Maria Menounosis a soon-to-be mom of multiples!
The television personality, 42, and her husband Keven Undergaro are currently expecting their first children together, she recently hinted at on herBetter Togethershow. DuringTuesday’s episode, Menounos says they are considering moving from Los Angeles to Nashville, saying one plus is the sense of community her future kids would grow up with.
She adds that “especially in the kid phase of our lives, [I] want something different. … I think Nashville might be Mama Bear’s bed.”
Prior to that, Menounos teased the 2021 arrival of her babies on the way inthe Dec. 15 episode ofBetter Together. The star became emotional while sharing how the promise of the newborns helped her encourage her mother Litsa amid a serious health battle. Litsa has beendealing with a brain tumorafterbattling stage 4 brain cancer, and last month shecontracted COVID-19.
“The thing I keep saying to my mom is, ‘We’re going to get better every minute of every day, Mom. Every minute of every day we’re getting better and better.’ … That’s my mantra,” she says. “Yesterday, I said to her, ‘You gotta get strong, you gotta hang on — you’ve got grandchildren coming, and they might even be showing up…’ well, they’re definitely showing up next year. I was gonna say around a certain time, but I won’t share yet because I don’t wanna — anyway!”
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Keven Undergaro and Maria Menounos in 2018.Sonia Moskowitz/Getty
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“I said, ‘Are you excited?’ and she goes, ‘I’m very excited.’ I was like, ‘Okay, Mom,’ " says Menounos, adding that someone told Menounos that her mother is “negotiating with me — she wants grandchildren.”
" ‘Well, I’m giving them to her, it’s happening,’ " she recalls responding, as the person then said, " ‘You need to show her paperwork; you need to tell her it’s really happening.’ … She is hanging on for this, and she will.”
Menounos and Undergaro opened up to PEOPLE in 2018 about starting a family, sharing at the time thatthey were considering surrogacy. Since Menounos had abenign brain tumor removed in 2017, they had to consult doctors about pursuing a pregnancy.
Then, in November 2019, Menounos toldEntertainment Tonightthat they were moving forward with the surrogacy process.
source: people.com
