When I first went public with my son Evan's story, I just planned to talk about the 'R' word - Recovery. But soon I was spending most my time talking about the 'V' word - vaccines.

She has claimed that vaccines cause autism and that chelation therapy helped cure her son—claims considered false by the medical community. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a television and film acting career. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year.