MARCUS RUSSEL PRICE/NETFLIXIn Baby J, John Mulaney’s excellent new stand-up special (now on Netflix), he ends his 80-minute set with perhaps his biggest self-own. In typical Mulaney fashion, he spins this story with a sense of humor that softens the blow of the relentless darkness. Mulaney reads from an interview he gave to GQ on Dec. 15, 2020; he went to rehab on Dec. 18, 2020. Since Mulaney first started telling this story on his From Scratch tour in 2021, where he began workshopping the special, it’s brought a lot of attention to GQ writer Frazier Thorpe. Now that Baby J is out, Thorpe has given his side of the story in a new piece for that publication.

Source: Daily Nation April 26, 2023 17:03 UTC