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2 days ago
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Olivia Munn Doesn't Let Her Kids Watch Ms. Rachel'.' Here's Why (Exclusive)
Olivia Munn isn't a fan of Ms. Rachel or kids' cartoons in general because "these kid shows drive me crazy" When her son Malcolm, 3, asked for Blue's Clues recently, she said, "Hell no. Not in my house" Munn says Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is the only exception, and it helped Malcolm prepare to become a big brother to baby Méi, 8 monthsMs. Rachel is for littles — but not Olivia Munn's. The Your Friends & Neighbors actress, 44, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story that she doesn't let her kids Malcolm, 3, and Méi, 8 months — whom she shares with husband John Mulaney — watch the YouTube creator's videos, or most kids' shows in general. "I know kids love [Ms. Rachel], but the thing is, if I can't watch it, I'm not going to spend the rest of my life going crazy," says Munn. "These kid shows drive me crazy." Munn also isn't a big fan of cartoons. "Malcolm asked for Blue's Clues [recently], and I don't know who showed him Blue's Clues, but they are on my s--- list now," Munn says. "I said, 'Hell no. Not in my house.' John got him into the Spider-Man cartoons, which is not interesting to me. I put on Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Homecoming and was like, 'If you want to watch the real-life ones, then we can watch that.' It might be a little too old for him, but I can't take the cartoons."Munn says the only exception is PBS' children's show Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which she describes as a "great program." Before Méi's arrival via surrogate last September, Munn and Mulaney, 42, let Malcolm watch the show to help him prepare to become a big brother. "Daniel Tiger has a little sister, and we'd tell him, 'There's a baby sister coming,' " Munn says. When introducing Méi to Malcolm, Munn says she and Mulaney made sure not to "change his world and identity and responsibilities." "A lot of times people will be like, 'Oh, you're a big brother now. You're not the baby anymore. Now you can help mommy get the diapers.' So, all of a sudden, he has all these responsibilities, and he doesn't just get to be carefree anymore," Munn says. "Instead, we would say, 'Now we have two babies. There's baby Méi Méi and baby Malcolm.'" Munn and Mulaney also focused on giving Malcolm and the baby equal attention. "He would say, 'Mommy, come over here. Daddy, come over here,' and if we were holding the baby, we would put her down so that he wouldn't feel that all of a sudden now we can't be there for him," Munn says. "It's not that we were trying to teach him that everything he says goes, but we wanted him to have the transition with her to know that we're still here whenever he needs us. Then, eventually when he'd say, 'Put Méi Méi down,' we'd say, 'No, she wants to see her mommy too.' He smiles, and he understands." Munn says Méi "loves her brother." "Anywhere he goes, she lights up," she says. "He's teaching her how to talk. We have this great video of him telling her to say dada, and she says dada right back. It's amazing and fun for him because he gets instant feedback and gratification from her doing the thing that he's teaching her to do. I asked if he could teach her mama, but he said no." After all she's been through in the last several years, Munn — who faced postpartum anxiety after Malcolm's birth and has gone through multiple surgeries and treatments since her breast cancer diagnosis in April 2023 — is able to take all of the toddler antics in stride. "Everything is funny and light and airy to me now, like 95 percent of the time, because it was so much to handle back-to-back," she says. "And, the things that kids say are so funny. Malcolm said, 'Mama, I love you a little bit. But you love me so much.' I said, 'Yeah that's true.' He goes, 'But I only love you a little bit.' I said, 'Okay.' And he goes, 'But do you still love me so much?' I go, 'I'll always love you so much, no matter how much you love me.' He says the silliest things, and sometimes he says really mean things which I won't repeat, that make me laugh." Read the original article on People
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2 days ago
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Olivia Munn Doesn't Let Her Kids Watch Ms. Rachel'.' Here's Why (Exclusive)
Olivia Munn isn't a fan of Ms. Rachel or kids' cartoons in general because "these kid shows drive me crazy" When her son Malcolm, 3, asked for Blue's Clues recently, she said, "Hell no. Not in my house" Munn says Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is the only exception, and it helped Malcolm prepare to become a big brother to baby Méi, 8 monthsMs. Rachel is for littles — but not Olivia Munn's. The Your Friends & Neighbors actress, 44, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story that she doesn't let her kids Malcolm, 3, and Méi, 8 months — whom she shares with husband John Mulaney — watch the YouTube creator's videos, or most kids' shows in general. "I know kids love [Ms. Rachel], but the thing is, if I can't watch it, I'm not going to spend the rest of my life going crazy," says Munn. "These kid shows drive me crazy." Munn also isn't a big fan of cartoons. "Malcolm asked for Blue's Clues [recently], and I don't know who showed him Blue's Clues, but they are on my s--- list now," Munn says. "I said, 'Hell no. Not in my house.' John got him into the Spider-Man cartoons, which is not interesting to me. I put on Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Homecoming and was like, 'If you want to watch the real-life ones, then we can watch that.' It might be a little too old for him, but I can't take the cartoons."Munn says the only exception is PBS' children's show Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which she describes as a "great program." Before Méi's arrival via surrogate last September, Munn and Mulaney, 42, let Malcolm watch the show to help him prepare to become a big brother. "Daniel Tiger has a little sister, and we'd tell him, 'There's a baby sister coming,' " Munn says. When introducing Méi to Malcolm, Munn says she and Mulaney made sure not to "change his world and identity and responsibilities." "A lot of times people will be like, 'Oh, you're a big brother now. You're not the baby anymore. Now you can help mommy get the diapers.' So, all of a sudden, he has all these responsibilities, and he doesn't just get to be carefree anymore," Munn says. "Instead, we would say, 'Now we have two babies. There's baby Méi Méi and baby Malcolm.'" Munn and Mulaney also focused on giving Malcolm and the baby equal attention. "He would say, 'Mommy, come over here. Daddy, come over here,' and if we were holding the baby, we would put her down so that he wouldn't feel that all of a sudden now we can't be there for him," Munn says. "It's not that we were trying to teach him that everything he says goes, but we wanted him to have the transition with her to know that we're still here whenever he needs us. Then, eventually when he'd say, 'Put Méi Méi down,' we'd say, 'No, she wants to see her mommy too.' He smiles, and he understands." Munn says Méi "loves her brother." "Anywhere he goes, she lights up," she says. "He's teaching her how to talk. We have this great video of him telling her to say dada, and she says dada right back. It's amazing and fun for him because he gets instant feedback and gratification from her doing the thing that he's teaching her to do. I asked if he could teach her mama, but he said no." After all she's been through in the last several years, Munn — who faced postpartum anxiety after Malcolm's birth and has gone through multiple surgeries and treatments since her breast cancer diagnosis in April 2023 — is able to take all of the toddler antics in stride. "Everything is funny and light and airy to me now, like 95 percent of the time, because it was so much to handle back-to-back," she says. "And, the things that kids say are so funny. Malcolm said, 'Mama, I love you a little bit. But you love me so much.' I said, 'Yeah that's true.' He goes, 'But I only love you a little bit.' I said, 'Okay.' And he goes, 'But do you still love me so much?' I go, 'I'll always love you so much, no matter how much you love me.' He says the silliest things, and sometimes he says really mean things which I won't repeat, that make me laugh." Read the original article on People
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6 days ago
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Olivia Munn and John Mulaney Are 'Still Talking' About Whether They'll Use Their Last Frozen Embryo: 'Two Is a Lot' (Exclusive)
Olivia Munn says she and husband John Mulaney still have the option to pursue having another daughter "if we want," as they have one remaining viable frozen female embryo The embryo is from when Munn did IVF and an egg retrieval amid her breast cancer treatment to welcome their daughter Méi, 8 months Munn and Mulaney are also parents to son Malcolm, 3Olivia Munn and John Mulaney are still figuring out if they want to expand their full house. At the moment, the actress, 44, and the comedian, 42, are busy with two bustling careers, two kids — their son Malcolm, 3, and daughter Méi, 8 months — and two dogs. "Two [kids] is a lot," Munn tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story, on newsstands Friday. "We're still talking if we are done growing our family." The Your Friends & Neighbors star says she and Mulaney still have the option to pursue having another daughter "if we want," as they have one remaining viable frozen female embryo from when she did IVF and an egg retrieval following her breast cancer diagnosis in April 2023. They welcomed Méi via surrogate in September. After a clear mammogram and testing negative for the BRCA cancer gene, Munn was diagnosed only after an MRI — which her ob-gyn ordered after determining she was high-risk for breast cancer using the free online Tyrer-Cuzick risk assessment tool — discovered a spot in her right breast. After a lymph node dissection, a nipple delay procedure and a double mastectomy, Munn had 'a window' where she could do the egg retrieval before being sent into surgical menopause from having her uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries removed in a hysterectomy with oophorectomy. 'It was important to do it at that moment, but it was also scary because my type of cancer feeds on hormones, and there are a lot of hormone injections with IVF,' says Munn, who later had reconstructive surgery. Munn's doctor put her on a special IVF protocol for cancer patients and was able to retrieve seven eggs (at Munn's age, about one in 10 eggs is healthy). After the eggs were fertilized, two of the embryos were 'strong enough to be tested for abnormalities and the gender,' says Munn, whose heart, along with Mulaney's, was set on a baby girl. "I remember I was on a walk with John, and I said, 'I really don't think that I'll be okay unless we get two girl embryos. I know this puts me at risk, but I just need you to support me,'" Munn recalls. "He said, 'Whatever you need.'" That same day, Munn's doctor called and told her they had two healthy female embryos. "That was a sign for me everything was going to be okay,' says Munn. Then began the process of finding a surrogate. A friend of a friend recommended an agency, and they gave her two profiles for potential surrogates. One of the women mentioned she wanted to help someone who had gone through cancer, and after meeting with her, Munn knew she was the right person to carry their daughter. 'The first thing I worried about was if I would be able to find somebody who would love and take care of my daughter as much as I would,' she says. 'We were so lucky to find someone so kind who we bonded with so much.' Still, as Munn grew a connection with her surrogate, with whom she remains close, she grappled with other fears. 'I had a concern of 'Will my daughter know me?'" she remembers. After Méi's arrival, Munn's anxieties disappeared.'Méi would cry, and I was the only one who could get her to stop,' she says. 'I knew she knew me, and I knew her. She's got this stick-straight hair that I had when I was baby. I think because I wasn't able to carry her, I really needed to see myself in her. I see myself in her so much.' Munn — who is currently filming season 2 of Your Friends & Neighbors in New York — describes Méi as the "squishiest, happiest baby" who loves her big brother. "Anywhere he goes, she lights up and she follows him," Munn says. "He's teaching her how to talk. We have this great video of him telling her to say dada, and she says dada right back. It's amazing. I asked if he could teach her mama, but he said no." Two years after her cancer diagnosis, 'it's so crazy to think that I'm sitting here with two amazing babies,' says Munn. 'I'm just so happy and grateful, and I'm really proud of what I've been able to do. I didn't know how much strength I had inside me.' Your Friends and Neighbors is streaming now on Apple TV+. Read the original article on People
