Jenny McCarthy is publishing a new book on menopause on Thursday, August 13, and she is doing it the same way she has handled other messy corners of life: bluntly, with jokes, and without pretending the subject is neat. I'm Too Hot for This [Expletive]: The Naked Truth About Menopause aims to make the subject feel less taboo while telling women they are not alone.
The book covers the physical and emotional effects of menopause, including brain fog, night sweats, disappearing eyebrows, and existential crises triggered by bruised bananas at Trader Joe's. McCarthy, 53, said, “This book is my way of telling women they aren't alone, revealing the messy, funny, maddening stuff that happens to our bodies and our minds at this stage in life.”
From Belly Laughs to Menopause
McCarthy said, “Since the publication of my book, Belly Laughs, I have been telling the naked truth,” and added, “Now, I'm telling the truth about menopause.” That pitch makes the new book feel less like a hard pivot than a continuation of the same publishing formula: candid confession, comic relief, then a direct line to readers who are living the same reality.
The book also includes exclusive original interviews with Mary Claire Haver, Jennifer Sierzant, and Kirsten Singler. Those names give the project a practical edge beyond memoir-style narration; the structure suggests McCarthy is not only describing symptoms but bringing in medical voices to answer the questions readers are likely to have once the humor wears off.
The Kelly Clarkson Show and HRT
In January 2026, McCarthy used The Kelly Clarkson Show to say Hormone Replacement Therapy had been her “saving grace,” and she went further: “It has saved my life.” That line matters because the book is not built around abstraction. It is tied to a treatment choice she has talked about publicly, which gives the project a more operational read for women deciding how to talk to their own doctors.
McCarthy also said, “HRT, hormone replacement therapy. Now the black box warning is gone. It has been so beneficial. I feel sorry for the Baby Boomers who were scared into, based on the science back then, not to use it. It has saved my life,” which puts the book in the middle of a broader debate about how menopause is discussed and treated.
What McCarthy says next
The complication is built into her own description of the stage of life she is writing about. She has said, “Your body's on fire. Literally, you're either stripping in malls 'cause you're sweating so much, or in bed, but your mind is also crazy, you can't sleep,” and she also said, “While I was writing this book, I finished it now — the amount of divorces that take place during this time because you shift… remember when you're PMSing? It's the time when you get everything out.”
That is the sharpest part of the project: it is not just a permission slip to laugh at menopause, but a book that treats it as a long stretch that can strain bodies, sleep, and marriages. The practical takeaway for readers is simple enough: McCarthy is packaging her own experience, plus expert interviews and HRT commentary, into a book that will be on shelves August 13, and the unanswered issue is how far her advice goes beyond naming the symptoms and the treatment that helped her most.
