Last week, we learned two pieces of unexpected news. One, John Mulaney filed for divorce from his wife Anna Marie Tendler shortly after he left his 60-day rehab program, roughly three months ago. Two, John Mulaney has a new girlfriend, whom he “met in church in LA,” despite the fact that he’s a New York-based comic. No one really knows what’s happening and the timeline is fuzzy for all of this, but it seems clear that this is a bigger mess than most of us were expecting. Now, an added layer: according to Page Six, Anna Marie Tendler also sought treatment in some kind of in-patient rehab center, but her issues were for eating disorders and emotional stress caused by Mulaney’s infidelity.
Comedian John Mulaney’s wife Anna Marie Tendler also went to rehab around the same time late last year, but for emotional reasons, sources say, adding that she suffered because of his alleged infidelity. Gossip columnist AJ Benza first revealed on his podcast, “Fame, Ain’t It A Bitch,” that artist Tendler went into therapy at Silver Hill in Connecticut after her estranged husband of six years Mulaney went into rehab for 60 days for alcohol and drug addiction last December. A source said, “Anna Marie was in rehab at Silver Hill for [emotional]… and eating disorders.”
But the source continued that despite claims on Benza’s podcast, Tender did not talk openly about her husband’s issues. The source added, “She didn’t talk at all about that, we were all on our own journey of recovery. But it is clear she suffered during their marriage.” Tendler is out of rehab and is doing better, we’re told, and focusing on her art.
Page Six exclusively revealed last week that former “SNL” writer Mulaney had asked Tendler for a divorce in February after he left rehab. She said in a statement, “I am heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage. I wish him support and success as he continues his recovery.”
But other sources say that Tendler — an artist who works across a range of mediums and a master’s candidate in NYU’s Costume Studies program — had struggled recently amid rumors of Mulaney straying. There has been unconfirmed, anonymous online buzz about Mulaney attending strip clubs and giving his number to dancers. A Reddit user called meetmeforkisses wrote that he approached her in 2019. “He was definitely drinking and definitely never mentioned a wife. Did not hesitate to give me his number to meet outside of the club. He was always respectful to me so I could never call him a predator or anything, but I felt so awful when I found out he was married.”
Late last week it emerged Mulaney is now dating actress Olivia Munn. People Magazine wrote the relationship is “very new” and they met at a church in Los Angeles. However, sources note that Mulaney has been on the East Coast for much of the pandemic and returned to New York after he left rehab in February.
It feels gross to get information/gossip from someone who was in the program with Tendler. It’s not something people should gossip about. That being said, it’s clear that Tendler has been the wronged party this whole time and that Mulaney left a wave of destruction in his path. I also believe that Mulaney was struggling/relapsing for what looks like the better part of a year, starting in the fall of 2019, I think. His friends were trying to help him during the pandemic and it looks like Anna Marie was trying to stay by his side and work things out, but it all came crashing down on both of them late last year. I also now believe that Mulaney likely got with his current “girlfriend” last year? The timeline is so sketchy, but it feels like it, right?
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