Olivia Munn Admits Her Mom Didn't Meet John Mulaney Before Son's Birth
Olivia Munn gave birth to her first child with now-husband John Mulaney back in November 2021. At the time, the X-Men: Apocalypse star and well-known comedian were not married yet.
In fact, Munn and Mulaney had not gone public with their relationship until a couple of months prior, and on this week's episode of "Late Night with Seth Meyers," she revealed a pretty unbelievable fact. Munn's mother Kim did not meet Mulaney until after their son Malcolm was born.
“So Malcolm was born the day before Thanksgiving and my mom comes, first of all, never met John by this point,” Munn said, via Page Six. “She came in, she doesn’t even say ‘Hi’ to John."
Things might have gotten awkward, but Munn's mother defused any tension with a practical joke, taking out two frozen turkeys and telling her daughter's partner that it was family tradition to have a newborn baby pose holding a turkey leg.
Mulaney informed Munn of her mother's wishes, which only confused the Magic Mike actress.
“I was like, ‘That’s not a tradition,'” Munn said, adding that she went on to contact her siblings to make sure she wasn't missing anything.
“They said, ‘No, because she’s lying,'” Munn explained.
Kim then completed the joke by putting a drumstick in the baby's hands and taking a picture of her grandson while Mulaney held him, starting a "new tradition."
Munn and Mulaney were eventually married in June 2024, and the 44-year-old star gave birth to the couple's second child, a daughter named Méi June, via surrogate last September.
Munn also spent much of last year involved in a battle with an "aggressive" form of breast cancer, which resulted in her having to undergo a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, an oophorectomy and a partial hysterectomy.
Last month, as she made her return to acting, Munn expressed a deeper appreciation for her body and physical health after enduring what she went through.
“As insecure as I was going into this about my body post-cancer and post-double mastectomy, I have been more insecure before going through all of this,” Munn told NBC News. “I have a deeper appreciation for my body, because my body is the thing that got me through this. I fought through this with everything that I have, so I was a lot less insecure.”