John Mulaney and Olivia Munn announced the arrival of their second child on Sunday. Munn wrote on social media that she welcomed the baby girl via gestational surrogate.
“I have felt so many deep emotions about not being able to carry my daughter,” Munn, who announced in March that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and later revealed that she had undergone a hysterectomy as part of her treatment, wrote on Instagram. “When I first met our gestational surrogate, we had a mother-to-mother conversation. She showed me so much grace and understanding, I knew I had found a true angel in real life. Words cannot express my gratitude for holding our baby girl safe for 9 months and making our dreams come true.”
Mulaney also announced the baby's arrival on social media, writing, “I love my baby girl so much.” He also added, “We stole so much stuff from the hospital.”
Both parents wrote that the baby girl, named Méi June Mulaney, was born on September 14, 2024, in the Year of the Dragon. Méi means “plum” in Chinese.
“I am so proud of my little plum, my little dragon for making the journey to be with us,” Munn wrote. “My heart exploded.”
Mulaney and Munn had previously welcomed 3-year-old Malcolm in 2021. Munn was diagnosed with cancer about two years later in 2023 and underwent chemotherapy and multiple surgeries. In May 2024, the actress opened up about her hysterectomy experience and said she had frozen her eggs multiple times before the procedure. The final collection produced two healthy embryos.
“When you’re pregnant with your baby, it’s like a team effort: you and the baby working together to make their little life come true,” Munn said. Rowing. “You're doing all this work to eat right, to try not to have anxiety, to just do all the right things during your pregnancy. With a surrogate, you have to try to find a version of yourself somewhere in the world. Someone you trust as much as you do to live her life as a pregnant woman the same way that you would. But a surrogate is no longer a scary prospect for me because there's nothing I can do. I no longer have the ability to carry a pregnancy, so if we want to build our family, this is our option. This journey has made me realize how grateful I am that we have options to not only fight cancer, but to have more children if we want to, because I know a lot of people don't have those options.”