Maria Menounos is opening up about her scary battle with pancreatic cancer and welcoming her first baby via surrogacy earlier this year.
Menounos’ baby girl, Athena, was born on June 23 after 10 years of fertility struggles.
Ahead of the birth, the TV personality, 45, was battling cancer and told Et Canada’s Cheryl Hickey how she didn’t think she was going to make it to see her little one be born at one point.
“I thought that I was not going to make it. And my husband and I had conversations like, ‘okay, if this is what’s going to happen, this is what I would want.'”
The “Heal Squad x Maria Menounos” podcast host recalled, “It was a really scary time. Hearing you have a large mass on your pancreas is one of the most terrifying moments I think you can have.
“Initially I thought that I was not going to make it.
Menounos’ baby girl, Athena, was born on June 23 after 10 years of fertility struggles.
Ahead of the birth, the TV personality, 45, was battling cancer and told Et Canada’s Cheryl Hickey how she didn’t think she was going to make it to see her little one be born at one point.
“I thought that I was not going to make it. And my husband and I had conversations like, ‘okay, if this is what’s going to happen, this is what I would want.'”
The “Heal Squad x Maria Menounos” podcast host recalled, “It was a really scary time. Hearing you have a large mass on your pancreas is one of the most terrifying moments I think you can have.
“Initially I thought that I was not going to make it.
- 9/14/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Maria Menounos is living life with a new perspective after her battle with cancer.
The E!News correspondent dropped by “Live with Kelly and Mark”, to co-host the show in Kelly Ripa’s place. During her time, she opened up about her battle with stage 2 pancreatic cancer and how it turned her world upside down.
Read More: Maria Menounos Welcomes First Child Via Surrogate With Husband Keven Undergaro
“I’m doing great, I feel great, I’m grateful that I’m healthy with my baby,” Menounos said, via People. “And most of all grateful for the weird challenges that have come my way, because I see God has just laid out my life in such a way, that you don’t see it in the moment but you see it later.”
She continued, “You see why all these things had to happen and so, I always say, ‘Why not me?’ People always say,...
The E!News correspondent dropped by “Live with Kelly and Mark”, to co-host the show in Kelly Ripa’s place. During her time, she opened up about her battle with stage 2 pancreatic cancer and how it turned her world upside down.
Read More: Maria Menounos Welcomes First Child Via Surrogate With Husband Keven Undergaro
“I’m doing great, I feel great, I’m grateful that I’m healthy with my baby,” Menounos said, via People. “And most of all grateful for the weird challenges that have come my way, because I see God has just laid out my life in such a way, that you don’t see it in the moment but you see it later.”
She continued, “You see why all these things had to happen and so, I always say, ‘Why not me?’ People always say,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
After a years-long dream of becoming a mother, Maria Menounos's baby girl has finally arrived. On July 19, the TV host, 45, announced that she and husband Keven Undergaro, 55, welcomed their first child via surrogate on June 23. The news was revealed on Instagram, where Menounos shared photos of their daughter, named Athena Alexandra, from her Us Weekly cover.
Speaking to the publication about the birth of their daughter, Menounos said holding her for the first time "was the most special moment of my life." "The doctor literally grabbed her and hiked her onto me," she explained. "I sat with her on my chest, and Keven and I kept looking at each other like, 'Oh, my God.' It was just pure joy." Undergaro echoed his wife's sentiment, adding, "It was like Christmas morning times a million."
Back in February when Menounos announced that she and Undergaro were expecting their daughter, the...
Speaking to the publication about the birth of their daughter, Menounos said holding her for the first time "was the most special moment of my life." "The doctor literally grabbed her and hiked her onto me," she explained. "I sat with her on my chest, and Keven and I kept looking at each other like, 'Oh, my God.' It was just pure joy." Undergaro echoed his wife's sentiment, adding, "It was like Christmas morning times a million."
Back in February when Menounos announced that she and Undergaro were expecting their daughter, the...
- 7/19/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Maria Menounos has welcomed her first child!
The TV personality and her husband Keven Undergaro’s baby girl — named Athena — was born on June 23 via surrogate. Her arrival comes after 10 years of fertility struggles and Menounos’ pancreatic cancer battle.
On Wednesday, the former “Today” correspondent told Us Weekly that her daughter’s birth “was the most special moment of my life.
“The doctor literally grabbed her and hiked her onto me. I sat with her on my chest, and Keven and I kept looking at each other like, ‘Oh, my God.’ It was just pure joy,” she continued.
Read More: Maria Menounos Gets Married On Live TV On New Year’s Eve
Menounos added that being a mom feels “better than I could’ve ever imagined.
“…Now I feel so grounded, like I finally know where I belong.”
The actress announced that she and her hubby were expecting their first child in February.
The TV personality and her husband Keven Undergaro’s baby girl — named Athena — was born on June 23 via surrogate. Her arrival comes after 10 years of fertility struggles and Menounos’ pancreatic cancer battle.
On Wednesday, the former “Today” correspondent told Us Weekly that her daughter’s birth “was the most special moment of my life.
“The doctor literally grabbed her and hiked her onto me. I sat with her on my chest, and Keven and I kept looking at each other like, ‘Oh, my God.’ It was just pure joy,” she continued.
Read More: Maria Menounos Gets Married On Live TV On New Year’s Eve
Menounos added that being a mom feels “better than I could’ve ever imagined.
“…Now I feel so grounded, like I finally know where I belong.”
The actress announced that she and her hubby were expecting their first child in February.
- 7/19/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Maria Menounos is opening up about a secret experience she recently had with stage two pancreatic cancer. On May 3, People reported that the former E! News correspondent told the publication she was diagnosed back in January, a month before she revealed that she's expecting her first child with husband Keven Undergaro via surrogate. According to the outlet, Menounos - who was previously treated for a benign brain tumor in 2017 - underwent surgery to remove a 3.9 cm. tumor on her pancreas.
"I'm like 'How in the freaking world can I have a brain tumor and pancreatic cancer?'" she said, with her exact diagnosis being stage two pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (a form of cancer). "All I could think was that I have a baby coming." Menounos also said that her surgery and recovery were "super painful," adding, "I couldn't move or lift myself up."
Additionally, Menounos shared that, prior to her cancer diagnosis,...
"I'm like 'How in the freaking world can I have a brain tumor and pancreatic cancer?'" she said, with her exact diagnosis being stage two pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (a form of cancer). "All I could think was that I have a baby coming." Menounos also said that her surgery and recovery were "super painful," adding, "I couldn't move or lift myself up."
Additionally, Menounos shared that, prior to her cancer diagnosis,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Maria Menounos has had a rough year as she was diagnosed with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer and undergoing surgery all while expecting a baby via surrogacy.
“I was feeling so good, and then I got slapped in the face with a new diagnosis,” Menounos told People. “I’d scream out loud, I was inconsolable.”
The former Extra host opened up about her health telling the magazine that she had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (which runs in her family) last year. Menounos said that she “was crushing it” by October after being prescribed insulin and going on a strict diet.
However, by November, the former E! News host was back at the hospital “with excruciating abdominal pain coupled with diarrhea.” Menounos underwent more tests but the results yielded nothing.
With pain continuing to affect Menounos’s quality of life, she had more studies done and received a whole-body Mri. The results...
“I was feeling so good, and then I got slapped in the face with a new diagnosis,” Menounos told People. “I’d scream out loud, I was inconsolable.”
The former Extra host opened up about her health telling the magazine that she had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (which runs in her family) last year. Menounos said that she “was crushing it” by October after being prescribed insulin and going on a strict diet.
However, by November, the former E! News host was back at the hospital “with excruciating abdominal pain coupled with diarrhea.” Menounos underwent more tests but the results yielded nothing.
With pain continuing to affect Menounos’s quality of life, she had more studies done and received a whole-body Mri. The results...
- 5/3/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
For Maria Menounos, this past year can be summed up in three words: “trauma, stress, crisis.”
In an interview with People, published Wednesday, the journalist and AfterBuzzTV CEO opened up about her secret battle with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer that she’s kept hidden from the public. Menounos has been in recovery since a January diagnosis led to her having a 3.9-cm. tumor removed from her body. Meanwhile, she and husband Keven Undergaro wait for the birth of their daughter, who will arrive via surrogate.
The tumor removal surgery was completed Feb. 16. The journalist, television presenter and host of the “Health Squad” podcast told People it is now her mission to encourage others to look into their own health problems.
“I need people to know there are places they can go to catch things early,” Menounos said. “You can’t let fear get in the way. I had that moment where...
In an interview with People, published Wednesday, the journalist and AfterBuzzTV CEO opened up about her secret battle with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer that she’s kept hidden from the public. Menounos has been in recovery since a January diagnosis led to her having a 3.9-cm. tumor removed from her body. Meanwhile, she and husband Keven Undergaro wait for the birth of their daughter, who will arrive via surrogate.
The tumor removal surgery was completed Feb. 16. The journalist, television presenter and host of the “Health Squad” podcast told People it is now her mission to encourage others to look into their own health problems.
“I need people to know there are places they can go to catch things early,” Menounos said. “You can’t let fear get in the way. I had that moment where...
- 5/3/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Maria Menounos has revealed she survived a fight with stage 2 pancreatic cancer.
The former E! News host, who in 2017 opened up about having surgery to remove a brain tumor, tells People that she was diagnosed in January and had surgery the next month to remove a pancreatic tumor.
After suffering from painful leg cramps, she went to the hospital, where she learned she had type 1 diabetes, which runs in her family. As she dealt with that “new diagnosis” through insulin and a strict diet, she started experiencing “excruciating abdominal pain coupled with diarrhea.”
At one point she felt “like someone was tearing my insides out.”
Though a Ct scan and extensive testing showed nothing, she tells People, she had a full-body Mri, which showed a 3.9 cm mass that was later revealed to be a stage 2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.
“I’m like ‘How in the freaking world can I have a brain tumor and pancreatic cancer?...
The former E! News host, who in 2017 opened up about having surgery to remove a brain tumor, tells People that she was diagnosed in January and had surgery the next month to remove a pancreatic tumor.
After suffering from painful leg cramps, she went to the hospital, where she learned she had type 1 diabetes, which runs in her family. As she dealt with that “new diagnosis” through insulin and a strict diet, she started experiencing “excruciating abdominal pain coupled with diarrhea.”
At one point she felt “like someone was tearing my insides out.”
Though a Ct scan and extensive testing showed nothing, she tells People, she had a full-body Mri, which showed a 3.9 cm mass that was later revealed to be a stage 2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.
“I’m like ‘How in the freaking world can I have a brain tumor and pancreatic cancer?...
- 5/3/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maria Menounos and her husband, Keven Undergaro, are going to be parents! On Feb. 7, a rep for the TV host, 44, and Undergaro, 55, confirmed to People that the couple are expecting their first child together via surrogate. "Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby," Menounos told the outlet. "Keven, my dad and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives. What a blessing."
The mom-to-be also shared a heartfelt clip with People where she and her father, Constantinos Menounos, watch an ultrasound video together. "Oh my god," Maria says. "Guys, that's my baby. I love you."
On April 24, Menounos revealed that she and Undergaro are expecting a girl in an episode of her Heal Squad podcast. "We're very excited to announce we have a baby girl coming," she said. The mom-to-be also shared...
The mom-to-be also shared a heartfelt clip with People where she and her father, Constantinos Menounos, watch an ultrasound video together. "Oh my god," Maria says. "Guys, that's my baby. I love you."
On April 24, Menounos revealed that she and Undergaro are expecting a girl in an episode of her Heal Squad podcast. "We're very excited to announce we have a baby girl coming," she said. The mom-to-be also shared...
- 4/25/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Professional wrestler, actress, and model Mercedes Varnado has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The agency will help her secure new opportunities across film, television, theater and more.
Varnado is most recognized for her work in WWE under the name Sasha Banks. She exited that company in 2022 and now wrestles under the name Mercedes Moné.
In January 2023, she appeared in New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 17, which helped the company generate over 900,000 new users — the most in Njpw world history — and sell over 25k tickets, which marks the highest ticket sales for a non-wwe live event in the last three years.
In 2019, she made her acting debut in season two of the hit Disney+ series “The Mandalorian,” where she played Koska Reeves. She’s made several appearances on a number of unscripted shows including “Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N Out,” “Hot Ones,” “Barmageddon,” and “Cold As Balls.” She...
Varnado is most recognized for her work in WWE under the name Sasha Banks. She exited that company in 2022 and now wrestles under the name Mercedes Moné.
In January 2023, she appeared in New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 17, which helped the company generate over 900,000 new users — the most in Njpw world history — and sell over 25k tickets, which marks the highest ticket sales for a non-wwe live event in the last three years.
In 2019, she made her acting debut in season two of the hit Disney+ series “The Mandalorian,” where she played Koska Reeves. She’s made several appearances on a number of unscripted shows including “Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N Out,” “Hot Ones,” “Barmageddon,” and “Cold As Balls.” She...
- 2/22/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Ohio’s Good Deed Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to campsite drama feature Always, Lola. The distributor is planning an August release.
The films follows a tight-knit group of high school grads who reunite at an annual campsite trip in the wake of their free-spirited friend Lola’s untimely death before secrets emerge around her passing that threaten to tea them apart.
Jeffrey Crane Graham is director and exec producer is Laura Palmer, a TV exec making her first foray into film. She’s best known as a segment producer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with previous credits including Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Saturday Night Live and NBC’s Primetime Christmas Special. Producers are the industry vets Ian Keiser (Saint Frances) and Keven Undergaro (Singled Out).
“Always, Lola is a rare coming-of-age story for the modern age. The film pays homage to the [John] Hughesian hangout movies we all love,...
The films follows a tight-knit group of high school grads who reunite at an annual campsite trip in the wake of their free-spirited friend Lola’s untimely death before secrets emerge around her passing that threaten to tea them apart.
Jeffrey Crane Graham is director and exec producer is Laura Palmer, a TV exec making her first foray into film. She’s best known as a segment producer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with previous credits including Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Saturday Night Live and NBC’s Primetime Christmas Special. Producers are the industry vets Ian Keiser (Saint Frances) and Keven Undergaro (Singled Out).
“Always, Lola is a rare coming-of-age story for the modern age. The film pays homage to the [John] Hughesian hangout movies we all love,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Maria Menounos and her husband, Keven Undergaro, are going to be parents! On Tuesday, the “Heal Squad” host confirmed the news to People.
“Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby,” the 44-year-old TV personality told the publication. “Keven, my dad and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives. What a blessing.”
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Menounos and Undergaro, 55, have been vocal about their decade-long fertility process.
According to the publication, the former E! host and her husband worked with Family Match Consulting.
The news comes almost two years after Menounos revealed that she and her husband found out their surrogate at the time was no longer a match medically, and they could no longer use her to implant their two embryos.
In 2019, the...
“Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby,” the 44-year-old TV personality told the publication. “Keven, my dad and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives. What a blessing.”
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Menounos and Undergaro, 55, have been vocal about their decade-long fertility process.
According to the publication, the former E! host and her husband worked with Family Match Consulting.
The news comes almost two years after Menounos revealed that she and her husband found out their surrogate at the time was no longer a match medically, and they could no longer use her to implant their two embryos.
In 2019, the...
- 2/7/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
For more than two decades, Maria Menounos has been on TV. Whether it was interviewing celebrities on “Access Hollywood,” hosting a WWE special or a “Challenge” reunion or doing an arc on “One Tree Hill,” she’s been a staple on television. However, it wasn’t until this year that she landed the lead in her first film — and a TV Christmas movie was the ideal situation.
“I’ve never had to carry anything on my own,” says Menounos, who notes that both she and her husband, AfterBuzz TV creator Keven Undergaro, are “obsessed” with Christmas. “I have always wanted to be a part of the Christmas movie lineup. I put it on my vision board last year.”
The vision was brought to life. Last year, Ryan McPartland, who has appeared in a few holiday flicks over the years, brought it to her attention at the exact right time.
“It...
“I’ve never had to carry anything on my own,” says Menounos, who notes that both she and her husband, AfterBuzz TV creator Keven Undergaro, are “obsessed” with Christmas. “I have always wanted to be a part of the Christmas movie lineup. I put it on my vision board last year.”
The vision was brought to life. Last year, Ryan McPartland, who has appeared in a few holiday flicks over the years, brought it to her attention at the exact right time.
“It...
- 12/16/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
She tied the knot... again! Maria Menounos married her longtime love, Keven Undergaro, in Kalamata, Greece on Saturday, Oct. 6, nearly ten months after the two first exchanged vows in a surprise New Year's Eve wedding in NYC's Times Square on Dec. 31, 2017. The 40-year-old TV personality and Keven, 50 — who began dating back in April 1998 — married in front of family and friends and chose Greece as their lavish wedding's location because her parents, Costas and Litsa Menounos, are both Greek. (Photo Credit: Instagram) "I’ve been planning this for maybe a month but really been planning this for a long time in my heart because I always wanted to return to Greece and do our wedding here. Greece means so much to us and our village and our roots and I’m so beyond thankful to all of our friends who put this together," Maria told her nearly 1 million Instagram followers in...
- 10/8/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro’s AfterBuzz TV has partnered with Joseph Kapsch’s upcoming digital news platform The Populist for a newly weekly talk series, Variety has learned exclusively.
Titled “Meet the Hollywood Press” and hosted by Kapsch, the series will feature a rotating guest panel of entertainment industry journalists and personalities discussing the week’s biggest Hollywood news. The show will also feature in-depth discussions about topical issues affecting the industry such as the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, female pay disparity, and diversity in Hollywood. It will also air special themed episodes around TV, movies, music, and awards season. The show will launch on June 24. Menounos, Undergaro and Kapsch will executive produce along with AfterBuzz TV COO Phil Svitek. The show will be available both in podcast format on iTunes and video format via YouTube, AfterBuzz, and The Populist immediately after its first run.
In addition, Undergaro will...
Titled “Meet the Hollywood Press” and hosted by Kapsch, the series will feature a rotating guest panel of entertainment industry journalists and personalities discussing the week’s biggest Hollywood news. The show will also feature in-depth discussions about topical issues affecting the industry such as the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, female pay disparity, and diversity in Hollywood. It will also air special themed episodes around TV, movies, music, and awards season. The show will launch on June 24. Menounos, Undergaro and Kapsch will executive produce along with AfterBuzz TV COO Phil Svitek. The show will be available both in podcast format on iTunes and video format via YouTube, AfterBuzz, and The Populist immediately after its first run.
In addition, Undergaro will...
- 6/7/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
During a recent interview on The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro, Courtney Stodden revealed that she was sexually assaulted during a break from her now-estranged husband, Doug Hutchison. The 23-year-old reality star said she was emboldened to share her story as the #MeToo movement continues to grow in Hollywood. "Was it power? Was it sex?" host Kevin Undergaro asked Courtney, to which she replied, "Both. Power and sex, yeah." Years after realizing that what she went through was abuse, the blonde bombshell told Kevin that she is considering taking legal action against her unnamed assailant. "When the first incident happened, I, you know, didn’t tell [Doug]. It was actually during the first time we separated. Um, you know, it actually happened to me two times when we were separated," she shared. "I was only 19, you know, when my first experience happened. And, um, I didn’t really think it was wrong,...
- 3/13/2018
- by In Touch Weekly
- In Touch Weekly
Just like her mom, Baby Menounos is a fighter.
But sadly, Maria Menounos‘ 17-year-old dog lost her battle with pancreatitis and kidney failure on Monday.
“Rip Baby. We spent almost 18 years together. She was my first dog & a dream come true as I dreamed of having her my whole life,” Menounos wrote in an Instagram post announcing the news.
In the post, the Menounos, who recently endured a seven-hour surgery to remove a golf-ball-size meningioma brain tumor, also revealed that Baby died while she was away working for the Super Bowl, but that her husband Keven Undergaro was by the...
But sadly, Maria Menounos‘ 17-year-old dog lost her battle with pancreatitis and kidney failure on Monday.
“Rip Baby. We spent almost 18 years together. She was my first dog & a dream come true as I dreamed of having her my whole life,” Menounos wrote in an Instagram post announcing the news.
In the post, the Menounos, who recently endured a seven-hour surgery to remove a golf-ball-size meningioma brain tumor, also revealed that Baby died while she was away working for the Super Bowl, but that her husband Keven Undergaro was by the...
- 2/6/2018
- by Kelli Bender
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos Says She's 'Never Been Happier' 7 Months After Undergoing Brain Tumor Removal Surgery
More than seven months after undergoing a complex surgery to remove a golf-ball-sized brain tumor, Maria Menounos says she’s now happier than ever.
The former E! News host filled in for Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly and Ryan on Friday and opened up to co-host Ryan Seacrest about how she’s getting “stronger” every day.
“I no longer feel the need to rush and stress and have all of this anxiety and all of that because I’m nurturing myself now,” Menounos, 39, said. “I wasn’t doing that before.”
Menounos, who exclusively revealed her brain tumor diagnosis to People in July,...
The former E! News host filled in for Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly and Ryan on Friday and opened up to co-host Ryan Seacrest about how she’s getting “stronger” every day.
“I no longer feel the need to rush and stress and have all of this anxiety and all of that because I’m nurturing myself now,” Menounos, 39, said. “I wasn’t doing that before.”
Menounos, who exclusively revealed her brain tumor diagnosis to People in July,...
- 1/27/2018
- by Brianne Tracy
- PEOPLE.com
She just got married to her longtime love, Keven Undergaro, live on TV on New Year’s Eve. So what’s next for Maria Menounos? Babies! “God put this all on my plate perfectly,” Menounos, 39, tells People in this week’s issue, on stands Friday. She and Undergaro, 51, who began their courtship 20 years ago and got engaged in 2016, were planning for IVF before she was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor last summer. While 99.9 percent of the tumor was successfully removed, Menounos still has to monitor it to make sure there’s no regrowth. “I don’t know what’s going to happen,...
- 1/11/2018
- by Julie Jordan
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos is a married woman — and People has your exclusive first look at her stunning wedding portraits.
The star tied the knot with her partner of 20 years, Keven Undergaro, on live TV just before midnight during Fox’s New Year’s Eve broadcast in Times Square.
For more exclusive details and wedding photos of Menounos’ surprise wedding, pick up next week’s issue of People, on newsstands Jan. 12
Menounos, 39, was co-hosting the show with Steve Harvey, who officiated the nuptials. Her parents, Constantine and Litsa Menounos, who is battling stage-4 brain cancer, were present for the ceremony as well.
The star tied the knot with her partner of 20 years, Keven Undergaro, on live TV just before midnight during Fox’s New Year’s Eve broadcast in Times Square.
For more exclusive details and wedding photos of Menounos’ surprise wedding, pick up next week’s issue of People, on newsstands Jan. 12
Menounos, 39, was co-hosting the show with Steve Harvey, who officiated the nuptials. Her parents, Constantine and Litsa Menounos, who is battling stage-4 brain cancer, were present for the ceremony as well.
- 1/2/2018
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
After almost 20 years of dating, Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro are officially husband and wife. The longtime couple managed to pull off a surprise wedding during Fox's New Year's Eve broadcast, which Maria was cohosting with Steve Harvey. Not only did Steve help with the nuptials by officiating the wedding, but Maria's parents, Constantine and Litsa Menounos, were present as well. "Finally some good news for mom!" the television host captioned a video of her breaking the news to her parents on Instagram. "We are getting married tonight in Times Square! I will be the coldest bride ever but the happiest! Seeing my parents happy means everything!" The exciting celebration comes after a particularly trying year for Maria. In July, she revealed that she underwent a seven-hour surgery to remove a brain tumor the size of a golf ball. While the tumor was successfully removed, she also revealed that...
- 1/1/2018
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Maria Menounos has not been shy about making things official with her longtime love, Keven Undergaro. In March 2016, after 19 years together, the couple got engaged on-air during Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show. And on Sunday night, they tied the knot right in the middle of Times Square on live TV as part of Fox’s New Year’s Eve with Steve Harvey special!
While finding her groom was easy, tracking down the perfect dress for a New Year’s Eve wedding was a challenge for Menounos. Being that the ceremony was held outside in freezing New York City, the...
While finding her groom was easy, tracking down the perfect dress for a New Year’s Eve wedding was a challenge for Menounos. Being that the ceremony was held outside in freezing New York City, the...
- 1/1/2018
- by Colleen Kratofil and Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Congratulations to Maria Menounos and her husband, Keven Undergaro!
The couple, who have been together for 20 years, got hitched on live TV in a major surprise just before midnight during Fox’s New Year’s Eve broadcast, which Menounos was co-hosting with Steve Harvey. Harvey officiated the wedding.
Menounos wore a Pronovias strapless lace “Randala”-designed gown with a matching lace detachable coat. Her parents, Constantine and Litsa Menounos, who is battling stage-4 brain cancer, were present as well.
The couple’s wedding planning was also whirlwind, as the bride and groom only had two weeks to plan everything—including finding the perfect dress.
The couple, who have been together for 20 years, got hitched on live TV in a major surprise just before midnight during Fox’s New Year’s Eve broadcast, which Menounos was co-hosting with Steve Harvey. Harvey officiated the wedding.
Menounos wore a Pronovias strapless lace “Randala”-designed gown with a matching lace detachable coat. Her parents, Constantine and Litsa Menounos, who is battling stage-4 brain cancer, were present as well.
The couple’s wedding planning was also whirlwind, as the bride and groom only had two weeks to plan everything—including finding the perfect dress.
- 1/1/2018
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Keven Undergaro is the kind of guy that little girls dream about when they imagine what prince Charming would be like. He’s human of course and not a fictional character. He’s a good role model for men around the world though. Most know him as Maria Menounos’s boyfriend because he’s been with her for a long time. Here are five things that most people probably don’t know about him, but seriously need to. 1. He’s set to become a reality television star Keven’s girlfriend Maria has a new reality television series that is called “Chasing Maria Menounos.” It will feature
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Keven Undergaro...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Keven Undergaro...
- 9/21/2017
- by Dana Hanson-Firestone
- TVovermind.com
[[tmz:video id="0_zfdy9jnx"]] Maria Menounos is looking like a million bucks just a few months after brain surgery ... and she thanks her fiance and Sylvester Stallone for making it happen. We got Maria out in NYC with her boo, Keven Undergaro, and she tells us she's happy, healthy and cancer-free ... enjoying living in the moment. Our guy asked her what's helped her recovery process and, along with her man ... she gives major props to another inspiring dude -- Rocky Balboa.
- 9/5/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
It’s been nearly two months since Maria Menounos opened up to People about her shocking brain tumor diagnosis and the life-saving surgery she underwent. And though 99.9 percent of the benign tumor was removed, the TV and SiriusXM radio host says she’s still experiencing physical side effects.
“They’re getting better and better. Each week you see differences,” she told Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday’s Today, during her first live television sit-down since surgery.
“I still have a hard time chewing on my right side because it was on my right side and it affected the trigeminal nerve, which controls all of your face,...
“They’re getting better and better. Each week you see differences,” she told Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday’s Today, during her first live television sit-down since surgery.
“I still have a hard time chewing on my right side because it was on my right side and it affected the trigeminal nerve, which controls all of your face,...
- 8/30/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
As Maria Menounos continues to heal from her brain tumor removal surgery, she is focusing on the present and choosing to enjoy each and every day.
More than six weeks after she opened up to People in her cover interview, in which she revealed she underwent surgery for the removal of a brain tumor, Menounos shared a relaxed selfie to Instagram on Sunday.
“Happy Sunday! Remember we are human beings not human doings! Enjoy the day!” wrote Menounos, 39, who sported a bikini top and smized at the camera.
The TV and Sirius Xm radio host previously told People that she...
More than six weeks after she opened up to People in her cover interview, in which she revealed she underwent surgery for the removal of a brain tumor, Menounos shared a relaxed selfie to Instagram on Sunday.
“Happy Sunday! Remember we are human beings not human doings! Enjoy the day!” wrote Menounos, 39, who sported a bikini top and smized at the camera.
The TV and Sirius Xm radio host previously told People that she...
- 8/21/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos is taking it day by day.
The 39-year-old former E! News host appears to be in good spirits two month after undergoing brain tumor surgery.
Watch: Maria Menounos Opens Up About Her Brain Tumor During Megyn Kelly Interview
Menounos took to Instagram on Saturday to share an inspirational quote with her followers, "We don't grow when things are easy. We grow when we face challenges."
"For anyone going through a tough time. We all go through difficult times in every area of life. No one has it easy," she captioned the pic, adding, "What I always try to remind myself is that every bad time has also been a gift. A chance to learn and grow. I look back at all the really tough times and realize it was all building blocks to get me tougher and wiser. This helped me keep a good attitude through my #braintumor diagnosis and surgery. I really...
The 39-year-old former E! News host appears to be in good spirits two month after undergoing brain tumor surgery.
Watch: Maria Menounos Opens Up About Her Brain Tumor During Megyn Kelly Interview
Menounos took to Instagram on Saturday to share an inspirational quote with her followers, "We don't grow when things are easy. We grow when we face challenges."
"For anyone going through a tough time. We all go through difficult times in every area of life. No one has it easy," she captioned the pic, adding, "What I always try to remind myself is that every bad time has also been a gift. A chance to learn and grow. I look back at all the really tough times and realize it was all building blocks to get me tougher and wiser. This helped me keep a good attitude through my #braintumor diagnosis and surgery. I really...
- 8/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Maria Menounos is on the mend after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
The 39-year-old TV and Sirius Xm radio host walked around the mall on Monday with fiancé Keven Undergaro, 51, on doctor’s orders.
Undergaro filmed the couple walking around the mall, saying, “So, the doctor has us on walking therapy, and the Valley is too hot, so we’ve become mall walkers.”
Menounos smiled and waved to the camera, but didn’t speak in the video.
From Pen: Maria Menounos Was Diagnosed with a Brain Tumor While Her Mom Fights Stage 4 Brain Cancer
An Mri revealed Menounos had...
The 39-year-old TV and Sirius Xm radio host walked around the mall on Monday with fiancé Keven Undergaro, 51, on doctor’s orders.
Undergaro filmed the couple walking around the mall, saying, “So, the doctor has us on walking therapy, and the Valley is too hot, so we’ve become mall walkers.”
Menounos smiled and waved to the camera, but didn’t speak in the video.
From Pen: Maria Menounos Was Diagnosed with a Brain Tumor While Her Mom Fights Stage 4 Brain Cancer
An Mri revealed Menounos had...
- 7/11/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos and her fiancé Keven Undergaro are moving forward with their plans to start a family via in vitro fertilization, despite the TV and SiriusXM host’s recent surgery to remove a brain tumor.
Menounos reveals in the new issue of People that she was diagnosed this spring with a benign brain tumor the size of a golf ball that was pressing on her facial nerves. The 39-year-old underwent a successful, complex surgery to remove the meningioma on June 8 — her birthday.
At the same time, Menounos has been helping to care for her mother, Litsa, who is battling stage 4 brain cancer.
Menounos reveals in the new issue of People that she was diagnosed this spring with a benign brain tumor the size of a golf ball that was pressing on her facial nerves. The 39-year-old underwent a successful, complex surgery to remove the meningioma on June 8 — her birthday.
At the same time, Menounos has been helping to care for her mother, Litsa, who is battling stage 4 brain cancer.
- 7/3/2017
- by Julie Jordan
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos is stepping down from E! News amid her battle with a brain tumor. During an interview with People, the anchor revealed that she underwent a seven-hour surgery to remove a brain tumor the size of a golf ball earlier this June. "I didn't cry. I actually laughed," she said of the moment she was diagnosed. "At that point it was like, 'This is a joke.'" Though the tumor, a benign meningioma, was successfully removed, she has decided to take a leave of absence to focus on her health and be with her mother, Litsa Menounos, who is currently fighting stage 4 brain cancer. "I am so grateful for the past three years at E!," she said in a statement. "I will truly miss everyone and looking forward to this next chapter in my life." Maria, who is currently recovering at home with with the support of her fiancé,...
- 7/3/2017
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
As she was caring for her mother, who has stage 4 brain cancer, Maria Menounos found out she was facing a health crisis of her own.
In February, the TV and Sirius Xm radio host started experiencing troubling symptoms. “I’d been getting lightheaded on set and having headaches,” she tells People in the magazine’s exclusive new cover story. “My speech had gotten slurred and I was having difficulty reading the teleprompter.”
An Mri revealed Menounos had a golf-ball-size meningioma brain tumor that was pushing on her facial nerves. “I didn’t cry. I actually laughed,” she recalls. “It’s...
In February, the TV and Sirius Xm radio host started experiencing troubling symptoms. “I’d been getting lightheaded on set and having headaches,” she tells People in the magazine’s exclusive new cover story. “My speech had gotten slurred and I was having difficulty reading the teleprompter.”
An Mri revealed Menounos had a golf-ball-size meningioma brain tumor that was pushing on her facial nerves. “I didn’t cry. I actually laughed,” she recalls. “It’s...
- 7/3/2017
- by Julie Jordan
- PEOPLE.com
After announcing that she won't be returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for season eight, Eden Sassoon opens up about the nature of her exit while slamming her co-star Lisa Vanderpump. During a guest host stint on Thursday night's The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro, the daughter of the late beauty icon Vidal Sassoon basically said she wasn't asked to return on the Bravo series and that Vanderpump is not as charitable as she claims to be.
- 5/8/2017
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Being a diehard Patriots superfan can result in losing more than just your voice.
Days after her favorite NFL team won Super Bowl Li, Maria Menounos revealed that she may have celebrated too hard at Nrg Stadium as a small diamond on her custom engagement ring came off.
The E! News host, who got engaged to fiancé Keven Undergaro in March, took to Instagram and Twitter on Wednesday to share video proof of how her excitement got the best of her ring.
“Soo…@tombrady lost his #superbowl51 jersey & I lost my diamond & my voice ..super fandom costs !!! @undergaro was horrified!
Days after her favorite NFL team won Super Bowl Li, Maria Menounos revealed that she may have celebrated too hard at Nrg Stadium as a small diamond on her custom engagement ring came off.
The E! News host, who got engaged to fiancé Keven Undergaro in March, took to Instagram and Twitter on Wednesday to share video proof of how her excitement got the best of her ring.
“Soo…@tombrady lost his #superbowl51 jersey & I lost my diamond & my voice ..super fandom costs !!! @undergaro was horrified!
- 2/9/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Ricky Williams is opening up about his bizarre run-in with police in Texas earlier this month ... suggesting his "fame" likely helped him stay out of handcuffs. The ex-nfl star was stopped during a leisurely walk and searched by police on January 11 after cops were called to the area about a "suspicious person" who may have stolen a tape measure from a backyard. Ricky was Not arrested -- and during an interview with "The Tomorrow Show...
- 1/24/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Oh, the weather outside is frightful — but not if you’re in Mexico like Maria Menounos and fiancé Keven Undergaro!
The newly engaged couple are currently taking in the sun on a romantic getaway, where they were spotted Thursday walking the beach in their bathing suits
Menounos. 38, showed off her toned body in a strapless striped bikini, teamed with oversize shades diamond stud earrings — and that massive engagement ring!
Undergaro, meanwhile, wore a pair of sporty knee-length orange swim shorts.
Her phone in her hand, Menounos was no doubt snapping some selfies along the shore. She’s been sharing pictures...
The newly engaged couple are currently taking in the sun on a romantic getaway, where they were spotted Thursday walking the beach in their bathing suits
Menounos. 38, showed off her toned body in a strapless striped bikini, teamed with oversize shades diamond stud earrings — and that massive engagement ring!
Undergaro, meanwhile, wore a pair of sporty knee-length orange swim shorts.
Her phone in her hand, Menounos was no doubt snapping some selfies along the shore. She’s been sharing pictures...
- 12/30/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos and her fiancé, Keven Undergaro, spent an afternoon enjoying the sun and surf during their vacation in Mexico on Thursday. The couple, who have been dating since 1998 and got engaged back in March, showed their love for each other while kissing and snapping selfies in front of the picturesque background. Keven couldn't keep his hands off of the E! News anchor, who showed off her figure in a sexy striped bikini. Maria also shared photos of their romantic getaway on Instagram, writing, "Soakin' in the sun...#heaven #mexico." Related:Over 100 of the Hottest Swimsuit Moments of 2016...
- 12/30/2016
- by Brittney Stephens
- Popsugar.com
Janice Dickinson recently opened up about her definition of a supermodel. While appearing on AfterBuzzTV’s “The Tomorrow Show With Keven Undergaro”, the 61-year-old model and photographer, who began her career in the 1970s, gave her take on what qualities a so-called “supermodel” should embody and which models in the industry she considered were worthy of the title. Related: Janice Dickinson’s […]...
- 12/22/2016
- by Cat Williams
- ET Canada
Tara Ziemba/Getty; Donato Sardella/Getty
Janice Dickinson is known for her outspoken opinions on the fashion industry, so it was only a matter of time before the self-proclaimed “world’s first supermodel” weighed in on the great supermodel debate of 2016. More specifically, she took on Kendall Jenner along with her sister Kim Kardashian and the rest of the KarJenner squad. And her opinions were particularly unforgiving.
Dickinson joined AfterBuzzTV’s The Tomorrow Show With Keven Undergaro for a very candid interview where she called Kendall a “lovely” person before attacking her career.
“I don’t think she’s a supermodel,...
Janice Dickinson is known for her outspoken opinions on the fashion industry, so it was only a matter of time before the self-proclaimed “world’s first supermodel” weighed in on the great supermodel debate of 2016. More specifically, she took on Kendall Jenner along with her sister Kim Kardashian and the rest of the KarJenner squad. And her opinions were particularly unforgiving.
Dickinson joined AfterBuzzTV’s The Tomorrow Show With Keven Undergaro for a very candid interview where she called Kendall a “lovely” person before attacking her career.
“I don’t think she’s a supermodel,...
- 12/21/2016
- by Brittany Talarico
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_3v8lxbci"]] Maria Menounos has a big decision ... should she have a baby before or after her wedding? Our fearless photog Charlie got the 38-year-old arriving at Lax Friday and asked about the ticking clock. She happened to be on the phone with the person who will facilitate both nuptials and baby-making ... her fiance, producer Keven Undergaro. Check it out ... she puts Kev on speaker and he's beyond incredulous when Charlie asks if baby-making is a chore.
- 10/22/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Maria Menounos' loved ones are never too far away. In this exclusive sneak peek from Wednesday's upcoming episode of Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry, the E! News host receives closure from Tyler Henry after the death of a dear friend. "I, for sure, am connecting to a lady I want to bring up," Tyler tells Maria, while her fiancé, Keven Undergaro, watches from the next room. "There is, interestingly good to keep in mind, a Karen or a 'C' or a 'K' connection that I would need to highlight. This is a woman who acknowledges dealing with medication actually being put on her or having to take medication. This is someone, who by nature, if they were hurting would not even take...
- 9/15/2016
- E! Online
She’s one of the hottest television presenters on the air today, and Maria Menounos is all about flaunting her fabulous physique on the front page of the July/August 2016 issue of Health.
The 38-year-old star opens up about her struggle with conceiving a child, noting that she finally has frozen embryos with her beau Keven Undergaro.
Maria states, “Last November, I had three embryos made, and we put them in the freezer. So now I’m realizing I have kids in a freezer. It makes it real when you know the sex. I was like, ‘What is happening?!’ So I called my mom and said, ‘Mom, you’re a grandma! Here’s what we’ve got in the freezer—don’t tell anybody. Isn’t this weird.’”...
The 38-year-old star opens up about her struggle with conceiving a child, noting that she finally has frozen embryos with her beau Keven Undergaro.
Maria states, “Last November, I had three embryos made, and we put them in the freezer. So now I’m realizing I have kids in a freezer. It makes it real when you know the sex. I was like, ‘What is happening?!’ So I called my mom and said, ‘Mom, you’re a grandma! Here’s what we’ve got in the freezer—don’t tell anybody. Isn’t this weird.’”...
- 6/16/2016
- GossipCenter
Maria Menounos is getting ready for motherhood.
The recently-engaged E! host announced via social media that she is freezing her eggs and shared a video of her egg retrieval via Snapchat.
"They're starting to drug me, it feels good," she says in the video, seemingly groggy from the medication.
Menounos, 37, hasn't mentioned whether or not she has a timeline in mind for becoming a mommy, only that she's struggled with finding the right time for kids and attempted to freeze her eggs once before but was unsuccessful. "My biggest struggle is the idea of having kids," she told Redbook magazine last year.
The recently-engaged E! host announced via social media that she is freezing her eggs and shared a video of her egg retrieval via Snapchat.
"They're starting to drug me, it feels good," she says in the video, seemingly groggy from the medication.
Menounos, 37, hasn't mentioned whether or not she has a timeline in mind for becoming a mommy, only that she's struggled with finding the right time for kids and attempted to freeze her eggs once before but was unsuccessful. "My biggest struggle is the idea of having kids," she told Redbook magazine last year.
- 3/17/2016
- People.com - TV Watch
Maria Menounos is getting ready for motherhood. The recently-engaged E! host announced via social media that she is freezing her eggs and shared a video of her egg retrieval via Snapchat. "They're starting to drug me, it feels good," she says in the video, seemingly groggy from the medication. Menounos hasn't mentioned whether or not she has a timeline in mind for becoming a mommy, only that she's struggled with finding the right time for kids and attempted to freeze her eggs once before but was unsuccessful. "My biggest struggle is the idea of having kids," she told Redbook magazine last year.
- 3/17/2016
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Menounos is getting ready for motherhood. The recently-engaged E! host announced via social media that she is freezing her eggs and shared a video of her egg retrieval via Snapchat. "They're starting to drug me, it feels good," she says in the video, seemingly groggy from the medication. Menounos hasn't mentioned whether or not she has a timeline in mind for becoming a mommy, only that she's struggled with finding the right time for kids and attempted to freeze her eggs once before but was unsuccessful. "My biggest struggle is the idea of having kids," she told Redbook magazine last year.
- 3/17/2016
- PEOPLE.com
Move over Maria Menounos, it's your ring's time to shine!
The E! TV host, 37, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday to gush about her recent engagement to Keven Undergaro – but the massive rock on her left hand stole the show.
"He did really well so I'm happy. I don't care what he spent [on the ring]," Menounos said, after revealing that she doesn't know how much her fiancé spent on the piece of jewelry.
During her conversation with host Jimmy Kimmel, Menounos absentmindedly waved her hands flashing the custom ring as she gushed about Undergaro proposing to her on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show.
The E! TV host, 37, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday to gush about her recent engagement to Keven Undergaro – but the massive rock on her left hand stole the show.
"He did really well so I'm happy. I don't care what he spent [on the ring]," Menounos said, after revealing that she doesn't know how much her fiancé spent on the piece of jewelry.
During her conversation with host Jimmy Kimmel, Menounos absentmindedly waved her hands flashing the custom ring as she gushed about Undergaro proposing to her on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show.
- 3/15/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- People.com - TV Watch
Move over Maria Menounos, it's your ring's time to shine! The E! TV host, 37, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday to gush about her recent engagement to Keven Undergaro - but the massive rock on her left hand stole the show. "He did really well so I'm happy. I don't care what he spent [on the ring]," Menounos said, after revealing that she doesn't know how much her fiancé spent on the piece of jewelry.During her conversation with host Jimmy Kimmel, Menounos absentmindedly waved her hands flashing the custom ring as she gushed about Undergaro proposing to her on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show.
- 3/15/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Move over Maria Menounos, it's your ring's time to shine! The E! TV host, 37, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday to gush about her recent engagement to Keven Undergaro - but the massive rock on her left hand stole the show. "He did really well so I'm happy. I don't care what he spent [on the ring]," Menounos said, after revealing that she doesn't know how much her fiancé spent on the piece of jewelry.During her conversation with host Jimmy Kimmel, Menounos absentmindedly waved her hands flashing the custom ring as she gushed about Undergaro proposing to her on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show.
- 3/15/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
"If you've got it, flaunt it" is ringing especially true for newly engaged Maria Menounos. The E! TV host, 37, showed off her massive diamond ring as she and fiancé Keven Undergaro arrived back at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday after their romantic (and busy!) week in New York City. Menounos' "bright and chic" custom-created sparkler stood out against her simple white T-shirt, black jacket and jeans. Undergaro coordinated with his longtime love in a black tee and jeans. Undergaro proposed to Menounos while she was promoting her new book The EveryGirl's Guide to Cooking on Howard Stern's SiriusXM...
- 3/12/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
"If you've got it, flaunt it" is ringing especially true for newly engaged Maria Menounos. The E! TV host, 37, showed off her massive diamond ring as she and fiancé Keven Undergaro arrived back at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday after their romantic (and busy!) week in New York City. Menounos' "bright and chic" custom-created sparkler stood out against her simple white T-shirt, black jacket and jeans. Undergaro coordinated with his longtime love in a black tee and jeans. Undergaro proposed to Menounos while she was promoting her new book The EveryGirl's Guide to Cooking on Howard Stern's SiriusXM...
- 3/12/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
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