Overview

• Munn described how her trichotillomania manifests as a recurring urge to pull out her eyelashes, prompted by a false sensation that each lash is loose and followed by brief relief then regret.
• She traced the disorder’s onset to a paparazzi shot taken outside Chris Pine’s Los Angeles apartment in late 2009, marking her first tabloid appearance.
• Munn said reading dismissive comments under the tabloid photo, which questioned her motives and mocked her outfit, set off her hair-pulling impulses.
• The June 30 episode of the Armchair Expert podcast featured her most detailed public account of how that single incident sparked the condition.
• She confirmed that she and Pine, who dated in 2009 and 2010, remain friends and recently reconnected at Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary and in an airport lounge.