Olivia Munn Alleges Therapist Told Her To Stay In Toxic Relationship

Olivia Munn is sharing a deeply private chapter of her life, revealing {that a} former therapist as soon as inspired her to stay in a poisonous relationship, one which left her crammed with “unhappiness and concern.”

Throughout a candid dialog on Monica Lewinsky’s “Reclaiming” podcast, the actress mirrored on what she described as a “dangerous, dangerous interval” in her life, although she selected to not identify names.

Munn defined that in this time, she turned to a trusted psychological well being skilled for steering, believing the therapist had her greatest pursuits at coronary heart.

Nevertheless, as an alternative of urging her to go away the dangerous state of affairs, she says they suggested her to remain.

“In that exact state of affairs, I had a therapist who I actually cherished and I do know that she cared about me, or no less than I believed she did,” Munn recalled, per Page Six. “I’d continuously, from the very starting, say, ‘I don’t find out about this, I don’t suppose that is the precise [relationship,] I need to get out,’ after which it obtained worse and worse and I’d be calling her crying like, ‘I gotta get out.’”

Relatively than supporting her need to go away, Munn stated the therapist dismissed her issues, satisfied that she was merely making the unsuitable relationship selections.

“She thought that my ‘picker’ was off, and she or he would take a look at it as like, ‘This individual on paper appeared nice,’” Munn defined. “And when there was {couples} remedy, they knew the right way to current the precise means. Then the tales I’d inform appeared unbelievable.”

Now, wanting again, the “Magic Mike” star says she’s discovered to belief her personal instincts slightly than counting on exterior opinions.

“From that have, studying that I gotta go together with my intestine and I gotta be decisive with some issues if it’s coming from a spot the place I need to survive,” she stated. “I notice that I’m not pleased and that days and weeks and months go by of unhappiness and concern.”

Munn stated the catalyst for her therapeutic was lastly strolling away from the poisonous relationship. “I don’t know if there’s a phrase to explain what that relationship was like. It was certainly the toughest interval of my life, being in that,” she admitted.

She described feeling “actually trapped” in a tumultuous household dynamic, however ultimately, she made the selection to battle again.

“It taught me the right way to arise and battle for myself, in order that was nice,” she stated. “I actually had no concept that I may very well be manipulated and damage that means, that I wouldn’t simply get out of one thing that was harmful to my psyche.”

As Munn strikes ahead, her focus is on guaranteeing her youngsters by no means discover themselves in an identical state of affairs. She shares two youngsters together with her husband John Mulaney, son Malcolm, 3, and daughter Méi, 5 months,

She hopes to instill in them the ability of listening to their instincts.

“Once they say like, ‘Oh, simply go on the date! You by no means know. You may like him, you may no less than be taught what you don’t like,’ I feel some people who find themselves subconsciously susceptible, which is what I feel I used to be, as a result of I had no concept I used to be this susceptible to something that had occurred to me put up that first date, in the event you really feel in your intestine one thing’s not proper, then don’t try this first date or get out instantly, as a result of one date may take years off your life,” she suggested.

Munn additionally emphasised that the influence of poisonous relationships extends far past the time spent with that individual.

“[It’s] not simply the interval that you simply’re with that individual however, in the event you’re fortunate to get out, the years [of] therapeutic your self afterwards,” she added.

She has been romantically linked to a number of celebrities over time, together with Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pine, Matthew Morrison, and Joel Kinnaman.

Certainly one of her most notable and long-term relationships was with Aaron Rodgers, whom she dated from 2014 to 2017. Throughout their time collectively, reviews circulated that Munn performed a task within the NFL star’s strained relationship together with his household.

As for John Mulaney, he was beforehand married to Anna Marie Tendler for six years earlier than they formally ended their marriage in 2021.