Olivia Munn, 44, wins thousands of new fans for her ‘relatable’ toddler temper tantrum story

Olivia Munn has been hailed by parents after she shared a ‘relatable’ story about the challenges of raising a toddler.

Munn, 44, got real with fans about caving to her three-year-old son Malcolm’s demands after he refused to wear his shoes during a temper tantrum at the grocery store. 

Out of ‘total exhaustion’, Olivia allowed Malcolm to make the more than mile walk home without his trainers. 

She included photos of her misadventures to her Instagram, which included adorable photos of Olivia and her son walking on the sidewalk in his socks. 

Olivia held Malcolm’s hand as they strode through the Big Apple with her seven-month-old daughter Méi June in a sling. 

‘Yes, this is my 3-year-old walking through the streets of New York in only his socks,’ Olivia – who shares her two children with husband John Mulaney, 42 – began. 

Olivia Munn has been hailed by parents after sharing a ‘relatable’ story about raising a toddler 

‘I’m posting this for all the parents who thought it would be great to take advantage of the beautiful weather and took their toddler on a walk…,’ Olivia, 44, wrote.

‘…only for them to lie down screaming on the floor of Whole Foods, run through the aisles of CVS screaming “I don’t like anyone!!” and knocked over your iced tea before your first sip, all while carrying your 7-month-old strapped to your body,’ the mom of two said.

‘After all of that, he insisted on walking home without his shoes,’ she said.

‘And in a moment which I can only describe as total exhaustion, I said okay. So we walked over a mile home with only socks… through every street in NY.’

Olivia laid it all bare, saying the day would go down in the history of her family as a doozy. 

‘This Easter Monday will live in infamy in my memory as the day I tried my absolute best, got us home without another tantrum and learned that the rubber padding on toddler socks can only take so much.

‘Cheers to anyone else who went through this today or any other day. You have my utmost respect,’ Olivia concluded.

Fans commiserated with Olivia and praised her for how she handled the situation in the comments section.

‘This is called “pick your battles” and so relatable!!’ one posted.

‘RELATABLE,’ one simply noted.

‘Stars… are just like US,’ another posted.

Fans and celebrities alike commiserated with Munn in the comments section

‘I don’t have kids, but I am a nanny and I totally get it!! The meltdowns are unreal!!’ another wrote.

‘Been there!!!!!’ another posted.

‘Threenagers are no joke. Godspeed!’ another wrote.

She even received some A-list support from fellow celebrity parents.  

‘Ohh honey yep,’ Jenna Dewan posted. ‘I’ve been here many times.’

‘Hahahaha love you! All the moms understand this one!’ Amanda Kloots replied.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, Olivia opened up about her acting comeback as she appeared in her first role in more than three years.

While reflecting on going topless during her intimate scenes with Jon Hamm, 54, in their new AppleTV+ series Your Friends and Neighbors, the actress revealed she feels less anxious about her body post-surgery.

She was shopping with her three-year-old son Malcolm when he decided he’d had enough and had a screaming, laying on the floor of Whole Foods tantrum while she carried her seven-month-old, Méi June

She’d had enough and just gave into the toddler’s demands. ‘Yes, this is my 3-year-old walking through the streets of New York in only his socks,’ her lengthy caption began

‘I’m posting this for all the parents who thought it would be great to take advantage of the beautiful weather and took their toddler on a walk…,’ Olivia’s wrote

‘…only for them to lie down screaming on the floor of Whole Foods, run through the aisles of CVS screaming “I don’t like anyone!!” and knocked over your iced tea before your first sip, all while carrying your 7-month-old strapped to your body,’ she said. Seen here in 2025

Olivia shares her two children with husband John Mulaney; pictured December

‘As insecure as I was going into this about my body post-cancer and post-double mastectomy, I have been more insecure before going through all of this,’ she told NBC News. 

The X-Men: Apocalypse star continued: ‘I have a deeper appreciation for my body, because my body is the thing that got me through this. I fought through this with everything that I have, so I was a lot less insecure.’

In addition to becoming more confident in her own skin since her cancer battle, the Oklahoma City explained she has become more selective with her work.

‘I have to manage my time, and I have to think about how much do I want to be away from my children or how much stress this is going to cause me,’ she said.

Munn added: ‘With my particular health situation, my cancer feeds on hormones, so if there’s any cancer that has found its way to stay in my body, then stress hormones can also feed on that.’

‘I often ask myself if this situation, this job, this friendship or this dynamic causes me stress and, God forbid, was to feed a cancer in my body and it came back later on in my life, would it have been worth it? And the answer is always no,’ she explained of her current mindset.

In 2024, Munn revealed she had been diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ luminal B breast cancer and had underwent five surgeries, including a double mastectomy and hysterectomy.

Last year, she bravely bared her mastectomy scars for a SKIMS ad during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

‘After all of that, he insisted on walking home without his shoes,’ she said and you could feel the exasperation she felt. Seen here on April 10, 2025

In an interview with Today, at the time, Olivia revealed that the campaign initially wasn’t supposed to be about her scars – until she chose to embrace them. 

‘When Skims approached me to do this campaign, it was just to do their shapewear and their new leggings, and it wasn’t about my scar at all,’ she said.

But while shooting the campaign, Olivia struggled to conceal the scars once she changed into an outfit where they became more visible.

‘But were in the middle of the shoot and we changed into an outfit that could see more of my scars so the makeup artist was touching up my scars and then we got to the double mastectomy scars and they were just really hard to cover up,’ she said.

‘Then I was looking in the mirror, and I just thought, “I’m done being insecure about my scars,”‘ she recalled. ‘So I went to the team of Skims and I said, “What do you guys think about showing my scars in this campaign?”

‘And they were so amazing and thoughtful and wonderful. And we talked it out and then we decided to do it.’