John Mulaney expresses ‘shock' over his sobriety

John Mulaney just admitted that he is “shocked” over being able to maintain his sobriety.

The 42-year-old celebrity spoke his past addiction to alcohol and cocaine but is now proud to claim that he stayed away from both since his 2020 relapse, mainly because of the stress of his wife, Olivia Munn’s cancer battle.

During his appearance on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, John spoke to Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson, saying, "I will admit it's a huge change. Just a huge way of looking at everything.”

“And I'm shocked I did it. I'm shocked I was able to do it. Become sober. To actually stick to it in every way. To not have, ‘Well I still do this.’ Nothing wrong or shameful about relapse, I'm shocked always that it landed,” the comedian further admitted.

John discussed his moment of epiphany was when he was caring for Olivia after she underwent her double mastectomy and realized his “obsession” had gone away when he wasn’t worried about handling her strong medication.

He said, “I remember one day she's in bed. She had the 10-hour double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, and she still has more to go.”

"I brought her a tray with apple juice, something she wanted to eat that her mom had made in the kitchen, and then it had Oxycontin and some sort of nerve medication and a Xanax, which they also gave just for rest and recovery,” the actor and producer further stated.

“It never crossed my mind that I was holding these medications in my hand. The obsession of it was gone. I thought, ‘Oh, I'm so far beyond that, and I can be a good butler with the best client,’” John Mulaney concluded.