Jenny McCarthy Says She Was 'Too Cool' to Be a New Kids on the Block Fan Before Marrying Donnie Wahlberg (Exclusive)

The 'Masked Singer' host and founder of Formless Beauty says that when she was growing up she never imagined that one day she'd be married to a member of New Kids on the Block

• Jenny McCarthy tells PEOPLE that she wasn't a New Kids on the Block fan growing up
• McCarthy married New Kids band member Donnie Wahlberg in 2014
• She explained that she was "too cool" to be a fan at the height of the boy band's fame

Growing up in St. Charles, Ill., Jenny McCarthy never dreamed that she'd one day be married to a member of New Kids on the Block — and in fact, she says she wasn't even a fan of the band.

"If I were in my late 40s, I probably would've fit into that slot of New Kid's fan, but I'm 52, going on 53, so I was too cool for that," the Masked Singer judge tells PEOPLE with a laugh.

"I was really into Madonna, though," she adds. "Like, dressed like her, I'd wear my shirt showing my bra strap. Absolutely loved her."

McCarthy, who has been married to original New Kids member Donnie Wahlberg since 2014, says she does remember seeing her now husband on TV back in the day, when he was in the hottest boy band in the world.

"The first time I remember seeing Donnie was on Entertainment Tonight, and he was on his motorcycle, and I was like, 'Look at that guy trying to look so cool on his motorcycle!' It's so funny...I never thought one day I would be marrying Donnie."

In 2023, she told PEOPLE that he still gives her butterflies — and he still sends her flowers every week.

"Every week," she said. "He's never missed a Monday in 10 years. He treats me like a queen."

She added, "He's my everything. He still gives me butterflies. He's the love of my life."

As for their summer plans, the Formless Beauty founder says she's just going to hang out with her man at the New Kids on the Block Las Vegas residency at the Park MGM, which will run from June 20 to July 5.

"I'll be in Vegas with him the entire time," she says. "And I have a Formless Beauty pop-up happening at the Blockhead Hangout," she adds, of the beauty brand she launched in 2021.

The company, which boasts lip gloss, blush, eyeshadow, faux eyelashes and now a cleanser and moisturizer, is committed to products that are vegan and don't contain toxins.

"It's taken me years to get here," McCarthy tells PEOPLE of remaining committed to creating products that don't contain toxins. "My chemist, I think, has a bullseye picture of me in his office because I am so particular when it comes to having everything be clean, fragrance-free, vegan and paraben-free."

She says she's excited to introduce the brand to New Kids on the Block fans while she's in Vegas.

"I'm just going to be at the Blockhead headquarters all day, taking pictures, selling Formless and then I'll be partying, watching my husband. And drooling at him on stage!" she teases.