Jennie Garth<\/a>, Corinne Foxx, Jane Seymour and Olivia\u2019s close friend Jessica St. Clair.<\/p>\n\nSpeaking during the event, Olivia recalled advice Shannen had given her while she was navigating her diagnosis.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cShe said to me having gone through this\u2026 she said just be so aggressive,\u201d according to remarks delivered during a conversation with Los Angeles Magazine editor Jasmin Rosemberg.<\/p>\n
\nOlivia also told the audience she viewed herself as fortunate to have had the opportunity to fight the illness.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI don\u2019t look at cancer like, \u2018I can\u2019t believe I went through this, it\u2019s really unfair.\u2019 There\u2019s no place in my mind and my energy to think about how things are unfair. I just think thank God I\u2019m one of the lucky ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDuring the luncheon Olivia described her diagnosis and the steps that followed after screening tests earlier in her journey. She said she had received a clear mammogram and ultrasound in January 2023 and had tested negative on a genetic mutation test, but the Tyrer-Cuzick risk assessment showed a 37.3% lifetime risk of breast cancer \u2013 a result considered high risk. After undergoing an MRI in April she learned she had Luminal B breast cancer in both breasts.<\/p>\n
\nOlivia said she underwent five surgeries as part of her treatment, including a lymph node dissection, nipple delay procedure, a double mastectomy with reconstruction, an oophorectomy to remove her ovaries and a partial hysterectomy. Her surgeries concluded in April 2025.<\/p>\n
\nReflecting on the experience, Olivia said: \u201cI used to be really tough and I felt like any fight that came my way I would take it. I would not shy away from confrontation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nShe continued: \u201cWhat I realized since having cancer is that, I have this armor on. I think a lot of women, we need to protect ourselves with this big heavy armor and I looked at this mountain that I had to climb and I was like, I cannot climb a mountain this high holding all this extra weight, so I had to drop it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOlivia said reaching the other side of the experience changed how she viewed vulnerability.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI\u2019m so much stronger the more vulnerable I am and I\u2019m able to carry that with me every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nShe added: \u201cWe really don\u2019t know our courage and bravery until it\u2019s put to test and now I know that I have it in me. I know I can take on anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOlivia, who shares two children \u2013 Malcolm, 4, and M\u00e9i, 1 \u2013 with her husband John Mulaney, 43, also said she is working with Senator Mark Kelly, 61, to advocate for making the lifetime breast cancer risk assessment test standard care.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI don\u2019t feel that it\u2019s fair for women to always have to know about the things they need to ask their doctors to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOlivia had previously thanked Shannen for supporting her during her illness while speaking at the Hollywood Creative Alliance\u2019s Astra TV Awards in June 2025.<\/p>\n
\nAfter Shannen\u2019s death in July 2024, Olivia wrote on social media: \u201cJust a couple of months ago, she asked how I was doing and if she could do anything for me. True to form, Shannen was offering me her support even though she was in the final stage of fighting this horrific disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
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