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CNN
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Olivia Munn, who has been open about her breast cancer journey, says her mom was diagnosed, too
Olivia Munn has for more than a year been speaking out about the importance of a breast cancer risk assessment test that helped lead to her diagnosis in 2023, and she has now shared that the same test also led to her mother's breast cancer diagnosis. Munn said in an Instagram post that her mother, Kim, was diagnosed with Stage 1 Her2 breast cancer, writing that while the assessment test saved her own life, she never thought it 'would save my mom's life as well.' Munn is referring to The Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment test, an free, online tool that uses a statistical model to estimate a woman's risk of developing breast cancer over the next five years as well as over her lifetime, or up to about age 90, according to the National Cancer Institute. Munn shared a link on her Instagram page to the test. 'After my own breast cancer diagnosis in 2023, I urged my mother and sister to take the Breast Cancer Lifetime Risk Assessment test,' Munn wrote. 'My mother scored 26.2%. Her yearly mammogram had just come out clear but because of that high score I insisted she get an MRI.' Munn said her mother has since completed 12 rounds of chemotherapy treatment, with additional transfusion treatment continuing until the fall. The 'Your Friends & Neighbors' actress first revealed that she was diagnosed with a form of breast cancer known as Luminal B cancer in 2024. The cancer was found in both of her breasts, and Munn's treatment included a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy. The carousel of photos and videos that Munn posted included images of herself, along with her husband comedian John Mulaney, by her mother's side while she appeared to be getting treatment. A video showed Munn's mom ringing the bell after completing her chemotherapy treatments. Munn added that her mom hopes that sharing her story 'will help save someone's life' and went on to thank the healthcare providers who cared for both of them. 'To anyone out there who is taking care of someone or has made it their profession to do so, thank you,' she wrote. 'These fights can feel near impossible without you.'
CNN
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Olivia Munn discusses living with a very specific condition known as trichotillomania
Olivia Munn is sharing that she lives with a health condition not many people know about. Munn spoke about her experience with trichotillomania – a mental health condition that 'involves frequent, repeated and irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your body,' according to the Mayo Clinic – while appearing on Monday's episode of the 'Armchair Expert' podcast. 'It could be hair at the top of your head, because there's a sensation. It's probably not even real, but I'll feel like, oh, this eyelash feels like it's gonna come out,' Munn said. 'And then when you pull it, there is a quick second of pain. And then there's a satisfaction and an immediate regret.' An incident with the paparazzi that happened while Munn was dating actor Chris Pine, to whom she was romantically linked between 2009 and 2010, sparked the onset of the condition, she said. Munn told the podcast's hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that the then-couple were photographed leaving his apartment together at the time, and the photos were posted online. 'I did the horrible thing, which was to read the comments… And they were like, 'I think she set this up!'' Munn said regarding some of the insensitive reactions she read online. 'That began my trichotillomania. That was the very beginning.' The 'X-Men: Apocalypse' actress has been open about her health in recent years after she first revealed that she was diagnosed with a form of breast cancer known as Luminal B cancer in 2024. The cancer was found in both of her breasts, and Munn's treatment included a double mastectomy. Munn also shared in May that she underwent a hysterectomy as part of her treatment, telling Vogue that the procedure was an alternative to taking a cancer treatment medication that was causing her to experience 'next-level, debilitating exhaustion.' It was 'the best decision for me because I needed to be present for my family,' she added at the time.
