John Mulaney is sharing the “intervention” that wife Olivia Munn did for him.
A few years ago, John Mulaney walked away from a wedding that he had made part of his stand-up special and professional brand. Suddenly, he was divorcing his ex-wife and getting Olivia Munn pregnant.
This change, which happened over the span of a few months, came out of nowhere. The beloved comedian recently went to rehab and is clearly reimagining his life.
Addiction recovery is a journey, not an event. As part of this, John Mulaney explains, Olivia Munn staged a mini-intervention to help keep him sober.
Olivia Munn allowed John Mulaney an intervention when he needed an intervention
On Tuesday, November 12, gq John Mulaney was named the publication’s Man of the Year.
For several years, the comedian has been open about his struggles with substance abuse and addiction. Recently his life has changed.
Over the past few years, he ended his marriage, went into rehab, and in a short time became a father of two children with new wife Olivia Munn. Now, he is opening up about his ongoing recovery.
John Mulaney admitted, “There was a time when I would tell you I couldn’t fly, sleep or perform unless I had Klonopin.” Klonopin is the brand name of clonazepam, a benzodiazepine that helps with anxiety, among other things.
“I would have said, ‘This sucks because I don’t want to always take Klonopin and Xanax, but I have to,'” he described.
In December 2020, John Mulaney checked himself into rehab, but not prescription anxiety medication. That was for cocaine and alcohol dependence.
A ‘crazy’ night of drugs was (almost) his wake up call
According to the comedian, his night before rehab was a “crazy one.” One night he worried that the amount of medication he had taken might kill him.
“I thought, ‘Okay… I’m going to slow down completely. That was like Tuesday. And Thursday night, I did it again,'” John Mulaney explained.
More recently, Olivia Munn staged a “mini” intervention, she described it as part of her recovery. When she was six months pregnant, she started drug-testing on a whim.
“It’s a relief… I feel like that question doesn’t even arise in his or anyone else’s mind,” John Mulaney then expressed.
“There’s something about peeing in that cup, like I’m walking on this walk,” he then explained. “It gives me confidence.”
John Mulaney said that Olivia Munn’s intervention is just one aspect of his recovery journey and their relationship. He also admitted that living together wasn’t really bringing out his best as a partner when he started his recovery journey.
There’s more to John Mulaney and Olivia Munn’s marriage than just interference and improvisation
In May 2021, the world first learned about John Mulaney and Olivia Munn’s romance. They married in July and have two children, Malcolm and Mei.
In particular, Mulaney’s very public breakup with his ex-wife Anna Marie Tendler upset many of his fans. He had spent years praising his child-free marriage in stand-up. While anyone is allowed to change their mind at any time, her sudden move to divorce and have children was alienating the fans she had previously attracted.
John Mulaney invited Dave Chappelle as a surprise opener, which blew away even now-former fans. Chappelle’s controversies became Mulaney’s controversies by proxy. But even his critics are happy to hear about his modest success.