Jenny McCarthy on Son Rumors, Calls Claims Her Child Doesn't Have Autism 'Blatantly Inaccurate'

Jenny McCarthy slammed rumors claiming her son does not have autism, calling the assertions "blatantly inaccurate and completely ridiculous."

RadarOnline.com published a story on Friday, Jan. 3 saying McCarthy changed her position on vaccinations and said her son, 11-year-old Evan, might not have autism after all. The piece has since been deleted, but it can be viewed here.

The website's report cited a "new interview with TIME Magazine," though the story is from 2010. Radar Online misconstrued the 41-year-old's quotes from her magazine interview and falsely portrayed it as a "new" stance.

In the 2010 interview, TIME's Karl Taro Greenfeld noted that some in the scientific community questioned if McCarthy's son ever had autism. Greenfeld wrote, "McCarthy's way [of handling autism], however, is one that flies in the face of all credible research on what does and does not cause autism and whether it can be treated."

She controversially "blames" the Measles/Mumps/Rubella vaccination for giving her son autism and began a public crusade against vaccines, according to the TIME's article.  

McCarthy announced in 2007, in a CNN piece, that her son was diagnosed with autism after facing "life-threatening" seizures. She said she was able to treat him through alternative methods not supported by the scientific community.

McCarthy took to Twitter on Saturday, Jan. 4, to respond to the rumors: 

"Stories circulating online, claiming that I said my son Evan may not have autism after all, are blatantly inaccurate and completely ridiculous. 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. 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."