maria menounos is a tv host, author, actress, reality star, model and businesswoman.'s gone completely to pot too. >> lazy in her latest project, goes behind some of the biggest pop culture trends from the whole sharknado frenzy, to our obsession with the royal family and rise of plastic surgery in the age of the selfie. >> her new show called "untold". >> with maria menounos. >> hey. >> hey. >> great to see you. we're so happy for you. you know that. >> thank you. i love you guys. >> other people say it, but we mean it. >> i know you do. >> thank you so much. >> this sounds like a great project that you're starting on. you have a partnership with "e". >> i'm at the network now overall doing "untold with maria menounos" live from me, producing for them, kevin and i will be producing. with this show i blend my love of hard news and all of that with my entertainment. >> background. >> all into one. >> you will be covering three stories within an hour format which gives you blessed time we rarely have on a sound bite world. >> yeah. >> you're going to do heavy duty thing

so you can >>> we're back now at 8:39 with maria menounos.e! network and this one's called "untold with maria menounos." it aims to take a closer look at pop culture. on tomorrow's premiere, she gets an inside look at the "sharknado" frenzy. >> it was spreading like wildfire. and it became this cool kid. >> people were trying to get ahold of anybody associated with "sharknado." and i called my boss, and i was like, my phone's blowing up. he was like we know. >> i couldn't end up on cnbc and other outlets talking about "sharknado" in my t-shirt and jeans. so i rush over to saks, buy myself a much too expensive suit. i now call it my sharknado suit. >> good to see you this morning. did you get the answer as to what is behind this craze? why are people behind "sharknado"? >> i think people in general are crazy about sharks. 39 years ago, "jaws" scared us to pieces. now people are obsessed with it. it's a social media phenomenon. >> have you seen "sharknado 2" in its entirety? >> no. it's coming out july 30th, i believe. >> you haven't seen previ