Giuliana Rancicis looking to expand her family again.
In a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, Giuliana, 45,announced that her hosting gig onE! Newswould be taking a backseat in the coming yearas the show moves to New York City.
The television personality, who has beencandid about her struggle with infertility, explained that her tough decision was based on what’s best for herself, her businesses and her family, which she said she was “hoping to grow soon.”
“Returning toE! Newsthis last year was an incredible homecoming. As the show moves to NYC in January, many of you have asked if I will be returning full-time,”she captioned a photoof herself and her son Duke, 7, standing in a doorway.
“I wanted to let you hear firsthand that I’ve decided I won’t be able to make this big move at this time,” she continued. “I loveE! Newsbut what’s best for my family, as well as my current schedule, just won’t allow for the commitment a daily show takes.”
Although she would be taking a step back fromE! News, Giuliana reassured her fans that she would still remain involved with the network.
“That said, I will of course continue hostingLive from the Red Carpetand promise to pop intoE! Newsfrom time to time 🥰” she wrote. “I adore and appreciate the great folks atE!for continuing to be incredible partners and understanding my decision and I appreciate YOU ALL for always being so supportive and kind ❤️”
“Love you all and I will see you next month at the E! People’s Choice Awards ✨” Giuliana added.
Giuliana, Bill and Duke Rancic.
Giuliana, Bill and Duke Rancic
Giuliana and her husbandBill Rancicwelcomed their son via surrogate in 2012. After Duke was born, the Rancics had three remaining embryos. Two were successfully implanted in their surrogate in 2014;she miscarriedweeks later.
Then in December 2014, Giuliana and Bill learned that their surrogate — who was pregnant with their third and last remaining embryo — had miscarried again.
“It was painful,” Giulianapreviously told PEOPLE of the loss. “We were so optimistic with thislast embryo. We thought, ‘This is definitely going to work. This is our last shot.'”
Giuliana, who was unable to get pregnant at the time due to the cancer-suppressing medication she was on following her 2011 breast cancer diagnosis and subsequentdouble mastectomy, said she was still hopeful to one day grow their family.
“We’re open to everything,” she explained. “I think adoption is a beautiful gift you’re giving each other. And it’s funny, I’m even more open to [adoption] than I was before. Because I think to myself, ‘I love Duke so much, if I couldn’t take care of him, I hope there would be someone else who would love him.’”
“You know, never an easy decision, right? Especially when you love your career,” she admitted on an episode ofThe Viewin April 2018. “But I had to do it. My priorities were a little out of whack for a while there. I was just working so much and if anyone knows my story, we struggled to have a child. We went through infertility, and it was a long process.”
“I made a deal with God that if you bless us one day with a child — I get emotional thinking about it — if you bless us one day with a child, I’m going to be there for him,” she continued. “So I pulled back from the career I love, and it was the best decision I ever made — to just be home and be a mom and not completely give up my career, but just switch things around a little bit.”
“Put the focus on family, have the career still going, handle as much as I can — you know, just shift it a little bit. But make family the priority. That’s the most important thing in the world,” Giuliana added.
source: people.com
