Debbie Matenopoulos Discusses Her 9 Miscarriages: ‘My Heart Was Broken So Many Times’
15.02.2022 - 19:13
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Debbie Matenopoulos is getting candid about a difficult time in her life.
Appearing on the “Allison Interviews” podcast with Allison Kugel, the former co-host of “The View” opened up about suffering nine miscarriages during her time on “Home & Family”.
“I was fortunate enough to be able to have [my daughter] Alexandra, but unfortunately, and I have not talked about this before, but after Alexandra I had such a hard time staying pregnant. I had nine miscarriages,” she revealed. “I was pregnant for, like, five years straight and no one knew except my stylist that I was pregnant. I would lose them, always. The first three were really hard, and then after that I got to a point where I was like, ‘Is this a joke? Really?!’”
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“My heart was broken so many times that I got to a point where I said, ‘Okay, this is what the universe and what God wants, and this is just how it is supposed to be.’ So I just stopped trying. I stopped trying because I just felt so defeated, and God, I love babies. When I look at little babies my ovaries hurt.”
Talking about her worst miscarriage experience, Matenopoulos said, “I have a soft spot for anyone else who’s ever had a miscarriage. Probably the worst one for me was when I was about four months pregnant at that point, and I had to host the Golden Globes red carpet for ‘The Insider’. I had the D&C (dilation and curettage) on Saturday and then I had to host the Golden Globes on Sunday.”
Matenopoulos also opened up about her time on the early seasons of “The View”, and becoming the first co-host to leave.
“I was young. I wasn’t staying home and knitting. I was going out to clubs and at that time it