The 39-year-old actress is one of several celebrities who will help ring in 2012 for the 40th installment of the ABC special "New Year's Rockin' Eve." McCarthy, who famously split with actor Jim Carrey in 2010, told OnTheRedCarpet.com: "Well, I am single. Wink, wink. We'll be there five hours this year so who knows? I might pull out of the crowd and find a cute guy to kiss. I don't know. We'll see."
McCarthy will co-host the show for the second time, joining original host Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest in New York. Fergie hosts from Los Angeles. The show is also set to feature performances from music artists such as Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Florence + The Machine, Nicki Minaj, Blink-182 and Pitbull.
McCarthy is a longtime fan of the annual program.
"When I was dating Jim, we stayed on the couch every New Year's Eve, watched ABC," she said. "I remember going, 'Those people are freezing. They're crazy. The couch is the greatest place ever.' So if you're not coming to Times Square, I highly recommend staying on that couch and watching."
In November, McCarthy said in an interview on the TV show "Access Hollywood" about what she looks for in a man, saying: "I don't care if they have a big nose. I don't care if they're bald. Just really sweet and who's a perfect reflection of who I am now. They have to have a job. I'd like them to at least be able to buy dinners and stuff like that. That is important."
She cited her Chicago upbringing and said "it's tough to find a man's man" in Los Angeles, where she lives.
McCarthy and Carrey broke up after about five years in April 2010. Earlier this year, she dated sports agent Paul Krepelka for several months. McCarthy is a single mother as well - she and ex-husband John Mallory Asher, a director and actor, have one son - Evan, 9.
McCarthy rose to fame as Playboy magazine's 1994 Playmate of the Year and appeared as a host on MTV's dating show, "Singled Out." She has appeared in her own comedy series, "The Jenny McCarthy Show," guest starred on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men," had parts in movies such as "Dirty Love" and "Scream 3," and penned several books.
Co-hosting "New Year's Rockin' Eve," McCarthy told OnTheRedCarpet.com, is "like a bucket list thing to do."
"I never thought I would want to freeze my butt down there," she said. "But that Times Square, that energy, it's electric. So to be able to host and hopefully, have people feel what I'm feeling, is going to be my job this year."
The "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special and airs on ABC on December 31 at 8 p.m. ET. It will show New Year's celebrations from around the world, as well as the annual countdown to midnight from Times Square in New York City.
Check out what else Jenny McCarthy had to say about her "New Year's Eve" appearance and about the holiday in general.