John Mulaney checked into a 60-day rehab for cocaine & alcohol abuse
John Mulaney is a popular comedian whose jokes always make the rounds, especially on social media. He had an excellent joke about how Donald Trump is “a horse in a hospital” which seemed to hit the right note, although Mulaney also shot himself in the foot, comedy-wise, when he appeared on Saturday Night Live the weekend before the election. His SNL joke was basically “Donald Trump and Joe Biden are both old men and there’s no real difference between them.” People were yelling at him A LOT. So much that he ended up apologizing and telling Jimmy Kimmel that he “deserved the backlash.” That was not even two months ago. And now I wonder if his much-hated performance on SNL was part of some kind of tragic bender. Apparently, he’s back in rehab because he’s been abusing cocaine and alcohol this year.
Comedian John Mulaney has checked into rehab for 60 days for alcohol and cocaine addiction. A source exclusively confirmed to Page Six that the 38-year-old golden boy of comedy checked into a Pennsylvania rehab facility this past weekend. Netflix stand-up star and “Saturday Night Live” alum Mulaney has been open about his past struggles with sobriety, telling stories of his partying and prescription and illegal drug abuse from a young age. He first became sober at age 23.
The source said, “John’s friends and family are happy that he’s finally getting some help and focusing on his health. His fans know he’s struggled in the past with sobriety, he has talked about it openly. Unfortunately he has struggled again during the pandemic. He’s on board with his recovery, he’s not fighting against rehab.”
In an interview last year, Mulaney revealed he began drinking at age 13. “I drank for attention,” he said. “I was really outgoing, and then at 12, I wasn’t. I didn’t know how to act. And then I was drinking, and I was hilarious again.”
He said in an Esquire cover story that his drinking also prompted him to start using drugs. He says that while he never liked smoking pot, he “loved” cocaine and dabbled with prescription drugs. “I wasn’t a good athlete, so maybe it was some young male thing of ‘This is the physical feat I can do. Three Vicodin and a tequila and I’m still standing,’” he said. “Who’s the athlete now?”
I mean, that’s one thing about mining your personal demons for comedy: you no longer have any secrets, for better or for worse. I think it’s probably a good thing that he’s been so open about his past drug and alcohol abuse and that allowed people close to him to recognize that he was in trouble. I hope he gets the help he needs, and I imagine his next Netflix special will be I Spent Christmas In Rehab. Kudos to him for checking into rehab voluntarily, because he knew he was struggling.
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