Olivia Munn reveals the only cartoon her son is allowed to watch

Olivia Munn shares son Malcolm, three, and daughter Méi, eight months, with husband John Mulaney

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Olivia Munn says her kids are not allowed to watch cartoons
Olivia Munn says her kids are not allowed to watch cartoons

Olivia Munn controls what her kids watch on television.

The Your Friends and Neighbors actress, 44, opened up about her frustration towards animated shows in a recent interview, including kids' YouTube favourite Ms. Rachel.

"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. These kid shows drive me crazy," the mum-of-two told People Magazine.

"Malcolm asked for Blue's Clues [recently], and I don't know who showed him Blue's Clues, but they are on my s*** list now. I said, 'Hell no. Not in my house.' John got him into the Spider-Man cartoons, which is not interesting to me," she further admitted.

"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."

While the actress has banned kids' cartoons from her home, she made an exception for the PBS cartoon Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which she finds helpful in preparing Malcolm, three, to be a big brother to eight-month-old Méi.

"Daniel Tiger has a little sister, and we'd tell him, 'There's a baby sister coming.'"

After Méi was born, the couple was also careful not to "change [Malcolm's] world and identity and responsibilities."

"A lot of times people will be like, 'Oh, you're a big brother now. You're not the baby anymore. Now you can help mommy get the diapers.' So, all of a sudden, he has all these responsibilities, and he doesn't just get to be carefree anymore," Munn explained.

"Instead, we would say, 'Now we have two babies. There's baby Méi Méi and baby Malcolm.'"

"He would say, 'Mommy, come over here. Daddy, come over here,' and if we were holding the baby, we would put her down so that he wouldn't feel that all of a sudden now we can't be there for him."