Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg: 'We Waited Our Whole Lives for Each Other'

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00:00All the gorgeousness that she walks into a room with

00:03is just like the cherry on top of the soul that she is.

00:06♪♪

00:09We're always learning.

00:10We're always learning from each other.

00:12We're always — you know why?

00:13Because we have a goal in our life

00:15is to always, like, grow spiritually,

00:20to get better as human beings, and to support each other.

00:23So that's always — we're constantly welcoming

00:27the lessons that come each way.

00:30So because we're welcoming, because we're open to what is,

00:34I feel like it's been very easy, and we've kind of got this.

00:38It's like, it's not difficult at all.

00:43Does that make sense?

00:44Absolutely, and I — yes, and if I can add,

00:48I don't think it took 10 years for us to figure it out.

00:51And what I mean is, I don't want to sound like,

00:53you know, we're just —

00:55we're the greatest marriage experts in the world.

00:57I think we both had similar journeys.

00:59We both are parents, we've both been divorced,

01:02and we both, you know, learned a lot in the years

01:05that we had before we met each other.

01:08I think when we met, we kind of knew

01:11we were going to be married almost immediately.

01:14We just fell in love instantly, and to just —

01:17I knew when we started dating, there was no turning back.

01:20And she said the same.

01:21But I think what we figured out is,

01:24when we decided to get married, we were, like, all in.

01:29This is forever. We're not goofing up this time.

01:32Like, this is the marriage. This is the love of our —

01:34we are the love of each other's lives,

01:36and I'm speaking for both of us, but —

01:40It's true. It's true.

01:42But I think we were just all in.

01:44And so from the moment we said,

01:46I do, to forever,

01:49everything is about making the marriage the best it can be,

01:52being there for each other in every single way, and —

01:55Prioritizing.

01:56Prioritizing the marriage.

01:58Because with that foundation of Jenny and I,

02:01everything is strong.

02:03You know, our children — we could be better parents

02:05if we're a better couple.

02:06We can be better partners if we're a better couple.

02:09But if we put things before the relationship,

02:13then we have a weak foundation, right?

02:15And so I think we knew that going in,

02:17And so everything we've done is not to —

02:21not been done to master marriage or to be,

02:24you know, experts at it.

02:26It's really been to service the marriage

02:28and to service our relationship

02:30and to keep growing as people.

02:32And so we're doing that constantly,

02:34and I think that is the secret to marriage.

02:37I think so many times people go into marriage,

02:41you know, thinking it's almost like a transitional thing.

02:46It's like, yeah, and it happens.

02:48I mean, 65% of couples get divorced,

02:50but I think we went into it knowing,

02:53hey, if we love each other this much,

02:54if this means this much to us,

02:55let's give it everything we've got

02:57and make it the center of our lives.

03:00And we have, and everything's benefited

03:03from taking that approach.

03:05You know, and we also do the work.

03:07And —

03:08Absolutely.

03:09We do the work.

03:10And literally it's called the work from Byron Katie.

03:13And it's tools that have helped us —

03:15That's our guru.

03:16That's our guru, Byron Katie.

03:17To get through moments because, you know,

03:20we don't live in a fairy tale.

03:21We've got things that come up and situations

03:24and things that we might be projecting

03:27from our past into this relationship,

03:29which is very common,

03:30especially in the beginning of the relationship.

03:32But by having the tools and the right communication

03:35to bring those up and clear them and move them away,

03:38it's why we're still going so strong.

03:40It's why we love each other more than ever.

03:42It's because we do that work

03:45and we continue to do that work.

03:47We absolutely, we're both in the same wavelength

03:49of no more babies.

03:52And we wish we could have.

03:55Yeah.

03:56We wish, you know,

03:58it just seemed like we waited our whole lives

04:01for each other.

04:02And we had, I have two boys, she has a son,

04:05and now we're a happy blended family.

04:07So happy.

04:08It just, you know,

04:11Fur babies.

04:11That ship sailed.

04:12It's been dogs for us.

04:14Yeah.

04:15Happy that way.

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