Maria Menounos' life has been full of side quests.
In 2004, the prolific TV personality explained why she doesn’t limit herself, career-wise.
“I have never been happy doing just one thing.
And that’s just how I am.
I’m happiest when I’m doing a million things.
I don’t see my career going in any one direction.
I see myself doing a potpourri of things,” she toldComicbookmovie.com.
“I was now pretty much homeless, no education, no degree, but I had Keven.”
Maria and Undergaro chose to stay together while pursuing their dreams and even lived in a basement in Boston.
“We spent so many nights clinging to each other crying and it was terrible,” she recalled.
For his 80th birthday in 2024, she surprised Constantinos with a big Greek-themed bash, perFacebook.
In August 2016, Litsa received the devastating news that she had stage 4 brain cancer.
“You never want to see someone you love suffer,” the TV host said.
“Deciding to tell [them] was the toughest part,” she toldPeople.
“If my mom was stable, it would have been easier.”
The tumor turned out to be benign, and she had fully recovered from the surgery by May 2018.
But this didn’t mean the months following her surgery weren’t grueling.
I needed a walker for a long time for stability," Maria confirmed on"Today."
god loved her so much he took her on greek easter."
It’s been over a year and a half, and she flew home so comfortably."
“Time truly flies.
How can it be that my Mom died 3 years ago?
I miss her so much but keep her memory alive daily with Athena.
Miss you Mom,” Maria sweetlywrotein the caption.
“I’d scream out loud, I was inconsolable.”
The ordeal began after she learned in 2022 that she had pop in 1 diabetes.
An MRI later confirmed that these were being due to pancreatic cancer.
Fortunately, it was caught early, and she was declared cancer-free following the surgery.
According to Maria , she has her late mother to thank for it.
“She was like, ‘Maria’s not focusing enough on her health,'” Maria detailed.
She then got the MRI, which confirmed her mom’s alleged concerns.
“I feel lucky to be alive,” the prolific media personality added.
“My mom sent me a signal from the other side.
I know she’s actively protecting and taking care of me.”
Over the years, the former E!
News correspondent has been refreshingly open about her fertility journey.
It takes its toll on you physically [and] emotionally.
After Menounos’ 2017 brain tumor surgery, she and Undergaro began pursuing surrogacy instead of a pregnancy.
“I would like to explore [using a] surrogate because her body has been through hell.
“I definitely didn’t think it was going to take this long.
It’s been years.
We’ve used different services, different people,” Menounos sadly admitted toPeoplein 2022.
“It’s just been a very frustrating process.”
In fact, she and her husband had almost given up when they received the long-awaited good news.
Finally, in February 2023, the happy couple announced that they were expecting their first baby together.
Athena is an Angel.
[…] I’m so in love it’s crazy.”
I’m just so happy.
I think I could levitate."
