for myself and my family, but for countless parents who shared my desire for knowledge that could lead to options and alternate schedules, but never to eliminate the vaccines."
Jenny McCarthy's Comments Follow Donald Trump's Recent Autism Statements

Trump correlated Tylenol with a 'very increased risk of autism.'
McCarthy’s comments come days after Trump, 79, contradicted the current medical consensus that pain relievers during pregnancy remain safe.
During a White House press conference on September 22, Trump announced the US Food and Drug Administration would be providing guidance to medical professionals that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with a “very increased risk of autism,” drawing major backlash.
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Donald Trump Urged Women Not to Take Tylenol

President Donald Trump urged women to 'tough it out' and not take tylenol.
“Taking Tylenol is not good. Don’t take it,” the world leader told CNN, encouraging women to “tough it out" instead.
Barack Obama Addressed Donald Trump's Autism Comments

Barack Obama called Donald Trump's comments about autism 'violence against the truth.'
His comments received immediate pushback, with former President Barack Obama calling it “violence against the truth.”
“We have the spectacle of my successor in the Oval Office making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproved,” Obama, 64, said during remarks at London’s O2 Arena, per CNN. “The degree to which that undermines public health, the degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic, which by the way itself is subject to a spectrum, and a lot of what is being trumpeted as these massive increases actually have to do with a broadening of the criteria across that spectrum, so that people can actually get services and help. All of that is violence against the truth.”