Olivia Munn Says Her ‘Surprise’ Pregnancy With John Mulaney Was ‘A Blessing’

Olivia Munn is opening up her pregnancy — albeit very carefully.

The actor and former “The Daily Show” correspondent appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the “ She MD” podcast with OB-GYN Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, who delivered Munn’s son, Malcolm, in 2021 , and later diagnosed Munn with breast cancer in 2023 .

During their conversation, Munn opened up about having a child at age 41 with her boyfriend, John Mulaney, around the same time the comedian was splitting from his wife of six years, Anna Marie Tendler .

“It was a surprise pregnancy. I did not have any doctor team ready. I had no idea,” the “The Newsroom” star told Aliabadi nearly two minutes into the episode.

Munn then credited Aliabad for being an “amazing” doctor.

“It was the most amazing birth. The labor and delivery was a dream,” Munn said, before adding that Aliabad also extended a lot of empathy toward her during a complicated period in her life.

“It was, surprisingly [an easy pregnancy], but in different ways it was difficult. Honestly, [Aliabadi] held my hand through the whole thing.… She really guided me along the way, not just with what was going on physically, but emotionally as well.”

Munn went on to explain that she “wasn’t” really thinking about having children at the time she got pregnant. She said thanks to getting her eggs frozen at the ages of 33 and 39, she didn’t feel much anxiety about her “biological clock.”

“If I froze my eggs that means that I don’t have to race the clock,” Munn said about her reasoning for undergoing the often costly procedure that’s typically not covered by insurance . “It means that I don’t have to try to find a partner to make this happen, it means that I don’t have to make a decision on what I want to do, and it just