for maria menounos, life has been a perpetual juggling act.from "e! news" to "access hollywood." her close relationships with her family and partner of 19 years, kevin undergar ro, a respite fr her professional life. but her mother litsa was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that john mccain has and senator ted kennedy died from in 2009. she talked to megyn kelly about when she learned the news. >> i wish you gave this to me. i have the will to beat this stuff. and she doesn't. and careful what you wish for. >> reporter: just six months after her mother's diagnosis, a cruel twist of fate. maria herself began experiencing headaches and busine s ans and . she was slurring her spech and having trouble reading the teleprompter. she had a brain tumor. and on her birthday, she had that tumor removed. >> where the tumor was affected my balance. and that's what making me woozy and dizzy. >> reporter: the tumor was benign. there's a 6% chance of recurrence. for now, maria's focus on her own recovery and her mother's. >> i just