Olivia Munn Opens Up About Relationship with Surrogate

In a current interview with SELF, the 44-year-old actress opened up about welcoming her second baby with husband John Mulaney, daughter Méi June, through surrogate in September, and the way a lot the expertise nonetheless means to her.

When requested if she’d inform her daughter about her surrogacy journey in the future, Munn was fast to reply: “Oh yeah, the surrogate’s nonetheless in our life.”

“She was a greater pregnant girl than I might have ever been,” Munn quipped.

The proud mother of two defined that she and Mulaney discovered their surrogate — a girl based mostly in Massachusetts — by way of an company who ended up being a real blessing for his or her household.

“First off, she does not know any celebrities,” Munn laughed, including that she was extra involved about kindness than anything. “Above every little thing else, I simply needed her to be variety. She’s an unbelievable mom, an unbelievable human being, an unbelievable good friend. Simply great.”

She additionally shared how vital it was for her surrogate to grasp the emotional journey she was about to go on, and the explanations she wasn’t in a position to carry her daughter on her personal.

“I wanted her to grasp that I wanted to go this route,” Munn defined. “It wasn’t for superficial causes or as a result of I needed to place my work first… I wanted her to grasp this may be laborious for me.”

The star, who was recognized with breast most cancers in April 2023, utilized a surrogate — and her frozen eggs — to hold Méi after present process an entire hysterectomy and oophorectomy after her most cancers prognosis. This surgical procedure eliminated her uterus and ovaries, rendering her unable to hold a toddler naturally.

“It makes me emotional — it is your child, and the newborn is some place else on this planet,” she admitted of the method.

And welcoming little Méi into the world was a second Munn stated she’ll always remember, with each Munn and Mulaney within the supply room, alongside the surrogate’s husband.

“The primary particular person John hugged was the husband. He gave him an enormous kiss on the cheek … It was simply great,” Munn recalled.

Munn and Mulaney, who additionally share son Malcolm, 3, introduced their daughter’s start on Instagram, with the Your Associates and Neighbors star sharing that she had “many profound feelings” about pursuing surrogacy to develop their household.

“I had so many profound feelings about not with the ability to carry my daughter. Once I first met our gestational surrogate we spoke mom to mom. She confirmed me a lot grace and understanding, I knew I had discovered a real-life angel,” Munn wrote on the time. “Phrases can not specific my gratitude that she saved our child secure for 9 months and made our goals come true.”

“I’m so pleased with my little plum, my little dragon for making the journey to be with us. My coronary heart has exploded,” she added.