John Mullaney Is This Close to Going Back to Rehab

And your basis for this is what? You don't believe people can change?

I believed him on his Netflix special.

He's a mess.

I agree OP.

He is very, very, very angry at the people who staged his intervention.

That’s not a good sign.

Someone has to find a solution for the Irish alcoholism genes.

He seemed healthy and normal on Kimmel a few weeks ago. Are you projecting, OP?

R5-Nope, just watching closely with experience backing me up.

The arrogance of this thread. Maybe work and worry about yourself .

The blind leading the blind. This is why AA has a 5% success rate.

R8 how do you know he's going to AA?

There are no "alcoholism genes."

That myth died circa 1987. Come into the new millennium.

R9 OP is the one who sounds like an expert AA know-it-all sensing everyone’s imminent relapse. Mulaney, on the other hand, probably got top-notch private counseling and medical care, and if he did go to some meetings, it was probably just for show.

"watching closely" - how often are you around him in person?

OP, are you John’s sponsor?

^ yeah, sponsor...

and I let him suck my dick if he's sober.

^^ That’s always the 13th step.

I agree with OP. Watching the Netflix special gave me major "relapse forthcoming" vibes.

Where does all his anger come from?

[quote]Where does all his anger come from?

1. Raised Catholic

2. Middle child

3. Black sheep of the family

4. Never lived up to his dad’s expectations.

R17-Not being able to announce his sexual preferences for who-knows-what-reason?

[quote]He is very, very, very angry at the people who staged his intervention.

Where did you come up with that? In the credits he thanks the people who staged his intervention for saving his life.

Well, riddle me this: Why did he divorce Anna Marie right after the intervention? Is it because she underwrote the intervention? Or was it because she DIDN'T participate in it?

He seems like a user, but not the ODer type. I think this idea of complete sobriety isn’t always the answer to addiction issues, especially with someone whose artistry depends upon the transformative use of mind altering drugs.

[quote]Well, riddle me this: Why did he divorce Anna Marie right after the intervention? Is it because she underwrote the intervention? Or was it because she DIDN'T participate in it?

Because he was cheating on her. She wasn’t invited to be a part of the intervention. What is the point you are trying to make?

Mulaney has very “I CAN HANDLE MY DRUGS, YOU PEASANTS!” energy.

That's the real answer, r23, but the weird Mulaney conspiracists on here won't hear of it. Some of the same people at the intervention were later helping Mulaney lie about when he and his wife broke up so they could make his affair seem more palatable. Several of them were also friends with Munn so I'm guessing they had already taken sides.

These days he seems pretty awful. It was cold the way he dumped his (long-suffering) wife.

R26 = Petunia T-M

Petunia died :(

r27 Oh, noooooooo!

John M. comes off like a huge dick in recent years, which makes me wonder why he has so many friends who still care for him? Is Hollywood not just toxic, but radioactive?

He seems funny and like a guy with mental struggles like everyone else.

Some people have this weird relationship with Mulaney. Like he was their boyfriend and he cheated on them and broke up with them. What a strange reaction to a comic. There were clearly a lot of people who claimed to be fans, but they weren't listening to a thing he was saying.

He was not a boy scout. Back when he was doing college tours, everyone knew he was fucking the fans. I have no sympathy for the ex-wife, she had her own demons and by rumored accounts, it was a toxic relationship.

Its' kind of like Chappelle. Everyone loved Chappelle when he was making fun of black people and black stereotypes, but God forbid you come for anyone else. That's a line you don't cross. Please.

[quote] Mulaney has very “I CAN HANDLE MY DRUGS, YOU PEASANTS!” energy.

To me it comes across as “I do not give a shit about my life” energy. Like, underneath it all he is really depressed. That’s no great insight I know, but I think a big part of recovery is addressing the underlying shit which is often depression for drug users.

I despise him. I cant stand smug little squeaky wheel rich boys with a victim mentality

I thought we already decided that Mulaney was probably molested as an altarboy, liked it, and from thence his anger springs?

I doubt he liked it, but I do think he was molested as an altar boy.

He was certainly in a lot of dangerous situations as a child. And his parents are exactly the kind of blindly devout, don’t-make-us-look-bad Catholics whose children were prime targets to the 80s Catholic predators.

R33, yes! Like an ugly, pigeon chested Ben Affleck.

Ma sullen cunt.

He's pining after Pete Davidson's cock. Pete unfortunately is not bi enough to have a relationship with.

I thought Mulaney threw serious shade on Davidson when he did the bit about getting a million calls from Davidson while he was in rehab. The joke was that Davidson would constantly change his screen name because of paranoia or whatever and the current name was Robert De Nero so hahaha, the nurse woke him up in a panic after seeing all the calls from Bobby D.

Then Mulaney goes on to say that Davidson was freaking out because he thought 'everyone' would blame him for Mulaney's flameout. Message: he wasn't calling out of concern, but self-interest.

*De Niro*

He ruined his life by not getting a vasectomy. I'd be in rehab too if that had happened to me. Why didn't this weird woman go to a sperm bank or found a man who was interested in becoming a father? What was her name? Olive Mann?

With his tiny eyes... why roll the dice like that. Should impregnate an Amanda Seyfried type. (Not that she'd go near him...)

is he Asian?

I hope he stays sober because I'd hope that for anyone. But there is something off about the ways he's trying to toe the line between "aha, my mask is off" and "no, I'm still a really nice guy, really." His stand up now has this smarmy "I tried to tell you who I was, you just didn't believe me" tone. But in "real life" he lied his face off about the timeline of his relationship with that asshole Pick Me Munn, because obviously he's terrified to tell the truth. So I hope he's sober and happy as he claims, but let's face it, he said that before and it wasn't true. And he seems to be white-knuckling it with a smile even more so with the child he always insisted he never wanted.

John is an idiot. He got his stalker pregnant. She bragged in some interview that she became "obsessed." with him when she met him at Seth Meyers wedding. He was with his then fiancee soon to be wife and she was with Will Forte and she said she pursued him afterwards. She must have been relentless to finally achieve her goal through pregnancy how many years later?

I wonder which NYC AA meetings he goes to?

[quote]But in "real life" he lied his face off about the timeline of his relationship with that asshole Pick Me Munn

Is the issue John Mulaney or is the issue that he fucked Olivia Munn and got her pregnant? Because some of these responses come off as we don't like Olivia Munn. And I'm not sure I understand why anyone would care if he lied about the timeline of his relationship with her. It just seems very strange to me.

^ Because part of getting and staying sober is being honest about who you are and what you've done. If he's just substituting one kind of deception for another, it doesn't speak well of his prospects.

[QUOTE]Because part of getting and staying sober is being honest about who you are and what you've done. If he's just substituting one kind of deception for another, it doesn't speak well of his prospects.

I am not trying to be a jerk here, but does he owe that to fans or the public? I would think that "being honest about who you are and what you've done" applies to the people in his personal life. The only thing he owes fans is a good show and a few laughs.

Totally agree r49. Maybe he feels putting the whole truth out there could fuck up his kid? We don’t know. But I don’t believe it’s the job of the public to “take his inventory”. I quite frankly don’t give a shit, it’s his business not mine.

We're not talking about what he owes anyone. The subject is whether he's likely to relapse. We're all just speculating, like we do with any other celebrity. John doesn't need you to rush to his defense.

He is sexy, though - can't quite figure out what it is

R18. Hey, I’m 3 out 4 (excluding the last one)…I made it this far safe & not sorry

R4. No bigots need post here.

R36 you are off base…try the 50s-70s.

R46 The “German church” on west 22nd street btwn 8th & 9th Avenues

[quote] The arrogance of this thread. Maybe work and worry about yourself .

OMG right! Because humility and respect are the norm on DL political threads. Fuck off.

I was also raised Roman Catholic in the Chicago area. I have often wondered if I could compare the parish John grew up in with the lists of Catholic priests convicted and accused of abuse.

r58, he grew up in Lincoln Park, and went to St. Ignatius. Does that help?

Interesting. I will look for more, it depends on which group is keeping lists of priests and court cases, and what timeline their reports include. This is the clearest report I can find so far on Ignatius Prep and a Rev Richard Berry Bartz. In 1987 he abused a 17 year old at Ignatius, the timeline is probably someone about 10 years older than John, but if the old adage of where there is smoke there is fire is true there may have been more going on.

This article is kind of interesting. I guess St Ignatius and Lincoln Park just aren't all they are cracked up to be.

Frisky Jesuits. Sorry if this article is behind a paywall, it mentions " Five priests named were associated with St. Ignatius College Prep:."

I watched his Netflix show yesterday. He can tell a good story and keep a thread going without insulting his audience by stating the link they already saw coming. He’s always been good at that.

He desperately wants to keep up the threads of his prior persona that everyone now knows was fake. He does seem very angry underneath a carefully crafted show. The best hope for his and Olivia’s kid is her tiger mom.

If he really didn't want kids he would have had a vasectomy. Seems like he was undecided.

Researching known pedophile priests in Chicago to figure out if John Mulaney was molested is fucked up.

The list of priests goes back to 1955. How many were around at the time John went to school? How many were at that school at that time? Go ahead knock yourself out. All that for the wildest speculation that he was molested. Something he’s never alluded to. There’s a certain delusional quality here.

I may make jokes about John pinning after Pete Davidson’s cock but I know that I’m making a joke.

Addiction isn't a joke for people who really want to get clean. 20+ years sober and I couldn't watch his special. He'll be another Carrie Fisher - always talking and laughing about sobriety but doing drugs until the end.

R27 Petunia passed away

[quote]Addiction isn't a joke for people who really want to get clean. 20+ years sober and I couldn't watch his special.

What?!?!! So he wasn't supposed to address it? Some are also mad because he took out the divorce stuff when he was working this set out.

r32 very carefully made sure they didn't use the phrase "parasocial relationship" but that's what they're talking about, and it's bullshit.

The idea that people who criticized Mulaney were in an unhealthy "parasocial relationship" with him started on Twitter and TikTok, and I invite everyone to actually look at the comments made by people who say things like "You're just criticizing him because you developed an unhealthy parasocial obsession with him."

To a one, those who lob the accusations are the ones actually guilty of it. They will post at length about how "John's struggles are so real and important" and will write about weird conspiracy theories involving his wife, and they'll post fan edits of photos and videos of him, and are obviously fans who are just mad that people criticized their widdle special boy.

The craziest thing happened on Twitter a couple of weeks ago: people were screaming about how those who didn't like Mulaney's new standup were attacking him for being an addict, yet I couldn't find a single tweet like they described. Not one. I searched for a lot longer than I should have and couldn't find a single example. I'm sure there are a few tweets here and there that got some likes, but this large-scale attack on poor innocent widdle John for being a victim and an addict just didn't happen, but if you listened to the same people who accuse others of having a "parasocial relationship" with him, you'd think that there had been 10,000 nasty tweets unfairly attacking Mulaney.

It's like celebrities and entertainers are SHOCKED! that their job requires them to be likable to their fans.

THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY'S FOR!

[quote]Because some of these responses come off as we don't like Olivia Munn.

She's pretty awful, and we've had tons of threads about how grasping, awful, and just generally unappealing this woman is, all of which date long before Mulaney entered the picture. If you're new I guess you won't remember them, and of course Mediapolis just deleted tens of thousands of our posts older than two years, but if you care (you don't) you can still find evidence of these Munn threads in a Google search.

[quote]And I'm not sure I understand why anyone would care if he lied about the timeline of his relationship with her.

Well, darling, this is a gossip board, or at least it's supposed to be (when it's not overrun with the Klan and assorted Nazis) and we talk about celebrities who lie, because that's what we do.

Mulaney's lies were so egregious they were hilarious. That's what our threads were mostly about, until people like you showed up. He very obviously was cheating on Tendler for a long time, and they were still married when he appeared on SNL just before rehab, and he said they were together (and he did an interview on Kimmel remotely from the house in DC they were renting together) just days before he went into rehab, even though he later said otherwise, and people like Seth Meyers happily helped him with that lie.

The lies only came after he was unable to ignore the problem any longer. For months he wouldn't even acknowledge Munn's existence, let alone that she was pregnant. She had to set up a pap shot that showed she was obviously pregnant in a parking garage to get Mulaney to man up and admit he was the dad.

And you can't tell me he went into rehab on Christmas Eve without a PR reason for it. I'm guessing the affairs were about to become public and he was trying to get out in front of that story.

The timing with him knocking Munn up either while in rehab or just minutes after he got out of rehab was also hilarious. The man is a full fucking mess.

For me, personally, I get irritated at the fangurlz who prop up his lies because they don't want to admit the kind of guy he is. If that upsets you that's because you're one of those fangurlz.

Should have said yes, yes, yes.

I don’t remember exactly what she wrote, but that time Olivia got dragged on Twitter for that gushy tweet to John (before they hooked up afaik) was pretty funny.

Did the bitch ex wife murder the dog to get back at John?

Munn even talked about giving Mulaney her phone number at a wedding (Seth Meyers' wedding I think) in an interview years ago, knowing he was there with Tendler.

It might be deleted now but one of my favorite threads on DL was one where people posted photos of Munn with her high-profile boyfriends over the years, all of the men looking like they were about to murder her because she was so irritating.

"I'm so glad you called the paps, darling." -- Chris Pine

Aaron is totally not blinking for help in Morse code here

He feels trapped after he left his wife for the baby mama

Who is Seth Meyers husband?

If he ever shits on Seth Meyers a pox on him. Seth gave him a job and babysat him.

I say, NO, NO, NO!!!

I can't imagine Mulaney would ever intentionally do anything to upset Meyers. Meyers has very visibly been helping Mulaney through all the PR problems of late, starting with giving him a job during the pandemic when Mulaney fell off the wagon.

Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel (of all people) seem like actual grown ups compared to most in the entertainment industry.

Bonus points to Seth for also being married to a grownup.

On the other hand, that dreadful Mike Birbiglia is the poster child for whiny, entitled man baby. He is repulsive and his nutter wife is the only human being less competent than he is.

But I digress.

Are Mike and Mulaney still besties? They used to be very tight, but it seems Mulaney traded up to a more famous friend crowd.

r85 Birbiglia was at his intervention

Do any of you know comedians personally? Their stage persona has little to do with who they are in real life. He looked so much healthier in the Netflix special, and I’m impressed with how many people participated in his intervention. It’s unpleasant, and takes some planning. You really have to care about someone to pull it off. The lampshade designer underwhelms me. It’s telling that she wasn’t a part of it.

How many of his friends at that intervention covered for him when he was fucking around on his wife? I bet they didn't even include her in the intervention.

R72 Please no sexist rhetoric like "man up". How about "woman up" and not get pregnant by a married addict? Why even care about roe v wade when it isn't properly used?

[quote]Please no sexist rhetoric like "man up". How about "woman up" and not get pregnant by a married addict?

I'll pretend like you're not a troll, with the "don't be sexist, also the woman is entirely fault if she gets pregnant" bullshit, and point out to you that I dunked on Munn several times in this thread already. It's not my problem that you can't troll and don't know how to follow a conversation.

[quote]Do any of you know comedians personally?

No, and neither do you.

[quote]Their stage persona has little to do with who they are in real life.

Mulaney used social media and interviews to push the idea that his stage persona and real life were the same. That's how he went from internet popular to genuinely famous, and it's how he got the "Lunch Bunch" show. Someone else on here said it first but they were right: people will put up with quite a bit of fakery from celebrities, but they won't put up with an entire persona being fake, especially in a comedian who uses material from his life for his show.

The problem is that, from the "What's New Pussycat" jukebox prank to the SNL where he changed from being the Trump is a "horse in a hospital" to "Trump and Biden are exactly the same" whining because he was a Bernie Bro, every time he's been himself, he's lost some of his luster. That's why he put on a full fake persona.

He didn't have to. Comedians can embrace being incredibly irritating men and make it funny. His friend Jim Gaffigan does it, Brian Regan does it. He chose to pivot from whiny spoiled broken rich kid who name-drops to smol bean, and it backfired.

He's sexy and part of it is the big ears, in my opinion.

[quote]On the other hand, that dreadful Mike Birbiglia is the poster child for whiny, entitled man baby. He is repulsive and his nutter wife is the only human being less competent than he is.

Ooh dish! I used to really like his comedy but haven’t followed him in recent years. I don’t even know who his wife is.

Mike Birbiglia is repulsive.

Seth Meyers has gone above and beyond helping John.

He even had Olivia on his show when she was pregnant and hosts were still interviewing guests via Zoom. People were still dying of COVID and Seth is doing an entire interview with Olivia focused solely on her morning sickness and other pregnancy discomforts and aches and pains since Olivia had nothing else to promote. I'm sure showcasing some woman heavily pregnant with her married or recently divorced boyfriend just out of rehab went over like a lead balloon with his married female audience. But Seth did it anyway to try and help normalize the situation and get some sympathy for them.

Jesus Christ, the priest I grew up with AND the one at my high school were molestors, which I learned just today from the link up thread.

Thank God I did not know this personally, but I never believed the catechism, and did not trust them enough to ever be alone with them

All of the priests of my childhood at my home parish were on the list. I feel sick.

[quote]Mulaney used social media and interviews to push the idea that his stage persona and real life were the same.

😥😥My pretend boyfriend wasn't what he said he was in his comedy act and on social media!!! 😥😥

Get a life, sweetheart. Your rants are embarrassing.

R87 I know comedians. I actually know a comedian that participated in John's intervention. And no, they aren't who they play on TV. Most comedians have a super serious, deeply reflective streak. They're observers of the human condition. They often tend towards melancholy.

Were non disclosure agreements handed out and signed at the intervention? Was there a lawyer present, perhaps via Zoom?

R98, people are allowed to take new information on board and revise their opinion of a celebrity, just as Mulaney and other celebrities are allowed to create fake personas and hope people buy into them.

There’s nothing wrong with him trying to make an act out of his new circumstances although it doesn’t really fit with the “golly gee, who, me?” thing he’s still trying to project. However, he still seems self loathing to me, and I find it uncomfortable to watch.

He'll be back in rehab by the summer.

There’s no way Munn truly cares for him if she sprang a pregnancy during his rehab/early recovery. He needs to be taking care of himself, not a demanding infant (although I’m sure they can afford nannies). Plus he’s a comedian, and now probably feels like he has to alter his comedy in some way.

Munn is the kind of woman who navigates life with her pussy. She doesn’t put any thought into it.

R102 = Miss Cleo

[quote]Munn is the kind of woman who navigates life with her pussy. She doesn’t put any thought into it.

Except for having a dick, that's pretty much how I live my life.

So your dick is a divining rod?

[quote]There’s no way Munn truly cares for him if she sprang a pregnancy during his rehab/early recovery.

The only chance she ever had of getting some poor schlub to knock her up was while he was at rock bottom. So she took it.

Munn was obsessed with John since before he married Tendler. Bitch fucking manifested him. It took several years to come together, but she did it. Probably had a vision board or used voodoo or something.

I SAID NO NO NO

I DON'T SNORT IT NO MORE...

Once I went out to dinner with an old work colleague who was into AA. The waitress asked if we wanted drinks. He said something like a Coke or iced tea or water. I said a rum & coke. We hadn't chatted for a while, since it had been a long time since we had seen each other. The waiter came by and took our orders. He saw that my drink was almost finished so he asked if I wanted another. I said no, that I'd just have an iced tea. (I don't like to drink with my meal, not even wine.)

After the waiter left, my friend told me that having to control your drinking is a big sign of alcoholism.

Your friend is a member of a cult that is always looking for validation. He is not a friend. If you told him he was an asshole for projecting, he would have invited you to a meeting. He put you in a lose/lose circumstance. I hope you never have to suffer his quiet arrogance again..

Step 13, STFU

What was Mullaney's last comedy special. Did I miss one?

He seems tiresome.

[quote] John is an idiot. He got his stalker pregnant. She bragged in some interview that she became "obsessed." with him when she met him at Seth Meyers wedding. He was with his then fiancee soon to be wife and she was with Will Forte and she said she pursued him afterwards. She must have been relentless to finally achieve her goal through pregnancy how many years later?

I'm inclined to agree with this.

Munn met Mulaney on September 1, 2013, the day of Seth Meyers' wedding. They had a baby in November of 2021 (exact date not given).

Eight years? That's a long time to stalk a guy.

Olivia Munn, as the Datalounge has previously established, is a stone-cold cut-a-bitch cunt. Maybe Mulaney is too, I don't know the guy, but he's definitely a mess. Obviously, this couple isn't going to last.

Is he still with that hookup gone wrong?

R112 And if you HAD refilled your drink, your friend would have made a snarky observation about that, as well. "You know what they say, right? One drink's too much, and a thousand isn't enough."

Is he related to mulan?

I can't imagine Mulaney has any money. Getting knocked up by him is stupid.

R120 Maybe she fetishized his eyes?

R120, wasn't there talk of him having money problems? And that's why Seth Meyers gave him a job on his show. That, and Mulaney needed something to focus on during the pandemic.

R122 Or was it for him to have health insurance that would cover rehab?

When I saw him at the Wilbur in Boston early on in the From Scratch tour, he was begging us to buy his merch. It was shameless. He was like. "Yes. I need money. Buy the t shirts. BUY THE DAMN TEE SHIRTS."

[Quote] After the waiter left, my friend told me that having to control your drinking is a big sign of alcoholism.

You're friend is right, r112. This is why it's best to have absolutely no control over one's drinking, as I endeavored to do. It got me to the ripe old age of 58.

Wonder if his ex took him to the cleaners in their divorce and that’s why he’s hard up for money.

Like John Belushi before him, Mullaney isn't funny sober.

[quote]Olivia Munn, as the Datalounge has previously established, is a stone-cold cut-a-bitch cunt. Maybe Mulaney is too, I don't know the guy

But you know Olivia?

We know everything we need to know about Olivia every time she opens her trash mouth. And now we know who John is since he chose to procreate with her.

Wow, R129. I have no words. She needs several kicks in the cuntbone for that tweet.

Pick me, John!!! Pick me! Pick me!

[quote] We know everything we need to know

Shut up.

^ Fuck off Olivia.

"Having sex with a guy once is worth it."

In a business meeting ... to get a gig on his show. Subtlety is not in her playbook.

("No shit," coos the wee Bastard Mulaney)

[quote]Wow, R129. I have no words. She needs several kicks in the cuntbone for that tweet.

In case anyone was wondering whether Olivia Munn really is anything other than a dumb whore.

What a slag. Anna Marie seems intelligent and sensitive.

Do y'all think Olivia needs the mpox vaccine?

[quote]Do y'all think Olivia needs the mpox vaccine?

I think she needs to be listed as a Superfund site by the EPA.

These prissy Catholic boys are suckers for a dirty slut.

So John went from the Madonna wife to the Whore girlfriend? Does he realize he had the child with the wrong one?

That wife was no Madonna. She was/is a fucking mess with a ton of issues and drama. Plus she was controlling. I would choose a woman who likes dick over the mess he escaped from any day of the week.

If Olivia had aborted, everyone would be happier.

Do you know her R141? How do you know she is dramatic/controlling?

R141, not the 40 year old.

A 20 something dirty slut is glorious. A 30 something dirty slut is getting tired. A 40 something dirty slut is embarrassing for everyone.

But Olivia knew that.

Imagine looking at your cunt, popping out a child by a drug addict. I would be ashamed of myself.

None of us know anything about the state of John's marriage before or during his rehab. But we do know, since Olivia popped out a full term baby in November, that John impregnated her while he was either still in inpatient rehab or at the very start of his outpatient rehab. Aside from the absolute trashiness of that fact, it also means he told the most pathetic and obvious lies about that relationship.

Maybe Olivia was the stalkiest of stalkers, and entered that same rehab! Rather crafty thinking, I must say. “Oh, hey Boo, I had no idea you were here!”

R146 Yeah what was the time line of all that? I know it's hella fishy. He went to rehab in December, right? And was in there until February?

How does a cocaine penis look like?

R149-Uh, WHAT?