‘I did everything I was told was the right thing to do and yet I had cancer’: Olivia Munn on sharing her cancer diagnosis with the world
Olivia Munn, one of the names on TIME’s list of Women of the Year, recently opened up about why she felt the need to share her breast cancer diagnosis with the world. During the red carpet interview at the TIME 2025 Women of the Year Gala in Los Angeles, the American actor shared why decided to come forward:
“I thought how many women out there, walking around feeling the same way I felt. I had done my mammogram, ultrasound and genetic testing. I did everything I was told was the right thing to do and yet I had cancer. At that moment, I knew that I had to find a way to talk about it because if I can save any other woman’s life, it would be worth it to take that big jump and tell my story.”
Earlier, Munn had taken to social media that despite testing negative for 90 cancer-related genes, ...