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Jim, Jenny and Evan March to Green Our Vaccines

Wed, 06/04/2008 - 2:30pm by Molly
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Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy and little Evan were front and center in Washington, DC today for the Green Our Vaccines march. The loving couple and their adorable boy were out to support the cause which campaigns for further research into possible correlations between vaccines and autism, something near to their hearts since Evan was diagnosed with the developmental disorder. At the rally Jim spoke:

  • On Evan: "He taught me how to love. And without Evan I might never have seen the greatness of Jenny's spirit."
  • On the cause: "Jenny's friends would kind of hint around and say, 'Hey, it would be kind of cool if you got involved in this,' and I thought to myself, 'This is just so inevitable. This just can't not happen. If you care about the planet and about children, you have to."

I love to hear Jim open up about what Jenny and Evan have taught him and it just melts my heart to see them all together.

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  • rpenner's picture
    rpenner
    1

    Aw! They are so darn cute! And this is a great cause. It's nice to seem them out supporting it

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • CJaneTyp's picture
    CJaneTyp
    2

    I love them and this whole cause. It is near and dear to my heart.
    However, he is not "their" little boy- he has a father!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Sporky's picture
    Sporky
    4

    ouch! I guess his daughter wasn't able to teach him how to love?

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • faerymagick15's picture
    faerymagick15
    7

    each child teaches us something else..something different and new. Sometimes it takes a "special" child like Evan or my son (who has autism and multiple disabilities) to teach us about the wonders of the heart in full. It doesn't mean you love your other children any less or learn anything less from them. Its just different. I applaud Jenny and Jim for bringing awareness to this cause...which is very near and dear to me also.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • cool hand me's picture
    cool hand me
    8

    http://scienceblogs(dot)com/insolence/2008/06/green_our_vaccines_further_skeptical_rea.php

    I watched video of all of Jim and Jenny's speeches. They sounded ridiculous like they were really bad actors. Now we know that Jenny is one, but I was surprised at how dumb Jim sounded, like a bad parody of an antivaccine wingnut. Sad

    Vaccines don't now and never have caused autism. And before you yell at me, I have an autistic child and I have read all of Jenny and Jim's "science." It's bunk.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • tamia1212's picture
    tamia1212
    9

    I think context may help the quote regarding Evan teaching him out to love. Jim's daughter is in the pictures with him, Jenny and Evan so she probably loves Evan, too!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • chelles's picture
    chelles
    10

    I'm glad they're bringing more awareness to this disorder and they're a very cute couple

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Sporky's picture
    Sporky
    12

    faerymagick - you've got a point. Duly noted. My heart goes out to you and your loved ones, and everyone who has a special needs person in their life. I have a special needs niece (fetal alcohol syndrome)and I understand what you mean.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • faerymagick15's picture
    faerymagick15
    13

    thanks sporky!

    And, I also wanted to say...it takes a special man to come into a single mom's life but an extremely special man to take on not only another man's child..but one with special needs the way Jim has. Lots of men would walk away. My husband is one of those special men as he is not my son's biological dad. Its funny too..I call my husband the "store brand Jim Carrey"....my son took to him immediately and probably thinks my husband is a living breathing cartoon character. But that is what "got my sons attention" and has kept it all these years. They are truly best friends.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Sporky's picture
    Sporky
    14

    faerymagick, that's great! Smiling

    I read an exerpt of Jenny's book and she talked about how she started dating Jim right around the time her son was diagnosed and was dealing with how to tell him and wasn't sure he'd stick around. You're right, it does take a special guy to do that!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • sofi's picture
    sofi
    15

    I agree with you ladies. Jim seems like a great guy -how he has embraced Evan and Jenny and just put so much of himself into this. They are all very cute together, and I applaud them for ALL they do for such a good cause.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • slashyelizabeth's picture
    slashyelizabeth
    16

    tamia thank you for the context! i really like jim carrey so i'm glad that i just misinterpreted the quote/context.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • ilanac13's picture
    ilanac13
    18

    i think that sometimes you have to look at things from a few different perspectives. you realize that the kind of 'love' that you have for one child or one person isn't the same as for another, so it makes sense for what he said. i think that it's great that they are able to use their celebrity to gain awareness for correlations with autism....

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Frank y Ava's picture
    Frank y Ava
    19

    i really love how her son is her COMPLETE LIFE. She seems like an excellent mother, she doesn't see him as a toy and doesn't want to run out and get a new one because this is "one" is broken. people seem to think that she is a bad person cause of wat she used to do but i like her a lot. her dedication to learn almost everything about her son's disease and much respect to jim carrey who stepped up in the daddy role of an autistic child. wish them happiness and i wish everything for lil Evan

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • dracodarling's picture
    dracodarling
    20

    I also have a son with a mild case of autism (quite similar to Evan) The doctors wanted to keep vaccinating and give him medication. I refused like Jenny and now my son is excelling. He is five years old and not in school yet. But his placement test have him in first grade math and advance reading. there are other methods to aide children!! I applaud Jenny and Jimmy for the awareness.

    However, I do wish we would see some information or pictures of Evan with his biological father. I do wonder if he is a part of his son's life.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • cherryice's picture
    cherryice
    21

    It's very rare that a celebrity news story puts a smile on my face, and this one did. They both seem like great people and Evan is lucky to have them in his life. I hope he gets to see his dad frequently too.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Alek's picture
    Alek
    23

    Why are these preservatives still being used anywhere, ever? (Last I heard, they shipped remaining mercury-laced vaccines to Africa. Gee, thanks.) Aren't there alternatives?

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • happyhippy's picture
    happyhippy
    24

    I hope that Evans Bio Father is as involved in Evans life as Jim is.
    I am so happy that Jenny and Jim are lending the Loud voices to this cause. Smiling Evan is so luck to be so loved!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • crkstar's picture
    crkstar
    25

    hella love them ^_^ and i'm sure jim's daughter is mature enough to understand the context in which jim was speaking when he said that evan taught him how to love. i mean, she is there supporting them. she seems awesome, too. and so pretty! whodathunk ^_^ hehehe

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • berrymix's picture
    berrymix
    26

    Awwww, they're really cute together. I love how Jim is so open about how much he loves his new family.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • lickety split's picture
    lickety split
    27

    when children are severely autistic they literally give nothing back. sometimes they don't even respond to their environment, not to touch, sound, light, etc. to love someone that can't give back, that isn't capable of giving back is a different kind of love than most people experience. love is usually give and take and with typically developing children you see your efforts rewarded almost immediately. you do peak-a-boo, baby does peak-a-boo. you stick out your tounge to a baby and it will do the same back to you.

    but with the severely autistic children often there is literally no return on your efforts for months at a time, other than being able to comfort yourself with the knowledge that you tired. the parents, siblings, teachers and caregivers that love these children know what it is to love unconditionally, to just love and not expect anything back.

    my oldest daughter is severely autistic. her younger sisters love her and accept her in a way that amazes me. there was a song in the movie "step up" that i think sums up what it is to have a special needs child. some of the lyrics are
    "Sometimes in life,
    You run across a love unknown,
    Without a reason, it seems like you, belong.
    Hold on Dear Life,
    Don’t go off running from what’s new,
    I became somebody, through loving you."

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • JaimeLeah526's picture
    JaimeLeah526
    28

    Not a fan of either of them but it's great that he's supporting her in this cause.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • leeluvfashion's picture
    leeluvfashion
    31

    Jim seems like such a wonderful man; very loving. Him, Jenny, Jane and Evan make a cute family.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • LollyLolly's picture
    LollyLolly
    32

    I love them as a couple but I wish she would stop wearing the black eye shadow so thick, it makes her look older and more hard in the face.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • lindaloo's picture
    lindaloo
    33

    I just love them. Thought it was kinda random when they got together but the more I see & hear of them as a family, I really like!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • JenFan1's picture
    JenFan1
    34

    awwww...I love this couple...Jim Carrey is such an awesome guy, and she's really cool too. Great cause to be fighting for no doubt!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • megln1022's picture
    megln1022
    35

    it also seems like since him and jenny started dating, you see him out with his daughter more too. its great they've adapted to a non-traditional family, and its great the support he has for jenny and her son as well.

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • pinkprincess1101's picture
    pinkprincess1101
    36

    i love all three of my children but the love i have for my son who has cerebal palsy is different it is a love that i could not explain, but that does not take away any love that i have for my two daughters, no one will really know that love unless you have a child with special needs, i too am lucky to have found a man that came into my life and accepted my children especially my son most men would not even think twice with normal children can you imagine one with special needs, but my son made my fiancee the man he is and he will tell people it took my son to know true love yes he loves my daughters too but that is a different love that he has for him, he has no bilogical children which was a big plus, likety split what is the name of that song

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • MagSugar's picture
    MagSugar
    38

    This is such an enlightened couple. Jenny's a firecracker and Jim's a gem for not being afraid to embrace all aspects of her life...many would cut-and-run in the face of a child with a disability. Jim jumped in with both feet and, as a result, "learned how to love." Awesome!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • snowbunny11's picture
    snowbunny11
    39

    I think they are cute, but this is NOT a good cause in my opinion. There has been enough research already showing that there is no correlation between vaccinations and autism, and this sort of ignorance discourages people from getting their children vaccinated! I can't believe so many people think this is a good cause!!!

    30 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment