Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have welcomed their second child, who arrived about six months after Munn revealed she had her uterus and ovaries removed in her battle with breast cancer.
“The Newsroom” actor and “Everybody's in LA” comedian welcomed the child via surrogate, Munn revealed Sunday in an Instagram post, reflecting on expanding her family in the wake of her heartbreaking battle with cancer.
“Méi June Mulaney came into the world on September 14, 2024, the year of the dragon,” Munn wrote in an Instagram post that showed her, Mulaney and little Méi on her lap, sitting on the edge of a hospital bed. Méi, she explained, means plum in Chinese.
“I felt so many deep emotions about not being able to carry my daughter,” the “X-Men: Apocalypse” star added, sharing additional photos from Méi’s debut. “When I met our surrogate, we spoke mother to mother. She showed me so much grace and understanding that I knew I had found a real-life angel. Words cannot express my gratitude for keeping our baby safe for 9 months and making our dreams come true.”
“I am so proud of my little plum tree, my little dragon, for making the journey to be with us. My heart has exploded,” she wrote.
Mulaney, 42, also shared the same hospital photo on his Instagram account and added a short video of his daughter spitting on him while he burped her. Echoing parts of his wife’s message, the Emmy-winning comedian added: “We stole so much stuff from the hospital. I love my little girl so much.”
Munn, 44, publicly revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer after undergoing genetic testing in February 2023 “in an effort to be proactive” about her health. The diagnosis led to four surgeries in a matter of 10 months, including a double mastectomy. Around Mother’s Day in May, she told Vogue that she’d also undergone a hysterectomy to remove her uterus and a bilateral oophorectomy to remove both of her ovaries. But, she said, she underwent a third egg retrieval early and, through IVF, ended up with two viable embryos that would allow her and Mulaney to expand their family, if they chose to.
She and Mulaney, whom she met at “Saturday Night Live” alum Seth Meyer’s wedding to Alexi Ashe in 2013, tied the knot in July after three years together. They began dating in spring 2021 and welcomed son Malcolm Hiệp in November 2021.
Representatives for Munn and Mulaney did not immediately respond to The Times' requests for comment Monday.
