Olivia Munn showed off her mastectomy scars while taking part in a powerful new ad campaign for Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS brand.
Munn, who underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer last year, went topless as she posed with a visible scar on her left breast.
The star, 44, opened up about her dire health situation in a video taken for the campaign, telling the camera: “Someone said this quote to me, it meant a lot and it really touched me.” When it comes to breast cancer, welcome to the worst club with the best members.’
“My name is Olivia Munn and I am a breast cancer survivor,” she says. ‘When I look at the scars or how my breasts look different or how clothes fit differently, I feel a lot of gratitude.
“The way my body looks is just a representation of how hard I’ve fought.”
Olivia Munn showed off her mastectomy scars while taking part in a powerful new ad campaign for Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS brand.
On the campaign trail, Olivia opened up about her health ordeal and forcefully declared, “I am a breast cancer survivor.”
The campaign, which took place amid Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also saw Olivia model a variety of other SKIMS looks, including a tan bra and panties and a black bra with an angled strap.
Olivia shared snaps from the campaign in her own ad, writing: ‘KINTSUGI 金継ぎ. In the midst of this latest @SKIMS bra campaign shoot, I decided I would no longer feel insecure about my mastectomy scars.
‘Every mark that life has left on my body is proof of how hard I fought. I hope other women who have felt self-conscious about their scars see these photos and feel all the love I send them.
‘It is truly meaningful to be part of an initiative that supports research and helps countless people affected by breast cancer.
‘From October 23, 2024 to October 31, 2024, SKIMS will donate to Susan G. Komen® 10% of the retail price of each bra sold in SKIMS stores and on Skims.com, excluding bralettes (EE only . USA) #ad. ‘
In an interview with TodayOlivia revealed that the campaign was initially not supposed to revolve around her scars, until she decided to embrace them.
“When Skims approached me to do this campaign, it was just to do their shapewear and their new leggings, and it wasn’t about my scar at all,” she said.
But while filming the campaign, Olivia struggled to hide the scars once she put on an outfit that made them more visible.
In the shoot, she posed in black leggings and metallic heels.
The campaign also saw Olivia modeling a variety of other SKIMS looks, including a tan bra and panties and a black bra with an angled strap.
The star, 44, spoke about her dire health situation in a video taken for the campaign.
Munn modeled a black bra with angled straps.
The other looks she modeled included a copper bra and high-waisted pants.
She posed in metallic heels.
Olivia revealed that the campaign wasn’t initially supposed to be about her scars, until she decided to embrace them.
‘But we were in the middle of the shoot and we put on a suit that could see more of my scars, so the makeup artist was touching up my scars and then we got to the double mastectomy scars and they were very difficult to cover,’ she said.
“Then I looked in the mirror and thought, ‘I’m done feeling insecure about my scars,'” she recalled. “So I went to the Skims team and said, ‘What do you guys think about showing my scars in this campaign?'”
‘And they were so amazing and thoughtful and wonderful. “We talked about it and then we decided to do it.”
Olivia and her husband John Mulaney recently became parents to two children: the couple welcomed their second child together, a daughter, Méi June Mulaney, who was born via surrogate last month.
The couple also shares two-year-old son Malcolm.
Olivia and her husband John Mulaney recently became parents to two children: the couple welcomed their second child together, a daughter, Méi June Mulaney, who was born through a surrogate.
But Olivia admitted she felt “a lot of guilt” about being sick while raising her children.
“I had and still have a lot of guilt for being sick for so long and being bedridden with so many surgeries,” she said.
‘I mean, I thought that when I went through the huge amount of surgeries, like the four surgeries at the beginning, I would be able to get back on my feet. But then the first wave of medication came, and that knocked me down and weakened me.”
‘I realized I was just tired and I wasn’t around much and I couldn’t hug him as much and I couldn’t go to the playground as often.
‘It was really exhausting and there is a lot of guilt. I work a lot with my oncologist to try to figure out what I can do.
‘We are a very small family, we are very united. We had a lot of fun and laughed all the time. And John is just the most wonderful husband and father, so we find a way to make it all work despite how tired I can be sometimes.’
Olivia also described how “scary” it was to be diagnosed with breast cancer while actively trying to expand her family with John.
Olivia has undergone five surgeries since being diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer in both breasts last year, including a complete hysterectomy and a complete double mastectomy.
‘You also fought very hard for this second baby… and underwent this major surgery where they removed your ovaries, your uterus and your eggs. And that’s its own journey,’ said Today correspondent Savannah Guthrie.
Olivia went on to describe how “scary” it was to receive the breast cancer diagnosis while actively trying to expand her family with John.
‘We were planning to try to have another baby. So at that point I said, “I need to freeze more eggs.” I had already frozen eggs when I was 30, but I didn’t know if they were useful because I didn’t turn them into embryos.
‘So, I said to John, I need to freeze more eggs or get more eggs. And that’s going to put me at risk because I’m going to put more hormones into my body and that’s what feeds my cancer.
“I need you to support me in this and you know it’s scary, but he said, ‘Of course. Whatever you want to do, I will support you.’ So we set out on the journey of getting more eggs and I really wanted a girl.
‘I really felt like I needed two embryos and two female embryos. And our doctor said, “I’m going to get her one more, it’s too risky. And we’ll do a recovery and try to get a girl and call it quits after that.” And then I remember telling John, when we got to a place where they were analyzing our embryos, we had two embryos being analyzed.
“I said, ‘Oh, man, our chances of at least one being a girl and being healthy are really slim.’ I said, ‘I need you to support me, because I want to come back and do it again if we don’t get two.’ I really want two.” And he said, “Whatever you want to do, I support you.” We got home that day and we got a call from my fertility doctor, Dr. Wong, and he said, “We got the results back and it’s the dream.” He said they are two healthy girl embryos.
“And John and I burst into tears and couldn’t believe how lucky we had been after a series of unfortunate times in our lives recently. One of those embryos is little Mae. She wouldn’t be here if we hadn’t gone through all that.
Olivia also said she was currently balancing raising her little ones while taking medication.
‘I’m very well. I’m mixing up my medications a bit because anyone going through this understands that treatment can be exhausting at times, trying to find the right medication, but I have my hands full with a newborn and a toddler, so a lot of my energy is directed towards them and distracts from many other side effects of my medication. So I’m doing pretty well.”
