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Jenny McCarthy on Love, Lust -- and Faking It!

From pregnancy and motherhood to the rocky road of marriage best-selling author Jenny McCarthy is known for her no holds barred outlook on life. She takes on relationships in her new book, "Love, Lust and Faking It: The Naked Truth about Sex, Lies, and True Romance."

In true McCarthy fashion, she puts her comical spin on the cover of her new book, replicating a Harlequin novel -- with McCarthy in the arms of a Fabio-esque, Adonis-type model.

"He's the only one who came in straight, so he was hired right the spot!" McCarthy joked with "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez.

It's her seventh book and is a relationship/self-help book with her signature comic touches.

Chapter one delves into an eye-opening story about how McCarthy's parents got divorced, but her mom rekindles romance with her first love, which McCarthy says taught her "so many things."

"My mom divorced my dad when I was 21 and told me the story of how she had the love of her life, her high school sweetheart from the time she was 12 until she was 19. I said, 'Mom, you have to find this man you've been in love with 30 years. She said, I did find him.' And they've been married now 10 years," she said.

McCarthy agrees it's a story that seems to only happen in movies.

One of the positive things that came from her parents' divorce was the relief that they finally decided to split.

"I think when parents stay together for the children, it probably does more damage than good," she explained. "We have to all work on what's best for us, not necessarily what's best for our kids. Because my example then kept me in relationships too long, which is why I was able to write books. About what I've learned about failed relationships."

So does McCarthy dish on her relationship with ex Jim Carey?

"Well, you know, he is a very public figure, so I have to respect his privacy. Any other guy I've been with, I splattered all over the book. But, because everyone knows who he is, out of privacy to him. But, I did talk about the lessons I learned from that break-up. And the inspiration I hope other women can see," she said.

McCarthy also tackles the subject of how men and women react differently to a break-up.

"There is a chapter called 'Breaking Up' and the interview with the girl was very...we tend to think more dynamic. You know, men are very linear. So, I was talking to the man about breaking up. It was just, 'She wasn't making me happy.' It was straight down the middle where the women are like 'We have a story, a story upon story," she said.

Rodriguez also points out that women stay in a relationship so long, and try everything to make it work and before you know it, 15 years have gone by and it ends anyway.

"The guy did say one thing in this break-up chapter and I held onto that, which was he knew it wasn't fun anymore. I could relate to that," McCarthy said. "It is not just about fun, but that is big key element. If you are fighting a lot in your marriage or relationship, it is time to do inquiry and make it right."

Another cause of break-ups these days is the internet. In the book, McCarthy tells the story of how her friend's husband finds his ex-girlfriend on the internet and ultimately dumps her.

"Do you think the internet is the devil?" Rodriguez asked.

"I don't know, but that's a very good question! I grew up Catholic and I'm like waiting for the Antichrist! Could be the internet! It is a phenomenon how people are going online, especially Facebook, looking for their old loves. I think almost everybody that is on Facebook has done it, including myself. I talk about looking for my high school sweetheart," McCarthy admits.

Although she is uncertain about the exact figure, McCarthy points out that five percent of divorces had the word Facebook in them.

"I think it is something that's tempting and something to keep your eye on!" she added.

Despite the break-ups, McCarthy hasn't quit.

She is dating Jason Tewey, a former fitness model.

"It's going well. I'm taking things slow. One of the things I talk about in my book is that I'm trying to accomplish this time around -- dropping the fake me, the pretend self a lot of us do in the beginning of relationships and I'm hoping he would also concur that I am sometimes brutally honest and brutally myself. But in a very loving way...from the inside and out."

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