Olivia Munn Shares Journey to Welcome Daughter Méi During Cancer Battle
Olivia Munn‘s journey to becoming a mother of two was not without challenges.
The Newsroom star, who recently welcomed daughter Méi June Mulaney with her husband John Mulaney via surrogate, revealed that her path to motherhood was complicated by her breast cancer diagnosis following the birth of their son Malcolm Hiep Mulaney in 2021.
“We really wanted a little girl, and right after that, we got the diagnosis,” Olivia, 44, shared during a panel at Hello Sunshine’s 2nd Annual Shine Away Event. “We had already planned to turn my eggs into embryos because when you have eggs frozen, you really don’t know the quality until they’re turned into embryos. So we go through that, and out of all my 26, only five were good. We had four boys, one girl.”
The Daily Show alum convinced her doctor to harvest one last round of eggs before her cancer treatment would impact her fertility, in hopes of increasing her chances of having a daughter. She recalled discussing the process with John, whom she married in July.