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Olivia Munn has found solace in the support of Catherine, Princess of Wales, as she navigates her battle with cancer.
The 45-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, shared how the Princess of Wales, 44, resonated with her experiences. The Princess had her own health scare, being diagnosed with an undisclosed illness in 2024, before announcing her remission the following year. Her insights on post-treatment life struck a deep chord with Munn.
Olivia Munn is in recovery after being diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago
In an interview with People, Munn, who is currently in recovery, expressed her gratitude for the Princess’s candidness. “Kate Middleton recently spoke on this topic, and her words really touched me,” Munn revealed. “She articulated something I had struggled to express, giving me a newfound peace.”
Munn continued, paraphrasing the Princess’s wisdom: “She said, ‘You might think the major challenges are what you need to brace for, but it’s actually the aftermath of treatment that’s truly demanding and difficult.’ Hearing that someone else felt the same way was incredibly validating.”
“She was like, ‘You think that the big things are the things you have to worry about’ – I’m paraphrasing her – ‘But it’s the treatment after you’ve gone through the big things that’s really taxing and hard on you.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, somebody else if feeling that.’”
The Your Friends and Neighbors star added: “That’s where it feels really good… when you hear other people’s experiences, because it is true – you feel so much better when you know you’re not alone.”
Olivia’s comments refer to Catherine discussing the challenge of finding a “new normal” after cancer treatment on a visit to Colchester Hospital last July.
The princess said: “You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal’, but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult.
“You have to find your new normal, and that takes time – and it’s a roller coaster, it’s not smooth, like you except it to be. But the reality is you go through hard times.”
Munn underwent multiple surgeries after being diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of breast cancer and admits taking lots of medication in the aftermath has been challenging.
The Newsroom actress said: “I’ve been open about this, that with breast cancer, there’s so much medication afterwards for certain people.
“And for someone like me – and the type of breast cancer I had, and how aggressive it was, and for the age I am, and not having been premenopausal when I was diagnosed – there’s so many more medications I have to take. And there are a lot of side effects and they have been really hard on me.”
Olivia continued: “I guess I was hard on myself because I would ask other friends who were on the same treatment plan as me if they’d had any of my symptoms, and none of them did. Not one person said that they had exhaustion or mood swings or body aches. I thought, ‘I’m the only one getting this.’”
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