‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ actress loses her womb after almost a year of having her breasts removed due to cancer

Actress Olivia Munn, famous for appearing in films such as ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, revealed that she recently underwent a radical hysterectomy as part of her fight against breast cancer.

It was last March when she made public that the disease was diagnosed, to her great surprise, in April 2023.

To eradicate the condition, the star had both breasts removed: “It was much more difficult than I expected,” she confessed to People.

Olivia Munn spoke to US Vogue about the battle she has faced since discovering she had luminal B breast cancer, an “aggressive, fast-moving cancer.”

In addition to removing all of her breast tissue, she explained, her doctors determined that she should begin hormone suppression therapy.

With such a measure, Munn’s ovaries would stop producing estrogen, which ‘feeds’ luminal B breast cancer, and her body would enter menopause, thus reducing future risk.

However, with this treatment the actress lost all her energy and spent her time in bed: “It was debilitating exhaustion on another level.”

Olivia didn’t like that, because her son, Malcolm, realized it. So she asked experts if there were any alternatives to medication, which led her to go back into the operating room last month.

“Now I had an oophorectomy and a hysterectomy. “They removed my uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries,” he confessed.

She did not come to this choice lightly, as it would mean she would not be able to have children naturally later, but it was the most advisable thing to do.

“It was a big decision to make, but it was the best one for me because I needed to be present for my family,” he argued.

“There were friends who tried to cheer me up by telling me: ‘Malcolm is not going to remember this. Don’t worry,’” he recalled.

“But I kept thinking to myself: ‘He’s going to remember this, that I’ve missed all these things.’ “It is your childhood, but it is my motherhood, and I do not want to miss any of these parts if it is not necessary,” he indicated.

Olivia Munn admitted that the days after the procedure were painful and that she was also emotionally impacted.

“I had a real moment of panic. A real collapse. Because it’s so strange when you’ve been in this body your whole life, you’ve had menstruation for so long, you feel when you’re ovulating, and suddenly it’s gone,” she said.

The model announced that, together with her partner, actor John Mulaney, they underwent a fertility procedure, so they have “two healthy embryos” thanks to which they could have more children whenever they want.