John Mulaney, the American comedian, revealed in his new Netflix comedy special that he went to rehab for substance abuse following a “star-studded” intervention.

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American comedian John Mulaney recently revealed that he had checked into rehab due to issues with substance abuse. The 40-year-old comedian spoke candidly about the experience in his new Netflix comedy special, John Mulaney: Baby J, which was released on April 25.

During the special, Mulaney opened up about the changes he experienced personally over the last few years, including a brief period in rehab and an intervention with his famous comic friends that led to his recovery. He shared that he had been invited to a friend’s house for dinner on December 18, 2020, which turned out to be an intervention in disguise. He arrived at his friend’s house two hours late and had come from his dealer’s house.

Mulaney said that he knew it was an intervention as soon as he arrived at his friend’s house. “As mad as I was when I walked in there, I was like, ‘This is a good lineup.’ It was like a We Are the World of alternative comedians over the age of 40. All comedians, yet no one said a funny thing the entire night. Before I got there, they promised each other that they wouldn’t do bits.”

At the time, Mulaney was using a cocktail of drugs, which included cocaine, Xanax, Percocet, Adderall, and Klonopin. His intervention was attended by 12 of his friends, six of whom were present in New York with him, and the other six had joined via a Zoom call from Los Angeles.

Speaking about the gravity of the situation, Mulaney noted in his special: “Do you know how bad of a drug problem you have to have if when you open a door and see people gathered, your first and immediate thought is, This is probably an intervention about my drug problem?”

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Mulaney checked into rehab and spent two months there. He was out of the facility in February 2021. While appearing on an episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, John Mulaney thanked the host for “saving” his life with the intervention, adding that he was not grateful for it that night, but now he is.

In closing credits of his Netflix special, Mulaney thanked his friends for their intervention and support. The first names of everyone present in the intervention were mentioned, including Seth Meyers, Nick Kroll, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Natasha Lyonne, Mike Birbiglia, and others, with a message reading “You saved my life” written beneath it.