John Mulaney Says He Wasn’t Tempted by Olivia Munn’s Painkillers as She Recovered from Mastectomy: ‘Never Crossed My Mind’

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  1. > “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.’ “

  7. She got painkillers? My fiancé got prescribed nothing but Tylenol for all her mastectomy and reconstructive surgeries. Yay opioid crisis overreaction!

  8. It’s weird the things people think they need to know

  10. The cancer is unfortunate, but Olivia Munn remains an opportunistic and unfunny piece of shit.

  13. sounds like he enjoyed some of olivia munns pain killers during her recovery

  14. Seems reasonable. I know addiction isn’t rational, but once you’re through addiction, as long as you’re maintaining rationality (I.e. there is no such thing as “just a little”) then it’s straightforward to say and think this.

    That’s why the problem is always the stressful situations or moments of actual temptation. If he was freaking out about something, and thinking “this helped before”, it would be harder. Or if he was in pain and recovering, it would be much more tempting to do something/anything for relief.

    But you need to maintain the rationality of “it sounds like a good idea, but I know I can’t control it once I start, so I have to control that I don’t start.”

    This doesn’t mean it’s easy. It just means it’s straightforward. It’s a statement of fact that “just a little” is never just a little, and you are always an addict, and you can only prevent your addiction from winning by never letting it have an inch, ever again.

  15. Everything I have learned about this doofus has been against my will

  16. So stoked that Olivia Munn was able to get treatment for her breast cancer. Breast cancer kills and if you can’t afford the treatment, its a death sentence. but yay John

  17. For the people who only read the headline and then immediately comment:

    “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 Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney star told Danson of a particular instance in Munn’s recovery.

    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.’ “

  21. I guess something else that didn’t cross his mind was staying with his wife? Cause he left her.

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