Why Jenny McCarthy Will Take Husband Donnie Wahlberg's Name

Feb. 3, 2015— -- Newlywed Jenny McCarthy is ready to take her husband, Donnie Wahlberg's name.

"We have discussed it and I am ready to be Jenny Wahlberg," she told E! News during Super Bowl weekend.

The name change is a big switch for McCarthy, 41, who never would have considered such a move years ago.

"I remember way back when I was Miss Independent. I would never take anybody's name, and as I get older I want to be the girl," she said. "I'm so tired of being that strong, independent woman."

She added with a laughing, "I want to be dependent and a girl and a wife and domesticated. I crave it after being alone for so long. I want to be Mrs. Wahlberg."

Her hubby, though, sees things a little differently.

"It should be Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg and professionally, Jenny McCarthy," the 45-year-old New Kids On The Block member told E! News. "She worked her a** off for so many years to be in the position she's in her career that there's no reason to put my name on the back of that."

Both agree, the most important thing is to get it on paper.

But the SiriusXM radio host hasn't been able to get through the paperwork.

"We work seven days a week and it's not as easy as I thought," McCarthy said. "You don't just go to the DMV and take a new picture. There is a lot to be done."

The pair tied the knot in her hometown Chicago last August.