Olivia Munn shares how husband John Mulaney supported her after breast cancer diagnosis

Olivia Munn is opening up astir nan measurement her husband, comedian John Mulaney, supported her aft she was diagnosed pinch bosom cancer.

The 45-year-old character learned that she had Stage 1 bosom crab successful April 2023, which prompted her to get a double mastectomy, an ovariectomy and a partial hysterectomy.

Munn said that Mulaney, nan begetter of her 2 children, was by her broadside throughout each her appointments and surgeries.

“There's nary amended personification successful nan world to maine than my husband,” Munn said connected CBS Sunday Morning. The Newsroom character and nan SNL alum started making love successful 2021 and sewage joined successful 2024.

Munn went connected to opportunity that Mulaney’s consciousness of joke helped her enactment affirmative astir her diagnosis.

“He wanted to travel to each azygous doctor's appointment,” Munn recalled. “He had his small notebook. You know? And he's sewage his notebook that he writes each of his ideas for jokes and thing that comes to him done nan day.”

She added, “You know, having nan joke to spell done it and having personification who's truthful funny, it really– it conscionable lightens everything.”

Munn was diagnosed pinch bosom crab aft she had nary symptoms, nary family history and nary informing signs. She credits a free online Q&A, the Lifetime Risk Assessment test, pinch helping her to get checked retired for cancer.

The X-Men: Apocalypse actor announced her test successful an Instagram station shared successful March 2024, which elaborate nan process of discovering her cancer.

After Munn was sent for an MRI, ultrasound, and biopsy, doctors discovered Luminal B crab successful some of her breasts. Her station explained that this was an “aggressive, fast-moving cancer,” starring to her 4 surgeries.

“I went from emotion wholly good 1 day, to waking up successful a infirmary furniture aft a 10-hour room nan next,” she wrote. “I’m lucky. We caught it pinch capable clip that I had options.”

In nan post, she thanked Mulaney for his support, writing: “I’m truthful thankful to John for nan nights he spent researching what each cognition and medicine meant and what broadside effects and betterment I could expect.”

She continued, “For being location earlier erstwhile I went into each room and being location erstwhile I woke up, ever placing framed photos of our small boy Malcolm truthful it would beryllium nan first point I saw erstwhile I opened my eyes.”

Mulaney and Munn stock Malcolm, 4, and their girl Mei Mei, who will beryllium 2 successful nan fall.