Why Olivia Munn and John Mulaney’s relationship is so controversial: the Asian-American actress and Emmy-winning comedian met years ago – while he was still married to artist Anna Marie Tendler
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney recently made their first red carpet appearance together, three years after they began their hush-hush relationship, per Australian News.
The couple posed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 14th Governors Awards in Los Angeles on January 9 with Mulaney, 41, looking polished as ever in a black and white tuxedo, and Munn, 43, rocking a strapless top over a long, trailing skirt.
However, not everyone has been on board with the duo’s romance, given its controversial beginnings. Mulaney was suspected by many online of having gotten together with Munn while still married to his then-wife of six years, Anna Marie Tendler, given the speed with which their relationship was announced after his separation from Tendler.
Here’s what we know about Munn and Mulaney’s relationship today.
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How did John Mulaney and Olivia Munn meet?
In a 2015 interview with HuffPost Live, Munn spilled the beans on her first encounter with Mulaney at a wedding in 2013.
“We were at a wedding together and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, do you and your fiancée want to go have dinner or something and go hang out?’” she recalled.
“At first it was cool, and then I kept going up to him at the wedding like ‘So you having fun?’ I was just so obsessed with hanging out with and talking with him,” she said, adding that she emailed him after the event but “he never emailed back”.
Mulaney would still have been with Tendler at the time.
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Although they didn’t confirm their relationship until later, Munn has shown her support for the American stand-up comedian over the years.
Mulaney has had a lengthy battle with drink and drug addiction, and just before Christmas 2020, People confirmed he had been admitted to rehab following a relapse.
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Munn took to X, formerly Twitter to express her sympathy in a now-deleted post. “Sending so much love and support to John Mulaney. You got this,” she wrote, per People.
When did Olivia Munn and John Mulaney start dating?
In May 2021, after he checked out of rehab, Mulaney’s rep confirmed that he and his wife were calling it quits, per People.
Tendler told the magazine: “I am heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage. I wish him support and success as he continues his recovery.”
Netizens found it suspicious when – just days after announcing his separation from Tendler – a source confirmed to People that he was dating Munn.
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have a child together
The timeline then starts to get a bit murky when Mulaney revealed that his new girlfriend was pregnant by September 2021.
“I went to rehab in September, I got out in October, I moved out of my home [with] my ex-wife … Then in the spring I went to Los Angeles and met and started to date a wonderful woman named Olivia,” Muleny shared during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, before adding, “I got into this relationship that’s been really beautiful with someone incredible. And we’re having a baby together. I was nervous when I was about to say the news!”
The couple welcomed their baby boy, Malcolm Hiệp Mulaney, in November 2021 – about six months after Mulaney asked Tendler for a divorce.
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Who was John Mulaney married to?
Mulaney was married to 38-year-old American multimedia artist Anna Marie Tendler from 2014 to 2022.
Love Wedding Repeat actress Munn addressed the “rampant” rumours around her relationship with Mulaney in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in late 2021, stating, “It’s definitely not foreign for me to have people speculate incorrectly about things and to have rumours run rampant in one way.”
“They think they know our relationship so well. When in reality, they don’t,” she added. “There’s no way anyone could know what any of his relationships were or what our relationship is.”
Who has Olivia Munn dated?
- Olivia Munn and John Mulaney finally made their first red carpet appearance together at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 14th Governors Awards in Los Angeles
- They’ve been publicly linked for about 3 years and share a baby together, but are believed to have started dating the same month Mulaney split from his now-ex, right after he finished rehab