Reporter, 33, Gets Mastectomy Says Olivia Munn Saved Her Life

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

Inside Edition’s Alison Hall share an emotional post through Instagram on Wednesday, January 8, announcing that she had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and was preparing to undergo a mastectomy.

“Let me tell you the story of how Olivia Munn and the show I work for, Inside Editionplayed a part in saving my life,” Hall, 33, wrote in the mobile caption of the post. “Last spring, after @oliviamunn shared her story about her breast cancer journeythe producers at @insideedition assigned me to the story and sent me to a breast cancer doctor here in NYC for tests, on camera. Inspired by Olivia, I took the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Test.”

According to Hall, her risk “was revealed to be high,” so the “wonderful doctors” at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City “encouraged me to start a schedule of annual 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,” he continued. “In October, I had my first breast MRI and a week later just before I turned 33, I became one of millions of women to hear the words ‘you have breast cancer.'”

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

“I have an early form of malignancy called DCIS,” she added. Back 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 ride of fear, anxiety, fear and gratitude,” she continued in Wednesday’s post. “My husband reminds me that this is the ‘best, bad news’ we could have had. For many reasons including my family history of breast cancer and my own history of breast abnormalities, I have decided to not only tackle the current cancer head on but also reduce my risk of cancer the breast in the future dramatically. I have chosen to have a double mastectomy with reconstruction, next week.”

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

“Surprisingly, I’ve only cried twice,” Munn wrote in a lengthy Instagram post detailing her diagnosis and subsequent treatment, which also included a double mastectomy. “I guess I haven’t felt there was time to cry. My focus narrowed and I introduced any emotions that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clear,” she wrote at the time.

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

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