{"id":152604,"date":"2025-02-26T23:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/olivia-munn-was-reluctant-to-share-her-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:01:18","slug":"olivia-munn-was-reluctant-to-share-her-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/olivia-munn-was-reluctant-to-share-her-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Munn was reluctant to share her diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-02-26\" datetime=\"1740610878\" pubdate=\"\">26 February 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/olivia-munn\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,olivia-munn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olivia Munn<\/a> was initially reluctant to share news of her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Olivia Munn has opened up about her recent health struggles<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, but Olivia initially told husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/john-mulaney\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,john-mulaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Mulaney<\/a> that she wanted to keep the news under wraps.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood star told &#8216;Extra&#8217;: &#8220;When I first got the diagnosis, I told John I don&#8217;t want to tell anybody. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just like, \u2018Lock it down. I don&#8217;t want to say anything to anybody,\u2019 and it&#8217;s not because I was ashamed or embarrassed or anything like that. It&#8217;s because I just had this massive mountain in front of me that I had to climb, and I just didn&#8217;t want to deal with people in my life who would be worried about me \u2026 I&#8217;m like, \u2018Wow, I just can\u2019t deal with phone calls and text messages and people checking in,\u2019 I just had to be able to go forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olivia ultimately decided to share the news with the public because she wants to raise awareness of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;Especially about the lifetime risk assessment test, that was my main goal. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I want women to know that there is this free online test. It takes minutes, you don&#8217;t have to sign up with your email, you don&#8217;t to subscribe to anything, you just go online, you take it, and it&#8217;ll give you a score. It&#8217;ll tell you how high your risk is of getting breast cancer in your lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nOliva has undergone numerous surgeries, including a double mastectomy, in recent years, and the actress has revealed that she&#8217;s now &#8220;doing good&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking about her recovery, Olivia said: &#8220;I&#8217;m in a good little stretch right now of good energy and feeling good and getting my medication you know to the right place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/olivia-munn-reluctant-share-diagnosis-1414357.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 February 2025 Olivia Munn was initially reluctant to share news of her cancer diagnosis. Olivia Munn has opened up about her recent health struggles The 44-year-old actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, but Olivia initially told husband John Mulaney that she wanted to keep the news under wraps. 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