John Mulaney ‘s rehab journey and divorce are still sparking interest more than three years later. Mulaney, 42, was named the GQ ‘s Comedian of the Year for their 2024 Men of the Year issue. In his cover story, published Tuesday, November 12, Mulaney speaks candidly about his new chapter in Los Angeles with Olivia Munn and their two children.
“You might think this is bulls—, but it feels very distant,” Mulaney says of the widespread interest in his personal life and dissection of his “nice guy” persona. (“I very much tried to tell everyone,” he jokes, clarifying, “What I said is that I look harmless.”) GQ ‘s cover story notes that “Mulaney declines to talk about his first marriage” but presents a breakdown of the comedian’s past four years — including a second rehab stint.
“In 2020, while living in New York City, he entered rehab, for addiction to cocaine and a smorgasbord of pharmaceuticals. He and his wife, Anna Marie Tendler , split up. He relapsed.
He went back to rehab, this time with the help of a starry intervention that has since passed into legend thanks to his Emmy-winning Netflix special, Baby J,” the profile reads. “This time, the sobriety stuck. Soon after, he connected with Munn and, soon after that, it became known that she was pregnant.
” Us Weekly confirmed in May 2021 that Mulaney and Tendler, 39, split after nearly seven years of marriage. Three months prior, Mulaney completed a 60-day rehab program for drug and alcoho.