John Mulaney checks into rehab for cocaine and alcohol abuse

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Comedian John Mulaney will be spending Christmas and New Year in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, according to a report.

The Saturday Night Live writer, who has been upfront about his past struggles with substance abuse, checked himself into a treatment facility in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

A source tells the New York Postโ€™s Page Six, 38-year-old Mulaney is enrolled in a 60-day program for alcohol and cocaine addiction.

John Mulaneyโ€™s friends and family are happy heโ€™s getting help

โ€œJohnโ€™s friends and family are happy that heโ€™s finally getting some help and focusing on his health,โ€ the insider says.

โ€œHis fans know heโ€™s struggled in the past with sobriety, he has talked about it openly. Unfortunately he has struggled again during the pandemic.

โ€œHeโ€™s on board with his recovery, heโ€™s not fighting against rehab.โ€

Mulaney previously revealed he began drinking booze at 13, and soon started dabbling with prescription drugs and cocaine.

He first embarked on a period of sobriety at the age of 23.


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