For many years McCarthy has been a vocal advocate against mandated vaccines, she has spoken out about their connection to autism, and how vaccines most likely played a major role in her sons condition.

Many vaccine apologists shared this article as apparent proof that Jenny McCarthy was overreacting about her sons conditions and leaping to conclusions.  However, now it has been confirmed that this story was a hoax.

“Stories circulating online, claiming that I said my son Evan may not have autism after all, are blatantly inaccurate and completely ridiculous,“ McCarthy tweeted on Jan. 3. “Evan was diagnosed with autism by the Autism Evaluation Clinic at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital and was confirmed by the State of California (through their Regional Center). The implication that I have changed my position, that my child was not initially diagnosed with autism (and instead may suffer from Landau-Kleffner Syndrome), is both irresponsible and inaccurate.”

She continued: “These stories cite a ‘new’ Time Magazine interview with me, which was actually published in 2010, that never contained any such statements by me. Continued misrepresentations, such as these, only serve to open wounds of the many families who are courageously dealing with this disorder. Please know that I am taking every legal measure necessary to set this straight.”

McCarthy has spoken on many occasions about how she believes that her son Evan’s autism was caused by the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine that he received as a baby.