33-year-old reporter undergoing mastectomy says Olivia Munn saved her life

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

Inside Edition's Alison Hall shared an emotional message via Instagram on Wednesday, Jan. 8, announcing that she had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and was going to have a mastectomy.

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

According to Hall, her risk “turned out to be high,” so the “wonderful doctors” at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York “encouraged me to start an annual 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, 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 John 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 roller coaster ride of fear, anxiety, horror AND gratitude,” she continued in Wednesday's post. “My husband reminds me that this is the 'best bad news' we've ever had. For many reasons, including my family history of breast cancer and my history of breast abnormalities, I have decided not only to fight my current cancer, but also to greatly reduce my risk of future breast cancer. I have elected to have a double mastectomy with reconstruction next week.

Munn, 44, revealed that 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 included a double mastectomy. “I guess I didn't think it was time to cry. My focus narrowed and I let out all the emotions that I thought would get in the way of me keeping 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 and my future children.”

“I have some of the best family, friends, dog, therapists, doctors and colleagues in the world who have shown up for me and given me more love than I could ever imagine,” she added. “I believe in the power of stories. Olivia Munn saved lives by sharing her story. It certainly played a role in my salvation. I share my story with the same hope.