John Mulaney’s odd ‘Late Night’ clip before rehab sparked worry | Page Six Celebrity News

Fears for comic John Mulaney’s sobriety and mental health began after he made a bizarre appearance on Seth Meyers’ show, wearing dark glasses and calling Prince Harry a “dumb ginger” and Meghan Markle a “silly goose.”

In the “Late Night” clip, posted to YouTube on Nov. 24, Mulaney — who Page Six exclusively revealed has checked into rehab for cocaine and alcohol addiction — hosts a fake “Royal Watch: News from the Real-Life ‘Crown’” segment and jokes that Harry and Markle were annoyed by COVID because it took all the media attention away from their Megxit “stunt.”

Mulaney — wearing a rumpled, oversize coat and sunglasses, both gifts from Julian Casablancas of the Strokes, who performed on the “Saturday Night Live” that Mulaney hosted in October — said Harry was “the real dunce of this fairy tale … You dumb ginger, don’t leave your title just because you don’t like your 94-year-old grandma.”

“That’s the definition of something you wait out, gangsta. I am pretty sure Father Time is going to sort out the case of the very old bummer woman who had 30 months to live,” Mulaney said before adding, “Ahh, too mean.”

After Meyers brings up the death of Princess Diana, Mulaney — who eventually took off his sunglasses to reveal dark, bleary eyes — said of Markle, “You know it’s weird, right, that Meghan and Harry left?

“You thought rolling with those dorks in church clothes would be fun? Had you been told it was non-stop laughs? Because you’re thinking of ‘The Munsters,’ you silly goose.”

The 38-year-old continued, “Just the fact that she wanted to leave the royal family because they were like ‘Be proper and sit still’ … So don’t marry into the family with the most jive-ass boring people ever and then be like, ‘Oh, shall we play Never Have I Ever?”’

Mulaney also adds of himself, “Indeed, I am simple and difficult,” before Meyers is forced to describe to him how Google News’ algorithm works.

Mulaney adds, “The next ‘Royal Watch’ will be a little more focused … Thank you, Seth, and as a student reporter once wrote of me, ‘Thank you for the laughs, albeit virtual.'”

After Page Six revealed that Mulaney had gone to a Pennsylvania rehab for 60 days, one viewer on Twitter said of the clip, “If you’ve watched @sethmeyers lately you had to know something was up.”

Another wrote, “Three weeks ago I felt there was something seriously *off* with John Mulaney’s appearance on Seth Meyers.”

Yet another commentator wrote, following the news of Mulaney’s stint in rehab, “He just seemed very off in this segment and I was very confused it was odd to watch and see him like that but it makes sense now, unfortunately.”

A source told us that Mulaney was “out of his mind” on substances around the time the segment was recorded and it raised huge concerns about his health. Mulaney’s rep declined to comment.

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[AnnaSeipert]

Hold up I'm worried about him too but people got concerned when he made fun of british royalty? How is that a red flag they're so easy to make fun of

[peachesandpoets]

The bit was hilarious and his relapse is none of our business

[tylrr]

I love this so much because he said that this appearance was one of the few instances where he was not actively on coke

[JRMagro]

What i hate is that someone close to him leaked his rehab visit. Its against the law for doctors or rehab employees to leak who stays there, so it had to be a close friend or family member which is ashame. Dont sell out your close friends personal life for a few hundred bucks.

[lilpip]

Umm bruh. That Prince Harry bit is NOT a red flag. It’s John Mulaney being a hilarious comedian.

[jimmyfable]

How dare you bring John Mulaney into your web of click bait on irrelevant celebrities.

[skxlter]

It's literally not our business to know if he went to rehab
Paparazzi really are a bunch of creepy stalkers

[lillianlazzell]

I don’t think anyone saw this as a red flag at the time, he acts like some type of character most times that he is on talk shows like this

[eleftheriak.]

Obviously clickbait but if there really was someone worried about this clip thinking it was out of the ordinary has obviously never watched his comedy or SNL

[wriggleby]

I'm glad he's getting help, I hope everything goes well ❤️

[samanthab]

That Seth Show appearance was the first thing I thought of when I heard he checked into rehab. If he's where I think he is in PA, he's serious about getting sober.

[CraziestDiamonds]

Honestly, I thought the bit was pretty funny. But I'm definitely seeing it in a different light now. I hope he gets well.

[BlazerDuck]

Comics drink and do blow? No way José!

[misomadison]

not rlly a red flag, but nice job trying to profit off of his rehab🙃

[OuterHeaven]

Lol people got worried after he joked about prince Harry??

[MattBellStL]

This is so very not a “bizarre appearance.” It’s entirely in character. He was doing a bit in a costume - you act like he just showed up in sunglasses because he was high or something…

[jesperjee]

Wait. People were concerned after that bit?? I did not see anything off about it at all.

[hjv]

So he made a true statement about Prince Harry and that raised a red flag about Mulaney’s health?? 😂

[betweenthelightsdowntown]

Just show the bit instead of advertise it then not show it! How bout it?!!

[isaacg]

Doesn’t seem like the type of guy that would have a coke problem, he seems too weirdly wholesome for that