Maria Menounos could not have been more excited that after ten years of trying, she and her husband Keven Undergaro were finally expecting their first baby together via surrogacy, which she first announced in February.
She announced the news during an appearance on Live! with Kelly and Ryan – before it was Live! with Kelly and Mark – and though she appeared overjoyed, and she certainly was, by that point, she already knew that she was secretly battling cancer, which she recently revealed in an interview with People.
Just one month before making the announcement of her first baby, a girl, the television personality learned of her Stage 2 pancreatic cancer diagnosis, after getting a full-body MRI with emerging wellness brand Prenuvo. MORE: Kelly Ripa's Live!
stand-in Maria Menounos makes sweet confession about hostAnd not only was she aware of her terrifying diagnosis, she was already feeling its symptoms, which nearly foiled her plans to announce her special baby news on live television.
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