Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro are on their way to becoming parents.
The entertainment reporter (42) revealed that she and her producer (53) plan to move in with their growing family during Tuesday’s delivery of her ‘Better Together’ program.
She explained that she was considering a move to Nashville, saying, ‘It’s beautiful, [and] we are going to have a family. We want to raise them somewhere where children will be next door to play with, and you are not afraid. LA just does not have it … especially in the childhood phase of our lives, [I] want something else. … I think Nashville is maybe Mama Bear’s bed. ‘
She first announced that she had children in the December 15 episode, saying that their mother, Litsa, was helping her pending arrival to get through her battle with COVID-19 and a brain tumor. Litsa has previously struggled with stage 4 brain cancer.
Menounos said, “The thing I keep saying to my mother is, ‘We’re going to get better every minute of every day, Mom. Every minute of every day we get better and better. ‘… This is my mantra. Yesterday I told her: ‘You have to get strong, you have to keep going – you have to have grandchildren, and they can even show up …’ Well, they’ll definitely show up next year. I would say about a certain amount of time, but I will not share yet, because I do not want to – anyway! “
After joking that she would label Christmas stockings “Diva No. 1 and Diva No. 2” for her children, she said her mother is excited and “holding on” with the prospect of seeing the babies.
The couple first said they were considering surrogacy at People in 2018 after Menounos had a brain tumor removed the previous year.
“Today, Kevin finally sent our paperwork to the surrogate agency because it sat on my desk for two weeks,” Menounos told Entertainment Tonight in 2019. I put it on his desk and said, ‘Can you just scan? this and send it in? Let’s have these kids! ‘… You never know. Maybe our little Marias and Kevins will be running around by next Christmas. ‘
Although she did not specify how many children she was expecting or when they would be conceived, she hinted that they would be arriving soon.
The couple untied the knot during a surprising New Year’s Eve wedding in 2018. They said ‘I do’ again in Greece in October of that year.