Olivia Munn Froze Embryos After Cancer Diagnosis To Have Future Babies With John Mulaney

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In April 2023, Olivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has been open about her cancer experience in the hopes of helping others. She and partner John Mulaney decided to undergo another round of egg freezing before she began treatment in case they want more children in the future.

Oliva opened up about this in an interview with Vogue that was published on May 12, 2024. This isn’t the first time Olivia has undergone the egg freezing process. She has done it at ages 33, 39, and now 42.

There was a difference in egg quality each time she froze her eggs. It has to do with age. “It’s interesting because my 33-year-old eggs were great. My 39-year-old eggs? None of them worked,” she explained. “As you get older, one month can have great eggs, the other not so much.”

“Clearly, the month we did at 39 was not a good month. After my diagnosis, we decided to try one more round of egg retrievals and hoped it was a good month. John and I talked about it a lot and we don’t feel like we’re done growing our family, but didn’t know if I would have to do chemotherapy or radiation,” she explained. Olivia and John share a 2-year-old son, Malcolm.