John Mulaney Says Olivia Munn Staged Mini-Intervention, Began Randomly Drug-Testing Him When She Was 6 Months Pregnant

Mar. 15, 2025

John Mulaneyis opening up about his addiction recovery journey — and the support he is receiving along the way.

TheSaturday Night Livealum, 42, who was revealed asGQ’s 2024 Man of the Year on Tuesday, Nov. 12, spoke candidly to the publication about his whirlwind year as a new father of two, as well as his ongoing recovery from addiction.

“There was a time when I would have told you that I could not fly, sleep, or perform unless I had a Klonopin,” Mulaney told the outlet. “I would have said, ‘It sucks because I don’t always want to take Klonopin and Xanax, but I have to.’ ”

The comedian, whochecked himself into rehabfor cocaine and alcohol dependency in December 2020, recalled one “insane” night at the height of his addiction when he had taken so many drugs he thought he would die.

“I thought, ‘Okay … I’m going to totally slow down. That was like a Tuesday. And Thursday night, I did it again,” he said.

John Mulaney on the cover of ‘GQ’.Eli Russell Linnetz/GQ

Eli Russell Linnetz/GQ

“It’s like a relief … I like to be able to not even have that be a question in her or anyone else’s mind,” said Mulaney. “Something about peeing in that cup is like, I’m walking this walk. It gives me confidence.”

John Mulaney.Marc Piasecki/WireImage

Marc Piasecki/WireImage

PEOPLE first reportedMulaney and Munn’s romancein May 2021. The pairtied the knotin July and share two children, a sonMalcolm Hiệp, who turns 3 on Nov. 24, and 2-month-old daughterMéi June, welcomed via a surrogate.

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While appearing on theLate Night with Seth Meyersshow in 2021, Mulaney called Munn, 44, “incredible” for supporting him in his recovery and that she “held my hand through that hell.”

“[She] got to date me out of recovery, which is what they call a reverse-catch,” he joked, adding, “It is a very, very lucky thing to have met this woman.”

Munn, who revealedher bilateral breast cancer diagnosisin March, toldGQabout meeting Mulaney at that time in his life, “I was watching someone newly sober, at the edge of a cliff, and I didn’t know him well enough to help him.”

source: people.com