Reporter, 33, undergoing mastectomy says Olivia Munn saved her life

One reporter credits the actress Olivia Munn for saving her life.

Inside Edition’with Alison Hall shared an emotional post via Instagram announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8 that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is preparing for a mastectomy.

“Let me tell you a story about how Olivia Munn and the show I work for Internal editionplayed a role in saving my life,” Hall, 33, wrote in the poignant caption of the post. “Last spring, after @oliviamunn shared her story about her breast cancer journeythe producers at @insideedition assigned me to a story and sent me to a breast cancer doctor here in NYC to get tested on camera. Inspired by Olivia, I took the breast cancer risk assessment test.”

According to Hall, her risk “appeared to be high,” so the “great doctors” at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York “encouraged me to start a yearly schedule of mammograms and MRIs.”

“I was ready to do this for a long time and I had no idea how quickly this story would change my life,” she continued. “I had my first breast MRI in October and a week later, just before I turned 33, I became one of the millions of women who heard the words ‘you have breast cancer’.”

Hall explained that doctors also told her her cancer was “stage zero,” meaning it “hasn’t spread.”

“I have an early form of malignancy called DCIS,” she added. According to Johns HopkinsDCIS – or ductal carcinoma in situ – is “a non-invasive form of breast cancer that develops in the milk ducts of the breast”.

“As you can imagine, I’ve been on a rollercoaster of fear, anxiety, dread AND gratitude,” she continued in Wednesday’s post. “My husband reminds me that this is ‘the best bad news’ we could get. For many reasons, including my family history of breast cancer and my own history of breast abnormalities, I chose not only to face the current cancer, but to dramatically reduce my risk of future breast cancer. I have decided to undergo a double mastectomy with reconstruction next week.’

Munn, 44, revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2024.

“Surprisingly I only cried twice,” Munn wrote in a lengthy Instagram post details her diagnosis and subsequent treatment, which included a double mastectomy. “I guess I didn’t feel like it was time to cry. My focus narrowed and I brought up any emotions I felt were interfering with my ability to maintain a clear head,” she wrote at the time.

In an Instagram post Wednesday, Hall said she considers “this experience a gift,” adding that her diagnosis allows her to “do this for my future self, for my future children.”

“I have some of the best family, friends, dog, therapist, doctors and colleagues in the world who have shown up and given me more love than I could have imagined,” she added. “I believe in the power of storytelling. Olivia Munn, who shared her story, saved lives. It certainly played a part in saving mine. I share my story with the same hope.”