John Mulaney's Baby J

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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John Mulaney wants to talk about drugs. In his latest Netflix comedy special, Baby J, he recounts the intervention in late 2020 that sent him to rehab. He talks about his resistance to giving up cocaine, his schemes to avoid sobriety, and how it feels to have your star-studded friends tell you how worried they are over Zoom.

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0:00.0	John Malaney wants to talk about drugs. In his new Netflix special baby
0:09.2	Jay he recounts the intervention in late 2020 that sent him to rehab.
0:14.3	He talks about his resistance to giving up cocaine and a variety of pills,
0:18.6	his schemes to avoid sobriety, and how it feels to have your friends tell you how worried they are over
0:23.8	Zoom. I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about John Malaney's baby
0:27.6	Jay on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:38.0	Joining me today is NPR Contributor Serena Toros. Welcome back Serena.
0:39.0	Hey Linda.
0:40.0	And also with us is Ronald Young Jr.
0:42.0	He's the host of the Film and Television Review And also with us is Ronald Young Jr.
0:42.5	He's the host of the Film and Television Review Podcast
0:45.7	Leaving the Theater.
0:47.0	Hi Ronald, welcome back.
0:48.2	Hi, Linda.
0:49.2	Glad to be here.
0:50.2	John Malini has done several specials for Netflix before baby J including the variety special
0:55.8	John Malaney and the sack lunch bunch.
0:58.1	He sometimes talked about having given up drinking and he had given audiences glimpses of his life with his then wife and
1:04.7	their dog. In late 2020 he checked into rehab and in May of 2021 he confirmed reports
1:11.0	that he and his wife had split up.
1:13.2	Shortly thereafter, he also confirmed
1:15.2	that he was in a new relationship with actress Olivia Munn
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