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Maria Menounos Says She Was Shamed by a Friend for Welcoming Daughter Athena Through Surrogacy: 'Just Crazy to Me'

Maria Menounos says she was once shamed by a friend for welcoming her daughter Athena via surrogate, saying that it was "just crazy to me."

News correspondent, 46, appeared on the Women in the Nude podcast and shared that one of her former friends once shamed her for not being able to carry her daughter. In February 2023, a rep for the couple confirmed Menounos and Undergaro's joyful baby news exclusively to PEOPLE. Kim especially gave me this wonderful lawyer named Andy, he found me this woman Stephanie, who helped me find our surrogate," she said.

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