Debbie Matenopoulos opens up about her 9 miscarriages and hosting the Golden Globes red carpet the day after having a D&C

Debbie Matenopoulos is opening up about experiencing multiple miscarriages during her time on the Hallmark Channel’s daytime talk show Home & Family.

The host, who was one of the original panelists on The View when she was just 21, spoke on Allison Kugel’s podcast Allison Interviews about suffering from miscarriages prior to giving birth to her daughter Alexandra, who is now seven.

“I had nine miscarriages,” Matenopoulos shared. “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?!’”

Matenopoulos, who was also a red carpet correspondent, explained what it was like to have to go through a miscarriage before a major work event.

“Probably the worst one for me was when I was about four months pregnant at that point, and I had to host the The Golden Globes red carpet for The Insider,” she said. “I had the D&C [dilation and curettage] on Saturday and then I had to host The Golden Globes on Sunday.”

A D&C refers to the dilation of the cervix and the removal of uterine tissue. This process can be done if one’s body cannot naturally complete the miscarriage.

While Matenopoulos said her “heart was broken” from the experience, she felt like this was how it was “supposed to be.”

“I stopped trying because I just felt so defeated, and God, I love babies,” she explained. “When I look at little babies my ovaries hurt.”

Back in October 2021, Matenopoulos shared a sweet series of baby photos to Instagram of Alexandra in honor of her seventh birthday. The It’s All Greek to Me cookbook author wrote in the caption of the post, “You teach me to be a better person everyday. I wish I could keep you little forever and make time stand still so I could just hold on tight to you til the end of time but I know that you have an incredible life ahead of you to do and to be whatever you dream of. And I am here to support you and cheer you on every step of the way.”

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