X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Star Olivia Munn Reveals Battle With Breast Cancer: "We Caught It With Enough Time"

In a lengthy statement posted to her social media accounts, X-Men: Apocalypse star Olivia Munn has confirmed that she's spent the past year or so battling breast cancer. Find her story in full here...

By JoshWilding - Mar 13, 2024 01:03 PM EST

Filed Under: X-Men: Apocalypse

Olivia Munn rose to fame when she hosted G4's Attack of the Show!, and after jumping to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she later embarked on a successful acting career which has included roles in the likes of The Newsroom, The Predator, and X-Men: Apocalypse.

In the latter, she played Psylocke and did a fantastic job with the fan-favourite mutant. Unfortunately, she didn't return in Dark Phoenix and, while it's possible Munn will reprise the role in Deadpool & Wolverine, her time as Betsy Braddock likely ended back in 2016.

While we'd love to have some positive news on that front for you, Munn has taken to Instagram today to reveal she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sharing a lengthy message with fans, the actress explained, "I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey."

"I wouldn’t have found my cancer for another year – at my next scheduled mammogram - except that my OBGYN, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, decided to calculate my Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score. The fact that she did saved my life."

Explaining she was diagnosed with an "aggressive, fast moving cancer" called "Luminal B," Munn said, "I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next. I’m lucky. We caught it with enough time that I had options. I want the same for any woman who might have to face this one day. Ask your doctor to calculate your Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score."

Munn confirmed she had a double mastectomy to combat the cancer and it sounds like she's had a really difficult time of it over the past ten months.

"I'm so thankful to my friends and family for loving me through this," she added. "Thank you to the friends who've had breast cancer and the friends who connected me to friends who've had breast cancer for guiding me through some of my most uncertain and overwhelming moments."

Thankfully, it sounds like the X-Men: Apocalypse star has made a full recovery and beaten cancer. We wish her continued good health and, if you'd like to learn more about cancer, you can do so by visiting the American Cancer Society or Cancer Research UK websites.

Check out Munn's full statement in the Instagram post below.

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MyCoolYoung - 3/13/2024, 1:28 PM

Speedy recovery to her. Cancer is one of the scariest things in life in my opinion

krayzeman - 3/13/2024, 1:30 PM

F*&$ cancer. For real.

Origame - 3/13/2024, 2:51 PM

@krayzeman - ...ok. I don't know what that'll achieve but I'll try.

DravenCorvis - 3/13/2024, 1:30 PM

Cancer f'n sucks.

Have had various family members get it, and I've had a scare.

slickrickdesigns - 3/13/2024, 1:35 PM

My dream girl… hope everything goes well for her.

tylerzero - 3/13/2024, 5:16 PM

@slickrickdesigns -

Welp, seeing as she already has a man, and a kid with said man...

Ha1frican - 3/13/2024, 1:35 PM

Been a fan of hers since back in the G4 days on Attack of the Show and her Wonder Woman skits. Hope she has a speedy recovery

Izaizaiza - 3/13/2024, 1:36 PM

Glad they caught it in time! Wishing her all the best

HammerLegFoot - 3/13/2024, 1:44 PM

She's going viral on tiktok right now for being a diva? Rude? Something for being mean to some cleaning ladies.

mountainman - 3/13/2024, 1:47 PM

As someone who’s wife got ovarian cancer in her 30’s, it’s just crazy how many younger people are being diagnosed these days vs the past. Maybe it’s better testing. But it sure seems like something in our environment/diet/etc is making this more common than in the past.

Best of luck to her in her continued recovery.

Evansly - 3/13/2024, 3:11 PM

@mountainman - I wouldn't be surprised, hard to have enough data to know what the impact is yet. We definitely found out the issues with lead, asbestos and certain pesticides so I am sure it us a matter of time before we find out something new has been killing us all long.

Definitely wish her the best in her recovery and anyone else that might be experiencing a similar hardship.

I hope your wife is doing well now

mountainman - 3/13/2024, 3:18 PM

@Evansly - Thank you. She just had her annual tests and nothing is reappearing. But the tests will likely last her lifetime.

But all the microplastics and chemicals in our food and water supply certainly aren’t helping the situation.

clintthahamster - 3/13/2024, 3:26 PM

@mountainman - I've lost a couple of friends way too young to Cancer, including one friend who had what it sounds like Munn caught in time. No doubt that all of the innovations of the 19th and 20th Centuries, coupled with the massive push toward deregulation that's been ongoing in the US since the early 80s, is finally catching up to us. We've all likely ingested more chemicals in our lifetimes than our forebears by an order of magnitude. It's only a matter of time before we have to pay the piper.

thedrudo - 3/13/2024, 3:31 PM

@mountainman - I'm sure there are outside factors maybe causing more cases but I think more data means more numbers for us to look at. And like you said, better testing catching more cases early. Scary stuff.

mountainman - 3/13/2024, 3:36 PM

@ClintThaHamster - Overall government regulations of industries are at their highest levels ever. Have you ever tried looking at how many laws and regulations exist?

The problem is that the government allows it. They don’t care. In fact, they are likely complicit in a way.

As with most everything, the problem originates with the dang government.

DarthOmega - 3/13/2024, 3:52 PM

@mountainman - I'm sorry to hear that bro. Cancer sucks. I buried my father a couple years ago because of it. It's a devastating thing. I hope she's doing ok.

mountainman - 3/13/2024, 3:54 PM

@DarthOmega - She’s great now. It was a scary year for sure with surgery and chemo.

My dad fortunately beat prostate cancer, but my material grandfather died from it before I was born. Have an Aunt that died from stomach cancer too.

That disease has impacted all of us in some way.

clintthahamster - 3/13/2024, 4:17 PM

@mountainman - I don't see eliminating environmental regulations as having a positive impact on "all the microplastics and chemicals in our food and water supply." Do you think the industries will police themselves? It's worked great with Boeing . . .

clintthahamster - 3/13/2024, 4:26 PM

@mountainman - I agree with your assessment that lax enforcement are as much an issue as deregulation, FWIW.

mountainman - 3/13/2024, 5:03 PM

@ClintThaHamster - The airline industry is quite regulated. I’m not suggesting that it is run smoothly, but just sharing that writing rules down doesn’t by definition improve things. Either way, too in depth of a convo for here, but let’s just agree that there certainly is a problem with unhealthy things being consumed in our food and water, and since the systems in place do not protect us adequately, it’s really our individual responsibility to be conscious of what we consume.

clintthahamster - 3/14/2024, 7:45 AM

@mountainman - We can absolutely agree that there is a problem with existing regulations not being enforced properly.
🤝

Doomsday8888 - 3/13/2024, 1:52 PM

Good doctor and yeah, f*ck cancer.

garu - 3/13/2024, 1:53 PM

I wish her a speedy recovery, she's a badass.

AmazingFILMporg - 3/13/2024, 2:48 PM

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garu - 3/13/2024, 5:45 PM

@AmazingFILMporg - never!

ModHaterSLADE - 3/13/2024, 1:55 PM

Good for her. Enjoyed her time on G4.

marvel72 - 3/13/2024, 1:55 PM

Get well soon.

S8R8M - 3/13/2024, 1:56 PM

I hope she gets better soon.

TheVisionary25 - 3/13/2024, 2:11 PM

I have followed her since her G4 days so I’m glad to hear that she’s on the mend…

I haven’t followed her acting career much but the parts I have seen her portray have been fine imo , she’s done as well as she could with the material she had (Psylocke was pretty much a glorified henchwoman in Apocalypse but she captured the physicality of the character).

Anyway , I recently saw that she was cast alongside Jon Hamm for an Apple TV+ show from the creator of Banshee & Warrior so she seems to be making a comeback professionally aswell after this so good for her!!.

[frick] Cancer!!.

LukeCage2155 - 3/13/2024, 2:20 PM

Boo Cancer.

TheGreenRanger - 3/13/2024, 2:22 PM

Hoping for a speedy recovery.... but also jealous of whoever performed the mammogram that caught it.

Fogs - 3/13/2024, 2:29 PM

@TheGreenRanger -

TheGreenRanger - 3/13/2024, 2:31 PM

@Fogs - WHAT they saved a life, what are you thinking

marvel72 - 3/13/2024, 2:42 PM

@TheGreenRanger - So why would you be jealous?

dagenspear - 3/13/2024, 3:04 PM

@TheGreenRanger - Come on.

RolandD - 3/13/2024, 5:36 PM

@TheGreenRanger - Perhaps he’s thinking you have no class

GhostDog - 3/13/2024, 2:41 PM

[frick] cancer. My aunt beat breast cancer. It’s a hell of a battle

BillyBatson1000 - 3/13/2024, 2:42 PM

Wishing her a full recovery and best wishes.

BTW Josh: "Morgan Le Fay was NOT dreamed up by writer Stan Lee and artist Joe Maneely".

Morgan Le Fay is a pre-existing character from Arthurian mythological fiction that goes back thousands of years. Borrowed by Stan-the-Man and Joe Maneely.

You're welcome.

RolandD - 3/13/2024, 5:27 PM

@BillyBatson1000 - And the list blows which is probably why he disabled the comments

BillyBatson1000 - 3/13/2024, 6:11 PM

@RolandD - Yep. And he knows it!

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