Olivia Munn’s Heartbreak Over Reconstructive Breast Surgery
Olivia Munn continues to be candid about her health journey. Ever since publicly sharing her breast cancer diagnosis in March, the former Newsroom star has been transparent about the challenges and triumphs of her treatment and recovery. This includes her complex emotions surrounding her double mastectomy and subsequent reconstructive surgeries.
“I cried a week after, because that was the first time I saw my breasts,” she revealed during the June 4 episode of the SheMD podcast. She recalled the moment when she had expanders in place, a necessary step before the implants, and how it deeply affected her. “I was by myself in my bathroom, and I looked at them, and I cried in a way that I don’t think I’ve ever cried in my life. I cried. I was devastated. I just I didn’t recognize myself.”
The 43-year-old actress, who has a 2-year-old son named Malcolm with John Mulaney, also shared that due to the amount of breast tissue removed during her surgery, she had to opt for larger implants to match the skin. “I didn’t want to have big breasts,” Olivia admitted. “You think, ‘I’m here.’ All I care about is that I’m alive and I’m here for my baby. But putting that to the side, one day people will forget or not know, or maybe I’ll never tell people that I had cancer, but they’ll look at me and go, ‘Oh, what a bad boob job. Oh, look at her.'”