Olivia Munn reveals Shannen Doherty helped her by way of most cancers battle

Olivia Munn is one in every of many stars mourning Shannen Doherty, the Charmed and Beverly Hills, 90210 actress who died Saturday at 53 after a protracted battle with breast most cancers.

In an emotional Sunday social media put up, Munn revealed that she linked with Doherty after receiving her personal most cancers prognosis in 2023.

“I’m completely heartbroken over the passing of Shannen Doherty,” Munn wrote in an Instagram Story. “After I was first recognized with breast most cancers I bear in mind how she bravely let the world into her journey and reached out to her. We grew to become prompt pals, which I truthfully could not comprehend at instances as a result of watching her on 90210 was every little thing to me once I was 10.”

Munn went on to say that the 2 solid a bond over their “shared battle” and “a want to assist different ladies.”

She continued, “Wanting again on the final textual content she despatched me only a couple months in the past, she requested how I used to be doing and if she might do something for me… True to type, Shannen was providing her assist though she was within the last stage of preventing this horrific illness.”

“Most cancers is absolutely f—ing scary and Shannen confronted it with such dignity, power, and charm,” Munn concluded. “I’m sending all of my like to her mom, who was her greatest pal, hero, and champion each step of the best way.”

Doherty, who was recognized with breast most cancers in March 2015, was open about her battle with the illness, documenting her progress and remedy on social media. After present process chemotherapy, she revealed in April 2017 that her most cancers was in remission. A yr later, she acquired unclear take a look at outcomes and advised followers, “I’m staying optimistic and taking inventory of my life.”

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Following her single mastectomy in 2016, Doherty underwent breast reconstruction in 2018. Nevertheless, in 2020, her most cancers returned. “I don’t suppose I’ve processed it,” she advised ABC Information on Good Morning America. “It’s a bitter tablet to swallow in quite a lot of methods.”

Munn solely lately opened up about her personal battle with most cancers, which resulted in her present process a number of surgical procedures, together with a double mastectomy. Earlier this yr, the Newsroom actress mentioned she was shocked to be recognized with bilateral breast most cancers in Could 2023 after checks revealed she had Luminal B — a fast-growing, aggressive most cancers — in each breasts. As a part of her remedy plan, Munn underwent 4 surgical procedures over the course of 10 months.