Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro are fast becoming parents.
The entertainment reporter, 42, revealed that she and her producer husband, 53, are planning to relocate to accommodate their growing family on Tuesday’s episode of her ‘Better Together’ show.
She explained that she was considering moving to Nashville and said, “It’s beautiful, [and] we are going to have a family. We want to raise them somewhere where there are children next door to play with and you are not afraid. LA just doesn’t have that … especially in the childhood phase of our lives, [I] want something different. … I think Nashville is Mama Bear’s bed. “
She first announced she was having children on the December 15 episode of the show by saying that their imminent arrival helped her mother, Litsa, get through her battle with COVID-19 and a brain tumor. Litsa previously fought against stage 4 brain cancer.
Menounos said, “What I keep saying to my mom is,“ We’re getting better every minute of the day, Mom. Every minute of every day we get better and better. ‘… That’s my mantra. Yesterday I said to her, “You have to get strong, you have to hold on – you have grandchildren coming, and they might even come …” I wanted to say around a certain time, but I don’t want to share it just yet because I don’t want to – anyway! “
After joking that she would label Christmas socks for her kids as “Diva No. 1 and Diva No. 2,” she said her mother was excited and “persisted” at the prospect of seeing the babies.
The couple first said they were considering surrogacy to People in 2018 after Menounos had a brain tumor removed last year.
“Today, Kevin finally sent our paperwork to the surrogate agency because it has been 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 go get these kids!’… You never know. Maybe we’ll be running around little Marias and Kevins by next Christmas.”
While she has not stated how many children she is expecting or when they will arrive, she hinted that they will arrive soon.
The couple got married in 2018 during a surprise New Year’s Eve wedding. They said “I do” again in Greece in October of that year.