Jenny McCarthy has joined Drew Carey in his mission to find the perpetrators behind an Ice Bucket prank involving a teenage boy diagnosed with autism.
The former host for ABC's "The View" has offered to double Carey's $10,000 reward in helping find the individuals responsible for the prank - where a 14-year-old boy with autism in Bay Village, Ohio was drenched in bodily fluids instead of water when trying to complete the ice bucket challenge.
"I'm joining Drew Carey's 10K reward to find perpetrators behind horrible ALS bucket prank," McCarthy tweeted Sunday. "Now it's 20k! #justice."
McCarthy 11-year-old son Evan was diagnosed with autism in 2005. The TV personality's husband, Donnie Wahlberg, has also joined the fight, offering another $10,000.
"If this 's---ty' prank was real...Then I am joining @JennyMcCarthy and @DrewFromTV and offering another $10K to the reward," Wahlberg tweeted. "That makes 30K!"
Carey stepped forward after watching the video that the pranksters posted on Instagram. After the young man disrobed down to his boxer briefs, he had a bucket of urine, feces, cigarette butts and spit poured over him by his high school peers.
"WTF? Just saw this. Horrendous," Carey Tweeted Friday "These kids should be arrested and expelled. If the Bay Village PD wants to start a reward fund to find who did this, contact me. I'll donate $10,000."
TV personality Montel Williams has also joined the fight. Williams took to his Facebook to criticize the perpetrators' parents for not teaching their children discipline.
"No child is born wanting to do this," he wrote. "We have to as parents, ask ourselves where we've gone wrong. This video made the rounds and it's in front of someone's home. Don't tell me some parent somewhere doesn't know their kid did this. Drew Carey tweeted he'd put $10k into a reward fund. I have said I'll ante up. But that can't solve the problem. I'd rather speak at the school and tell these kids why this isn't how we behave."
He added: "Better yet I'll talk to the parents. This has to stop. Our kids see what we do, what we say. It's no wonder in a country this polarized things like this happen. Teach your children well. Quite frankly, the parents of the kids who did this ought to go to jail too."
The young boy's mother reportedly found the video online and turned it over to the police.
"As parents and those with friends who have children with autism, we are appalled by the actions of the youth involved in the assault on this young man. It is sad and disheartening to see this type of behavior from our youth. Those involved will be held accountable for their actions," the Bay Village Police Department said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. "Preliminary information suggests this occurred prior to the start of the school year at a home in Bay Village."
