Montag Plans to Give Gift of Surgery for Mother's Day
Jan. 26, 2010— -- The controversy surrounding reality TV star Heidi Montag's transformative plastic surgery flared anew with a report in People magazine that Montag's mother was "horrified" by her surgeries.
The magazine quoted an anonymous source "close to the [Montag] family" as saying that Montag's mother, Darlene Egelhoff, "is horrified and having a total breakdown. She can't wait to confront Heidi when she goes home."
But Montag told "Nightline" in an interview last week that her mother knew she was going to have plastic surgery. Montag went on to say that she was even planning to schedule a "mommy makeover" with her plastic surgeon for her mom.
Montag, 23, recently came out of hiding after dramatically reshaping her face and body. She said she had 10 different plastic surgery procedures done in one marathon session.
"I had talked to her about [surgery] before," Montag said. "And I've had this conversation with her several times. So I think she knew. ... I already heard what she had to say."
Montag said she didn't tell her mother the exact date of her surgery to avoid a media blitz.
"I had the keep it quiet from the press and the media because I didn't want it to be a circus," said Montag. "And I didn't want it to be crazy media outside my house."
Contrary to the People magazine report, the reality TV star said her mother was "supportive." Montag had breast implants, a brow lift, botox in her forehead, a nose job revision, fat injections in her cheeks, a chin reduction, neck liposuction and had her ears pinned back.
ABC News reached out to Edelhoff, who declined to comment publicly.
"She says, 'Whatever makes you happy,'" said Montag of her mother. "And 'Great,' and, 'I could definitely see your boobs looking incredible bigger,' and you know, my mom's very ... supportive about whatever makes you happy in life."
Montag said her mother wanted to follow her lead in going under the knife."Actually, she was excited for me and she's asking me ... for her surgery next," said Montag. "So for Mother's Day, I have to ask [surgeon] Dr. Frank Ryan if he'll do the mommy makeover. But I think that she understands. And I think the first surgery was a little more weary for her, and a little more foreign to her, and she was a little more concerned."
