Alison Hall, Olivia Munn
Courtesy of Alison Hall/Instagram; Cindy Ord/Getty ImagesAnother reporter says she is an actress Olivia Munn for saving his life.
Inside Edition’s Alison Hall shared an emotional post on Instagram on Wednesday, January 8, announcing that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is preparing for a mastectomy.
“Let me tell you the story of Olivia Munn and the show I work for, Inside Editionplayed a role in saving my life,” Hall, 33, wrote in the emotional caption of the post. “Last spring, after @oliviamunn told her story about her breast cancer journey, the producers at @insideedition gave me the 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 Test.”
According to Hall, her risk “was revealed to be high,” so the “good doctors” at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City “encouraged me to begin a yearly routine of mammograms and MRIs.”
“I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time and I didn’t know how quickly this story would change my life,” he continued. “In October, I got my first breast MRI and a week later just before my 33rd birthday, I became one of the millions of women who heard the words ‘breast cancer.'”
Hall explained that doctors also told him that his cancer was “stage zero,” meaning it “hasn’t spread.”
“I have a new type called DCIS,” he added. According to Johns Hopkins, DCIS – or ductal carcinoma in situ – is ‘a non-invasive form of breast cancer that originates in the milk ducts of the breast.’
“As you can imagine, I’ve been on a rollercoaster ride of fear, anxiety, fear AND gratitude,” she continued in Wednesday’s post. “My husband reminds me that this is ‘the best, worst news’ we could ever get. For many reasons including my family history of breast cancer and my own history of breast abnormalities, I decided not only to deal directly with the current cancer but to greatly reduce my risk of developing breast cancer in the future. I chose to have a double mastectomy and I will have 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 detailing her diagnosis and subsequent treatment, which included double mastectomy. “I don’t think I ever felt like there was a time to cry. My concentrationual, it becomes more difficult for me to focus, and I tabled any feelings that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay focused,” she wrote at the time.
In her Instagram post Wednesday, Hall said she considers “this experience a gift,” adding that her discovery allows her to “create my future, my future children.”
“I have the best family, friends, dog, therapists, doctors and colleagues in the world who showed up to help me and gave me more love than I could have imagined,” he added. “I believe in the power of storytelling. Olivia Munn shares her lifesaving story. It certainly played a part in saving mine. I tell my story with the same hope.”
