Forgot password
Enter the email address you used when you joined and we'll send you instructions to reset your password.
If you used Apple or Google to create your account, this process will create a password for your existing account.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reset password instructions sent. If you have an account with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or contact support if the problem persists.
Image via NBC

When did John Mulaney go to rehab, and when did he get divorced? Mulaney’s ‘weird couple of years,’ explained

In new Netflix special, 'Baby J,' Mulaney gets real about his past.

Comedian and actor John Mulaney‘s newest Netflix comedy special John Mulaney: Baby J (or just Baby J for short) is here and in it, the Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers star opens up about the last few years of his life. While his professional life has been great — the actor continues to carve out a strong voice acting career with films like Puss in Boots after impressing audiences in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse — Mulaney’s personal life has been publicly chaotic, at best.

Recommended Videos

In Baby J, Mulaney opens up about his public struggles with addiction to alcohol, prescription drugs, and cocaine, and how his struggles with addiction impacted his relationships. If you’ve ever been a Mulaney fan, or even casually watched his earlier stand-up specials, you would know Mulaney was married to artist Anna Marie Tendler, who he began dating in 2010. Mulaney portrayed their relationship as a great one, frequently talking about how much he loved his wife in his standup, saying things, “Being married is so nice. I never knew relationships were supposed to make you feel better about yourself,” in his comedy specials (this quote is from 2015’s The Comeback Kid). Many of Mulaney fans had also become fans of his relationship, and so were shocked when the couple announced their divorce.

Behind his bright persona, Mulaney had been struggling with addiction for years and in December 2020, a group of his comedian friends staged an intervention for him. What Mulaney thought was dinner with a friend, turned into a decidedly unfunny conversation with actors like Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Nick Kroll, who told him he needed to get clean. Mulaney took the advice to heart and checked himself into rehab later that month. The news of his rehab stay shocked many of his fans, as Mulaney had reportedly been sober for 14 years before he relapsed. A source told Us Weekly at the time that Tendler was proud of John for getting the help he needed, and that she supported his decision.

After two months, Mulaney left rehab. Shortly after, he announced his divorce with Tendler in May 2021. Tendler gave a statement to People magazine at the time, saying, “I am heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage. I wish him support and success as he continues his recovery.” Mulaney rebuffed any further comment past the initial report. According to a Page Six report, an “insider” told the publication that Mulaney had been cheating on Tendler and asked for the divorce immediately after exiting rehab in February 2021, but this has not been confirmed by either camp.

Shortly thereafter in September 2021, Mulaney and his new girlfriend, actress Olivia Munn, announced they were expecting their first child together. Mulaney went onto his close friend Seth Meyer’s show and talked about his “eventful” year and opened up about his road to recovery and his relationship with Munn. “Then in the spring I went to Los Angeles and met and started to date a wonderful woman named Olivia, Olivia Munn … It was a very lucky thing to have met this woman … And we’re having a baby, together.” Munn gave birth to their son Malcolm Mulaney on Nov. 24, 2021.


We Got This Covered is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of Staci White
Staci White
Since the moment she listened to her first Britney Spears CD at the tender age of six, Staci has been a lover of all things pop culture. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors in Linguistics and somehow turned her love of music, movies, and media into a career as an entertainment writer. When she’s not writing for WGTC, she’s busy fulfilling her own pop star dreams as a singer/songwriter or hanging out at her local coffee shops.