Maria Menounos has revealed she nearly died during a recent diabetes scare, shedding light on the constant vigilance required to manage her condition and the emotional toll it can take.
Maria Menounos has said she “almost died” during a recent scare linked to her type 1 diabetes, underscoring the constant vigilance that the condition can demand. In posts on Instagram Stories on Monday, 21 September, the television personality described a frustrating chain of events in which her insulin pen failed just as she was about to eat sushi, and her spare needle also broke. People reported that she eventually solved the problem at CVS, but not before the episode left her rattled.
Menounos said the experience left her feeling that diabetes is “very very stressful and scary”. She also told followers that the episode in question was not the first time the condition had unsettled her life so sharply, writing that she had “almost died the other night in my sleep”. No further details were shared about what happened. Her comments followed a wider pattern of openness about her health, including previous reflections on the emotional burden of managing type 1 diabetes and the relentless attention it requires.
That candour fits Menounos’s broader public discussion of illness in recent years. On her Heal Squad podcast, she has spoken about the diagnosis as emotionally harder than other serious health challenges she has faced, saying she felt “so, so, so angry and sad” when she learned she had type 1 diabetes. She has also described the condition as frightening because of the way blood sugar can swing too high or too low and the need for constant monitoring. For fans who have followed her health journey, the latest remarks were another reminder that even public figures with access to care can face sudden, high-pressure moments when diabetes management goes wrong.
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