Heidi Montag`s Mom`s Response to Seeing Heidi`s Face
ANDERSON: We are back with Cathy Areu, publisher of "Catalina" magazine and Kim Serafin, senior editor for "In Touch Weekly." Right now, Heidi Montag`s plastic surgery face-off with her mother. Heidi heads from "The Hills" to her hometown in Colorado. And for the very first time, we are seeing Heidi Montag`s mom with her explosive reaction to Heidi`s dramatic new look after having 10 procedures. The bandages were off and so were the gloves. Watch.</s>HEIDI MONTAG, REALITY TV STAR: Do I look good?</s>DARLENE EGELHOFF, MOTHER OF HEIDI MONTAG: I mean, how do I go and say, of course I thought you were more beautiful before. I thought you were younger. I thought you were fresher looking. I thought you were healthier. What`s done is done so that`s a terrible thing for me to say. But yes, that`s how I feel. I felt you were much more beautiful before and I`m hoping that some of this will fade away, go away.</s>ANDERSON: Heidi`s mom very upset, but I think she had to tell Heidi exactly how she felt, even though it`s not at all what Heidi wanted to hear. Cathy, are you with me? That`s what we mothers do sometimes, right?</s>AREU: No. I don`t know. We have to be there, Brooke. I mean, she needs her mommy. She`s in pain. She can`t jog. She can`t hug anyone. Apparently, she can`t eat. She can`t chew. She needs her mommy. She is in pain. So she was looking to her mommy to say, "Look, I`m in pain. But how do I look?" Mommy should you have said, "You`re OK, honey. You`re OK."</s>ANDERSON: No, no, no. I look to my mom for brutal honesty. And I think Heidi`s mom was gentle about it. And you`ve got to see Heidi`s response to her mother`s no-holds-barred reaction to her new face.</s>MONTAG: You don`t have to support it or think it looks good, but you have to realize what I have been through. And you have to realize that I`ve been through so much pain and coming here and having you attacking me is just really hard.</s>ANDERSON: I`m sorry. What was that? OK. What is really disturbing to me is that it hurts Heidi to cry because of all that surgery. And Heidi says she felt attacked by her mom. Kim, I`m hoping that this might the brakes on Heidi getting more surgery. Do you think that this tough love will work? Or do you think Heidi is too far gone?</s>SERAFIN: I think she`s too far gone. I think she continues to get publicity when she does things like this, and I think that`s what she lives on. That`s what fuels her. You know, a lot of times in reality shows, it`s not real. Sorry to ruin it for anyone, but I really think this was real. I think her mom saying this to her. Her mom was genuinely upset. I think Heidi was genuinely upset. We couldn`t really tell because her face wasn`t moving much, but I think she was, too. I think this was a real moment. I think Heidi needs to stop. But until people stop giving her publicity, she`s not going to.</s>AREU: Oh.</s>ANDERSON: Yes. I think it was a very tough real moment for both of them. And moral of the story, go easy on yourself, people. None of us needs 10 plastic surgeries in one day. Cathy Areu, Kim Serafin, thanks, ladies. Good to see you. And that is a wrap for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thank you so much for watching. I`m Brooke Anderson Hollywood. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is now live at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday. And don`t forget ,every night we are still TV`s most provocative entertainment news show seven days a week at 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific. Take care. END