John Mulaney

[Ginger]

What I don't get about Olivia Munn is why she would want this guy at one of the lowest, messiest, saddest points on his life. Is that really a turn-on for a new relationship? And he's going through a divorce too. Does she go for turmoil?

I doubt she's in it for the long term, so if he actually left his wife for her, dumb move. I really think that's part of why addicts aren't supposed to be getting into relationships at the very beginning of their recovery - bad decision-making with permanent consequences.

May 15, 2021 10:45:53 GMT -4 magazinewhore said:

Sorry. I created the thread, but can't seem to change it. John MULANEY.

I'm a dope.

He's talked about how people confuse his name with Mulvaney, and the last time he hosted SNL, the announcer I guess as a joke announced him as John Mulvaney.

[alphabeta]

May 16, 2021 9:47:04 GMT -4 Ginger said:

What I don't get about Olivia Munn is why she would want this guy at one of the lowest, messiest, saddest points on his life. Is that really a turn-on for a new relationship? And he's going through a divorce too. Does she go for turmoil?

That ONTD post linked earlier says that Olivia's last boyfriend was "Ruston Kelly, Kacey Musgrave's recent ex husband, who is also a newly divorced recovering addict and alcoholic". So, maybe, yes?

[groovethang]

May 16, 2021 10:28:46 GMT -4 alphabeta said:

May 16, 2021 9:47:04 GMT -4 Ginger said:

What I don't get about Olivia Munn is why she would want this guy at one of the lowest, messiest, saddest points on his life. Is that really a turn-on for a new relationship? And he's going through a divorce too. Does she go for turmoil?

That ONTD post linked earlier says that Olivia's last boyfriend was "Ruston Kelly, Kacey Musgrave's recent ex husband, who is also a newly divorced recovering addict and alcoholic". So, maybe, yes?

Maybe she’s someone who needs to be the more together one in the relationship. Like she’s less messy in comparison.

[eclair]

I wonder what Olivia's dad was like; is she trying to fix something from her childhood? By 40 she should see her patterns in relationships.

[kostgard]

I too, when I heard about the divorce and hookup with Olivia Munn, thought, “Isn’t that supposed to be a bad idea for someone in his position?”

The whole situation is sad and I hope he’s okay.

As for Olivia Munn...oof. I have...issues with her. She’s always rubbed me the wrong way, but I think the folks here who said she’s a mess are probably right. Remember her dust up with the Fug Girls a couple years ago because they didn’t like an outfit she wore? She cried “misogyny” and went on about judging women by their bodies (which is something the Fug Girls make a point of not doing. They always restrict their comments to the outfit, not the bodies wearing the outfits), and she sent her fans after them, but since her fans are largely straight males who know nothing about the Fug Girls or fashion blogging in general, it was kind of a mess. And instead of canceling them (which was obviously Munn’s intent) the fashion blogging world - and even some celebs featured on their site - defended the Fug Girls. She was trying to create her “Me Too” moment, and while she has a legit point about women being judged by their bodies, she decided to point the finger at people who...don’t really do that. So the whole thing just sort of deflated.

It kinda looks like maybe she’s been sniffing around Mulaney for a while, and as soon as there was an opening, she pounced - even though it was probably ill-advised for both of them. Mulaney all but said in that standup routine “I don’t want to be alone” which makes it clear he’s not in a good place to start a relationship. The whole thing seems to have “bad idea” stamped on it for both of them.

[peace47]

May 16, 2021 9:47:04 GMT -4 Ginger said:

He's talked about how people confuse his name with Mulvaney, and the last time he hosted SNL, the announcer I guess as a joke announced him as John Mulvaney.

It wasn’t a joke, if I recall correctly. Darrell Hammond, the announcer, said that he was multi-tasking, got distracted and said the name wrong. That story always seemed a little odd to me (since Darrell’s duties as SNL announcer only amount to a few minutes per week, and it had been the second time in a short span that he flubbed the announcing, making me wonder what was up with him) but Darrell apologized to John at the time over Twitter.

I would call myself a pretty big fan of Mulaney’s comedy. I even flew in to NYC to see him on Broadway in “Oh Hello” back in the day. But I do side eye him for seemingly/allegedly dumping his wife after seemingly/ allegedly cheating on her. He did project an image of being appreciative of his wife, her personality, her values, etc., and if addictions destroyed that, I definitely have compassion, but if it was all an act the whole time, that is disappointing because he was one of a few A+ list male stand ups who did not have a vein of misogyny running through his material. I hope that at least they had no prenup and Anna Marie Tendler gets a big, fat divorce settlement for her troubles.

As for his addictions, I do genuinely wish him as clear a path to recovery as possible, but like others upthread, it doesn’t sound as though he is setting himself up for success. I also feel bad that he doesn’t just have adoring fans writing Reddit write ups of him working out new material, but he also has major media outlets like Variety covering his process. I can’t imagine the pressure.

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Feb 10, 2006 17:47:02 GMT -4 Ladybug said:

My issue with Olivia Munn is that she made some veiled comments that seemed to be trying to out her former bf Aaron Rogers. I don’t know what’s up with him or what went down in their relationship but it’s his life and his choice.

This sat terribly with me too. He's engaged to Shailene Woodley now and I guess it could be a bearding situation, and she's I think said she's either bisexual or nonbinary in the past, so who knows what the truth is, but it came across really meanspirited, like she was trying to embarrass him or cause him problems in the locker room because she was bitter about their relationship. Not to mention I listened to the interview and she seemed to try to imply that if a guy likes to be the little spoon that makes him gay? Maybe he just likes to be cuddled?

She just seems to pop up all over the place at random, usually in unhealthy relationships. I wouldn't be surprised if this thing with Mulaney is more of a codependency and he ends up regretting divorcing his wife. I think he's a really talented comic and he doesn't look like your stereotypical addict, but he really seems like he needs time away from everything.

[Ginger]

I think he generally has excellent judgment about where he should strike with his jokes, so I don't foresee him turning to misogynistic ex-wife jokes or jokes that violate her privacy.

He does have a challenge now though because small comedy clubs are usually where he works out his material without scrutiny and right now there's so much attention on those shows that he has to get it right the first time.

[prisma]

May 17, 2021 11:21:18 GMT -4 peace47 said:

I also feel bad that he doesn’t just have adoring fans writing Reddit write ups of him working out new material, but he also has major media outlets like Variety covering his process. I can’t imagine the pressure.

This is why I really worry for him, because I can't imagine that kind of pressure either. Everything he does is going to be scrutinized.

I kind of hope Marc Maron would reach out to him.

[peace47]

May 17, 2021 12:01:00 GMT -4 Ginger said:

I think he generally has excellent judgment about where he should strike with his jokes, so I don't foresee him turning to misogynistic ex-wife jokes or jokes that violate her privacy.

He does have a challenge now though because small comedy clubs are usually where he works out his material without scrutiny and right now there's so much attention on those shows that he has to get it right the first time.

Yeah, I didn’t mean to imply that he was going to change his comedy, just that someone who talks a good game in his comedy (maybe, maybe, maybe!) doesn’t act with respect to the actual most important woman in his life. But I get that we definitely don’t have all the info on what went down, and comedians are messy in general.