Olivia Munn put cancer treatment on hold to freeze embryos with John Mulaney before hysterectomy
Olivia Munn froze her eggs before beginning her “aggressive” breast cancer treatment — and ultimately undergoing a hysterectomy.
The actress told Vogue she wanted to retrieve “a few more” after her diagnosis in order to “make one embryo” with her boyfriend, John Mulaney.
“John and I talked about it a lot, and we don’t feel like we’re done growing our family, but didn’t know if I would have to do chemotherapy or radiation,” she explained in an interview published Sunday, with the magazine noting that the treatment would put her body in menopause and affect future fertility.
Munn, 43, shared that she put her treatment on hold despite the dangers of pumping herself with hormones for an egg retrieval, hoping for a “good month.”
The risk resulted in “two healthy embryos.”
The “Newsroom” alum, who previously froze eggs at age 33 and age 39, said that she and Mulaney, 41, “just started crying” over the good news.
“It was just so exciting because not only did we get it in one retrieval, but it also meant that I didn’t have to keep putting myself at risk,” she recalled. “It was just amazing.”
Munn and the comedian welcomed their son, Malcolm, in November 2021.
The “Predator” star was diagnosed with breast cancer diagnosis in April 2023, waiting until March of the following year to go public with the health scare.
She told her Instagram followers about the ordeal in a lengthy post, detailing her double mastectomy and medically induced menopause.
“I’m lucky,” Munn wrote at the time. “We caught it with enough time that I had options.”
Mulaney honored his partner with an Instagram tribute at the time, gushing, “Thank you for fighting so hard to be here for us. Malc and I adore you.”
The duo began dating in 2021 in the wake of Mulaney’s divorce from his wife of six years, Anna Marie Tendler.
News broke of Munn’s pregnancy in September of that same year.
Tendler, for her part, has moved on with chef Nicholas Tran, Page Six reported in February.
