Actress Olivia Munn on her battle with cancer: 'I wanted my son... to know that I fought to be here'

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23 күн бұрын

Last month, Olivia Munn announced her diagnosis of stage 1 aggressive Luminal B breast cancer in both breasts, sharing her experience on social media to raise awareness for in-depth cancer screening.
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@musashi-san____1409 22 күн бұрын

I met her a few times in Los Angeles. She is EXTREMELY nice. Sad to hear this. Wishing you a speedy recovery, and long healthy life.

@victortoombs4754 20 күн бұрын

I'd be willing to bet Anna Marie Tendler and Jessica Biel will disagree with you.

@musashi-san____1409 20 күн бұрын

@@victortoombs4754 I'd be willing to bet that it takes two to Tango.

@ericbogar9665 20 күн бұрын

Nice? She used to be very rude on those shows she was on.

@TrueWalker88 21 күн бұрын

What an ordeal to go through so young. That baby is exceptionally cute. I hope he has his momma well into old age. Good luck in your healing journey, Olivia. Sending you and your family healing vibes.

@LD-qj2te 22 күн бұрын

My wife just had breast cancer , we caught it early and luckily we caught it quickly and treated it and it was caught and it looks like a clear diagnosis .

@allysonhomayounkhah2432 20 күн бұрын

Yay!!!

@kenchambers7137 8 күн бұрын

Can I be your wife

@thegreatcatsby409 22 күн бұрын

I have to say that I didn’t know much about her b4. This interview was very eye opening and honest. Not only is she gorgeous, but she’s down to earth and real. I wish her health and healing 🙏🏼

@rovermiles1 22 күн бұрын

Absolutely courageous; and so beautiful inside and out.

@oneisnone7350 19 күн бұрын

I used to watch her on Attack of the Show! She has always seemed like such a genuinely nice person.

@patriciaanzelc5386 20 күн бұрын

Some very mean comments here. I hope you never have to suffer what this woman has been through. No one is perfect, what does it say about your empathy, compassion and forgiveness? This is a harsh world with people making it either better or worse. My heart goes out to anyone suffering in any form.

@victortoombs4754 19 күн бұрын

Very mean comments or just very HONEST comments?

@victortoombs4754 15 күн бұрын

@ME-jy8jk The real arrogance is to have a baby out of wedlock with a married man. This is also not the first time Olivia has inserted herself into someone else's relationship.

@joyfuldays596 22 күн бұрын

All the sort of screening an ordinary American would never get - mammogram and sent home, then every visit to the hospital visit would show a clear mammogram and they would be stage four before they could treat it

@bluemoon7363 Күн бұрын

What an incredible interview! Thank you Olivia Munn for your openness and sincerity! Our prayers are with your and your family!

@oddlilbird 15 күн бұрын

Wishing her all the best❤

@amandasookhoo6845 21 күн бұрын

Prayers🙏🙏🙏🙏💖💖

@YAYYayey 3 күн бұрын

Olivia Mun, thank you for your courage.

@sparkscouldfly9018 16 күн бұрын

Thats scary, i have had lumps down through the years. All normal, just literally had a mammogram, ultrasound done this week. We can have cancer that we don't realise and it can go. I wonder if that could've been the case.

@AbigailBrown-wk7xl 12 күн бұрын

My heart goes out to Olivia. Olivia is such a strong lady . Olivia is incredible. Olivia is an inspirational lady . You are making your family so proud. You are a warrior. Keep fighting. The whole world is behind you . Stay positive. Dont give up . I am sending you love and hugs ❤❤❤

@emmanewman9863 21 күн бұрын

Hope you get well soon . Xx

@user-sf4rg7qd4n 19 күн бұрын

This is heartbreaking but her coming forward is a game changer. The most shocking part is that a mammogram did not reveal any of this .....

@Cooking_Through_Time 20 күн бұрын

I was told in 2004 when I had my hysterectomy that even if they took my ovaries, I could still get ovarian cancer later. Is that true?

@susantretakis9915 21 күн бұрын

Such an inspiration. Sending Olivia positive and healing Reiki. ❤

@blackdogslivesmatter1568 18 күн бұрын

An inspiration? You have very low standards.

@lorenavasconcelos8538 20 күн бұрын

What an exceptional woman inside and out….just pure heart ♥️

@victortoombs4754 19 күн бұрын

Pure heart except when she's sleeping with another woman's man. Lol.

@blackdogslivesmatter1568 18 күн бұрын

@@victortoombs4754 I bet her boyfriends ex-wife doesn't feel bad for her...I know I don't. Karma.

@dacey8343 22 күн бұрын

I absolutely love Olivia Munn 😍

@LunaBobbi 22 күн бұрын

I LOVE Olivia

@zazatomy3077 17 күн бұрын

I remember when she started career she was so cool, i am so sad about this

@Micsq4lv 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I hope doctors are listening. I hope women are listening. I hope mri’s become part of regular screening protocol for hormonal cancers to save lives.

@fionabryce3428 20 күн бұрын

She can fight and win! Others can’t

@kathleensalada1944 19 күн бұрын

God bless you and keep you healthy !

@jamiegrace9192 21 күн бұрын

Does anyone know why she ended up scoring so high on that Lifetime Risk Assessment? She doesn't carry a mutated BRCA gene. She had clean mammograms and ultrasounds.

@vickiarapovic5227 19 күн бұрын

Safe and Effective- the Covid Vaccine! People need to open their eyes.

@fluffyclouds555 17 күн бұрын

You can google and take the test yourself. It was likely due to family history of cancer

@jgbgw591 3 күн бұрын

@@fluffyclouds555 she vaguely mentions a couple of aunts having breast cancer but it doesn't explain her score. My mother died of breast cancer at 47 and my maternal grandmother had ovarian cancer. My score was not nearly as high as Olivia's. Her circumstances are confusing. Even my extremely proactive breast specialist would not order an MRI after a negative mammogram. Yearly MRI is already part of the rotation for high risk people though. It's baffling that Olivia wasn't already doing these things if she was so high risk. Surveillance starts way before 40 if you have family history.

@sanathanimis6063 13 сағат бұрын

how I beat cancer : to not fear it

@eh3477 18 күн бұрын

Would be helpful to know what criteria made her score high on the Lifetime Risk Assessment. Since her scans and genetic tests were fine. Did she have a family history?

@fluffyclouds555 17 күн бұрын

It seems like it based on the test questions. Anyone can take the test online.

@oceansdeserts4446 6 күн бұрын

@@fluffyclouds555 Thanks for mentioning that the test is online as I just took it. I actually had a couple of different test scores on a recent mammogram since the diagnostic center asks the same questions. Luckily, I'm at a lower than average risk for women of my age and race.

@krowland7584 20 күн бұрын

Olivia is so amazing - can't believe they didn't mention Attack of the Show.

@blackdogslivesmatter1568 18 күн бұрын

Or screwing married men.

@cweissable 21 күн бұрын

I wish you nothing but health and happiness from here on 🥰

@LifehacksMoro 22 күн бұрын

Strong woman

@wonderquartz 3 күн бұрын

I wouldn't wish any form of cancer on my worst enemy. That being said, thankfully she will be perfectly fine, physically. Aesthetics will be her only problem. Most people who find themselves with a cancer diagnosis aren't that lucky. I hope she focuses on counting her blessings rather than the negatives.

@noneshere 22 күн бұрын

You never know - 45 years old, Ewings Sarcoma

@shemarlosscott2656 21 күн бұрын

Olivia Munn is Beautiful

@Dynamics_of_life 21 күн бұрын

God bless you and heal yo you

@maidinmanhattan7820 17 күн бұрын

I want to know why the hell mammogram did not pick the cancer up?

@oceansdeserts4446 6 күн бұрын

They're not 100% effective in detecting cancer, especially if you have dense breast tissue, which is rather common. It specifically says that in your radiology report.

@adrianacanavati8212 22 күн бұрын

Wish you luck , a real strong woman

@meme7591 20 күн бұрын

I will tell you that with my depression I wish it would have given her the energy and the strength that lupron gave me. It also made my fibroid smaller

@danielvandermerwe7921 21 күн бұрын

She was on G4 TV ! First

@pangvang2304 3 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@Nicole-cf3kj 17 күн бұрын

Do you guys know what it is a life time risk assessment test?

@fluffyclouds555 17 күн бұрын

Everyone can access it online. Google it. It takes only a few minutes

@oceansdeserts4446 6 күн бұрын

Google it. You can take the test online for free. The questions are the same that a good diagnostic center asks prior to getting a mammogram to asses your lifetime risk score.

@enurgizerbunee 17 күн бұрын

MRIs are better screening tests since mammograms are only 60% accurate when you have dense breasts. That’s why many mammo results are clean because they can’t detect small tumors in dense breasts. MRIs should be the prevented test and covered by insurance but we all know that will be a big challenge! Her story is helpful & should get us to ask our doctors about the risk assessment test, etc. We have to advocate for ourselves & share experiences so others can learn & apply.

@oceansdeserts4446 6 күн бұрын

MRIs of the breasts are usually covered and can be beneficial for women with genetic mutations, family history, etc. It would create too many false positives in the average female population, rather like ultrasounds. The chance of detecting early-stage cancer in low- and average-risk women via MRI is actually quite small compared to false positives. Most women with dense breast tissue, which is common, do not develop breast cancer in their lifetime, but it's best that women discuss any concerns with their medical provider.

@MrSHAKEJUNT24 12 күн бұрын

No mention of Attack of the show? Odd.

@leslietaylor9313 22 күн бұрын

🙏

@laurafitzsimmons6548 16 күн бұрын

Theres something about her appearance that reminds me of Megan Fox. Beautiful lady

@lyniereese1150 13 күн бұрын

Megan Fox is a plastic face. Olivia is a natural beauty.

@lmc2375 19 күн бұрын

These drugs are highly toxic, putting the liver through it when it is alteady struggling along, as ither organs are trying to mwintain the system. Gid bless her. I hope she survives this disease. 🙏💫❤💥

@NellieKAdaba 13 күн бұрын

I know.

@brightblonde3508 14 күн бұрын

She’s lovely. I wish her all the best. But I have a question … if they use her harvested eggs to have another child, won’t they inherit the same cancer risk?

@NellieKAdaba 13 күн бұрын

Yikes

@Katwoman4318 18 күн бұрын

💛💙💚

@magfam9980 20 күн бұрын

She is lucky that she can afford all this treatment, most would die cause they can't pay

@user-gd4wt6oi7y 21 күн бұрын

life can change at any point... the entire point of my writings to make somehow public understand and ll of it can be done with new discussions shows 'Reorient your thinking' turn new leaf as human beings..but i wouldn't do all of this on just a premise..go fr out of state diagnosis and ask various test... evil in people lives can come in many forms...why? because somebody cannot stand your beauty good fortune and lot of other factors of successes...

@SilentSc0per 22 күн бұрын

I had no idea she had cancer

@cynthiar7470 22 күн бұрын

She’s 43?? I seriously thought she was like 26

@tpop3723 22 күн бұрын

The magic of Botox.

@iamyoda1980 21 күн бұрын

She’s stunning

@TrueWalker88 21 күн бұрын

@@tpop3723 The magic of Asian genes.

@ericbogar9665 20 күн бұрын

@@TrueWalker88 Can you minorities stop acting like you're superior to white people. Every race has people that don't look to age as fast as others. Your "Asian genes" aren't special.

@JNJ1014 8 күн бұрын

@@TrueWalker88 Asian women stay 30 until they're 60, then they immediately turn 900 lol

@chrsAdd01 22 күн бұрын

Who

@donsey100 13 күн бұрын

I O D I N E

@hankterreros223 22 күн бұрын

Where's the "Cat Fight"?

@tomscott3 22 күн бұрын

I don't know this person, but my heart breaks hearing her story. I just wish that cancer didn't exist. So many people I know have had it. Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Our American Injustice System_ _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_

@donsey100 13 күн бұрын

Iodine. She should have taken high doses of iodine.

@PatriotLady62 20 күн бұрын

Get your boosters🙄🤦🏼‍♀️😔

@denisericcardi4902 21 күн бұрын

What would’ve happened if her doctor hadn’t taken the liberty to send this special blood test. The average joe would’ve had to wait until symptoms. I wish her all the best in healing but we need to have medical care to be more consistent 🫠

@TheNobleBard 21 күн бұрын

Damn. Y'all intentionally left out G4 huh?

@NellieKAdaba 13 күн бұрын

I love G4.

@user-ft6wo8rs5g 22 күн бұрын

She got munson

@susanBaca107 22 күн бұрын

Who?????....

@rondaallen7211 21 күн бұрын

Has anyone ever told Olivia about adoption? foster care?

@chiendinh-je2xi 21 күн бұрын

Good point

@allysonhomayounkhah2432 20 күн бұрын

Has a right to want a biological child just like anyone else. I did three rounds of IVF for my daughter. Had tons of support from my adopted mom. Adoption is great. You should adopt.

@rondaallen7211 20 күн бұрын

@@allysonhomayounkhah2432 i'm not talking about want. i'm talking about ability. ivf is expensive. i did adopt. not that it's your business.

@allysonhomayounkhah2432 20 күн бұрын

@@rondaallen7211 like what she does is none of yours….. I didn’t have the ability so I spent a lot of money to have a biological child And I would do it again in a heartbeat. people like you throw out that everyone else should just adopt and foster because you think she should have. What she did is none of your business just like what you did is none of mine or anyone else’s. You wanna advocate for something advocate for it but don’t do that tacky crap where you tell someone that’s having trouble conceiving that she should do the ‘right’ thing and adopt. I had more people while I was going through IVF telling me I should save my money and adopt. The funny thing is not one of these people adopted themselves, they all had their own biological children. You put it out there at like she lives under a rock. Obviously, she knows about adoption and foster care.

@rondaallen7211 20 күн бұрын

@@allysonhomayounkhah2432 i never wrote that she should or shouldn't. you made that up. i also didn't write anywhere what i thought the right thing is. i listed real alternatives to her whining complaint. the fact is that plenty of kids need loving homes who are already born. Your defensiveness is almost as odd as your terrible spelling. i hope you don't home school.

@DORAEMON-bw8jk 21 күн бұрын

I still think Aaron Rodgers is a better fit for her than her current husband.

@chiendinh-je2xi 21 күн бұрын

Did she date AR in the past?

@JustMeeZZ 4 күн бұрын

Olivia Munn is not married to anyone.

16 күн бұрын

Nobody cares

@harvey_weenstain8857 22 күн бұрын

Being with John Mulaney would give anyone cancer honestly

@MrsPicklesIsHome 17 күн бұрын

I'd love to see who YOU are. Oh, wait. You just showed everyone. Gross.

@Anthony-dj4nd 22 күн бұрын

No one asked

@MrsPicklesIsHome 17 күн бұрын

And yet you're here.

@victortoombs4754 20 күн бұрын

It's called Karma. Don't sleep with men that are in relationships.

@1223steffen 20 күн бұрын

Shame on you

@victortoombs4754 20 күн бұрын

@1223steffen Oh really? Did you know that Anna Marie said she was suicidal when she found out about John and Olivia having a baby? But who cares, right? As long as it doesn't happen to you, it's very easy to dismiss.

@MrsPicklesIsHome 17 күн бұрын

What a disgusting thing to say.

@victortoombs4754 17 күн бұрын

@MrsPicklesIsHome Disgusting? No. Truthful? Yes. It's very easy to be dismissive of what she did, but if you were, in fact, the victim, you'd be singing a different tune.

@prettyboyboo6901 22 күн бұрын

BREAST CANCER BECAUSE SHE BROKE UP A MARRIAGE. 😊

@tarapham1 22 күн бұрын

Wait what?

@LittleSuzi86 22 күн бұрын

Prayers for all who are facing cancer.💜💜💜I lost my sister who was so brave through chemo, double mastectomy and radiation. It happened so fast too.🦋 love you Bev🩵🩵🩵

@cynthiar7470 22 күн бұрын

Explain please

@Gr8Incarnate 22 күн бұрын

It's stupid comments like these why you're not married and no one likes you.

@harvey_weenstain8857 22 күн бұрын

@@cynthiar7470 John mulaney was married for six years & divorced his wife just four months before it was found out that Olivia was pregnant with his child

@ajnunez8788 22 күн бұрын

Weak.. you didn’t hear boseman open up and ask for yalls attention. Keep this to yourself lady.

@KiraLou06 22 күн бұрын

Keep your comment to yourself then. You’re mean.

@ajnunez8788 22 күн бұрын

@@KiraLou06 it’s true tho. When did Chadwick boseman come out and do this for attention. Never.

@fireluvr 22 күн бұрын

To call her a actress is a stretch

@Asterisks12 22 күн бұрын

i don't get the hype with olivia mun. Not the greatest actor, not funny; seems like she just wants attention. So many other individuals have cancer and won't just make it all about themselves

@LunaBobbi 22 күн бұрын

She’s actually a very good person. I’ve met her. She super humble and very generous.