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When it comes to raising young children, it feels almost inevitable that popular children’s programming will dominate the television screens at home.
But according to Olivia Munn, she doesn’t allow any of it in her home despite being a mom of two.
During a conversation with People, Munn explained that when comes to even the most popular children’s programming, she says no to most of it.
"I know kids love [Ms. Rachel], but the thing is, if I can't watch it, I'm not going to spend the rest of my life going crazy," Munn told People. "These kid shows drive me crazy."
Munn and her husband, comedian John Mulaney, are parents to 3-year-old son Malcom and 9-month-old daughter Méi.
Even cartoons are a big no, Munn told People.
"Malcolm asked for 'Blue's Clues' [recently], and I don't know who showed him Blue's Clues, but they are on my list now," she continued. "I said, 'Not in my house.’”
“John got him into the Spider-Man cartoons, which is not interesting to me,” Munn continued. “I put on Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Homecoming and was like, 'If you want to watch the real-life ones, then we can watch that.' It might be a little too old for him, but I can't take the cartoons."
There is one children’s show however that Munn is able to stomach, and that’s PBS’ “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” admitting that it is a “great program.”
She explained how it helped Malcom with the transition when his baby sister was born.
"Daniel Tiger has a little sister, and we'd tell him, 'There's a baby sister coming,' " Munn says.
Munn’s latest addition comes after the actress revealed her daughter was named after a lie her own mom Dung Kim Munn was told her.
While a guest on Seth Meyers on May 12, prior to welcoming Méi into the world, Kim Munn told them that the American version of her name Dung was June.
“One day we were driving,” Olivia Munn told Meyers, “my mom just says, out of nowhere, ‘you know, people call me June. My mom's name is Dung. It's spelled D-U-N-G. And so she said, ‘You know, people call me June.’ And I said, ‘When do people call you June?’ And she was like, ‘You know, a lot of people call me June. It's the Americanized name for Dung.’”
Kim Munn’s realization led Mulaney to suggest naming their daughter after his mother-in-law.
“‘You know, that would be such a pretty name and such a great way to honor your mother. So why don't we name her Méi June?’ I thought that's a great idea. It's a great idea.”
Only later, after sharing the special news with Kim Munn, it was learned that only two people have ever called Kim Munn June.
“It's staying June,” she told Meyers. “We're not changing it. So yeah, she's kind of in honor of my mother, but I hope she doesn't grow up to be as big a liar.”
