Olivia Munn diagnosed with breast cancer as actress reveals she underwent four surgeries for ‘aggressive’ form
ACTRESS Olivia Munn has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The actress announced her diagnosis in an emotional social media post on Wednesday, revealing she has undergone four surgeries, including a double mastectomy for the aggressive .
Munn, 43, revealed that in February 2023, she and her sister took a genetic test that checks for 90 different cancer genes.
The actress was elated after they both tested negative for all the cancerous genes, including , "We called each other and high-fived over the phone," Munn wrote.
However, in April, Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer.
A biopsy revealed that she had Luminal B cancer in both breasts.
"In the past ten months I have had four surgeries, so many days spent in bed I can't even count and have learned more about cancer, cancer treatment and hormones than I ever could have imagined," The Newsroom actress said.
"Surprisingly, I only cried twice. I guess I haven't felt like there was time to cry.
"My focus narrowed and I tabled any emotions that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clear-headed."
PRIVATE BATTLE
Munn revealed that she's kept her battle private and only let others see her when she has energy.
"I needed to catch my breath and get through some of the hardest parts before sharing," she said.
Munn went on to thank her doctor, who detected the cancer after deciding to calculate her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score just in case.
"The fact that she did saved my life," said wrote.
Thirty days after her diagnosis, Munn underwent a double mastectomy and went from "feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next."
Munn credited her family, friends, and longtime lover, John Mulaney, for their support throughout her health battle.
"I'm so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect," she wrote.
"For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes."
'I WAS JUST SO OBSESSED'
Munn and Mulaney, 41, have been together for three years following his split from his ex-wife of six years, Anna Marie Tendler.
The pair were photographed together for the first time in June 2021 but kept details about their relationship private.
In September 2021, Mulaney confirmed that Munn was expecting their first child, Malcolm Hiệp, who was born in November of that year.
In a 2015 interview with , Munn talked about her first awkward conversations with Mulaney, whom she met at a wedding two years before.
However, the couple's first public outing sparked controversy on social media.
Photos of the couple were posted to a pop culture Reddit board, where fans weighed in on the controversy surrounding how the pair began dating.
One critic wrote, "The fact that she was after him at a wedding he was at with Anna (they were engaged) and emailed him after because she was 'obsessed with hanging out and talking to him.' I will never like them."
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"Yeah. Not even Ariana Grande bragged about meeting her new boyfriend when he was with his wife," commented another.
A third person remarked, "She wanted to be the other woman as soon as she laid eyes on John so bad."