Coming clean: addictions, doctors, and John Mulaney
“It’s weird to be a recovering drug addict. It was weird to be a drug addict, but at least I was on drugs.*Laughter* It’s strange sometimes, you know, like I’m doing great. But when I’m alone, I’m with the person that tried to kill me. Sometimes I walk past a mirror, I’m like, “This f*cking guy again.” That is kind of a creepy feeling sometimes. But it’s also a nice feeling. It gives me a strange kind of confidence sometimes, because, like, look, I… I used to care what everyone thought about me… so much. It was all I cared about. All I cared about was what other people thought of me. And I don’t anymore. And I don’t because I can honestly say, what is someone going to do to me that’s worse than what I would do to myself? What are you going to do, cancel John Mulaney? I’ll kill him.” *Laughter* When I heard that my favorite comedian, John Mulaney, was in a serious bout of rehab for cocaine addiction, I was disappointed. That probably meant no John Mulaney Ne...