One step at a time! Maria Menounos grabs onto fiancé for support during 'walking therapy' around the mall... after surgery to remove brain tumor

She's recovering from surgery after being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor last month.

And Maria Menounos, 39, shared some of that journey with fans on social media Monday with a video showing her grabbing onto fiancé Keven Undergaro, 51, as the duo walked around the mall.

The former E! News host doesn't say anything in the video, but her fiancé reveals the walking is part of Maria's recovery.

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One step at a time: Maria Menounos, 39, who has been recovering from surgery after being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor last month, shared a video of her 'walking therapy' with fiancé Keven Undergaro

'So, the doctor has us on walking therapy and the Valley is too hot so we've become mall walkers,' Keven says in a video.

The television host posted the video on her social media account with the caption: 'It's HOT outside.' 

She finished off the post with the hashtags #mallwalkers #beattheheat #healing #recovery #pretzels.

Maria announced at the beginning of July that she was leaving E! News after doctor's found a golf-ball-sized tumor in her brain. 

'So, the doctor has us on walking therapy and the Valley is too hot so we've become mall walkers,' Keven says in a video
Supportive: Maria's fiancé has been a huge part of her recovery and she has said that she is 'holding onto Keven' as she regains her balance
On the mend: Maria kept cool in a white tank and baseball cap with blue shorts
On the mend: Maria kept cool in a white tank and baseball cap with blue shorts

In an ironic twist, Menounos at the time was caring for her mother, Litsa, who is battling stage 4 brain cancer.

In February she says she started experiencing some of her mother's symptoms, including headaches and spells of light-headedness.

On the day of her 39th birthday, June 8, Menounos underwent an intricate seven-hour surgery to remove most of the growth from her brain, which turned out to have been benign.

By her side: The couple are pictured strolling slowly around the mall together on Monday
Taking a break: Maria announced at the beginning of July that she was leaving E! News after doctor's found a golf-ball-sized tumor in her brain (pictured before her diagnosis)
What are the odds? In an ironic twist, Menounos was caring for her mother, Litsa, who is battling a stage 4 brain cancer at the time

Menounos says her neurosurgeon Dr Keith L. Black, who also has been treating her mother, has warned her there is a 6-7 per cent chance the tumor will return in the future.

'But I'll take those odds any day,' she said.

Menounos was released from the hospital following a six-day stay and is currently recovering from the surgery at home with her fiance, Keven Undergaro. The couple got engaged in March 2016 after spending nearly two decades together.

‘I don’t have my balance fully yet but as long as I’m holding on to Keven, I’m sturdy and fine,’ she says.

Menounos says her face is still numb from the operation, but she is expected to make a full recovery within a month.

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Slow and steady: Maria's fiance Keven (pictured here with the TV host in April) has been going on 'therapy walks' with the star

 

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