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John Mulaneyis honoring his famous friends who helped stage his 2020 intervention.
The list, which does not include last names, reads: “Fred, Berk, Mike, Bill, Erica, Nick, Natasha, Joe, Cara, David, Seth, Kevin, Marika.”
A few of the famous friends have already been identified through Mulaney’s comedy special, and subsequent national tour. Fred is known to beSaturday Night LivealumFred Armisen, and Nick isBig Mouth’sNick Kroll— which Mulaney confirmed himself during a sketch on stage.
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While appearing in cities around America for hisFrom Scratchtour, Mulaney named a few additional comedians who appeared at the intervention:Bill HaderandNatasha Lyonne.
Mulaney also previously confirmedSeth Meyerswas part of the intervention when hethanked the talk show hostin September 2021 for his involvement. “I’m really grateful to you, buddy,” he said on air.
He recalled stepping into a Pennsylvania rehabilitation center with “a full baggie of 30mg of Adderall, a full baggie of Xanax, 3 grams of cocaine and $2,000 in cash,” adding a joke about how he “had other plans that weekend.”
The special also featured an explainer of the intervention, which took place while Mulaney was attending a friend’s dinner party. Many of his famous friends were in attendance via Zoom.
“Let me just call this out now — I don’t mean to be weird. It was a star-studded intervention,” Mulaney joked in the special. “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.”
He added, “Do you know what it’s like for 12 people to save your life? It’s too many people,” Mulaney said in the special. “They could’ve done it with four people — and I know the eight they could’ve cut.”
For the rest of his life, Mulaney joked, “There are 12 separate people out there who, if I’m at dinner with them, I have to be like, ‘No, I got that. Come on. You saved my life —over Zoom.'”
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Mulaney also confirmed oneSNLalum who was not at his intervention:Pete Davidson. Though Davidson was not in attendance, he got in touch with Mulaney later and has been supportive throughout his sobriety.
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source: people.com
