(S2, E23) The Mulaney Incident
This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re bravely going where frankly too many people have gone before, to look at the recent tabloid fodder of John Mulaney’s divorce. We’re tackling only the biggest and most unanswerable questions, like ‘why doe we all love celebrity divorce?’; ‘how is the nature of fame and celebrity changing?’; and of course, the old classic ‘can you separate the art from the artist?’ We only bring you the most jam-packed 20-ish minutes we possibly can.
You can find some references here:
Aja Romano (2021, Vox) - John Mulaney was performing a role all along
Tracey Moore (2021, Los Angeles Magazine) - John Mulaney Said He Didn’t Want Kids and Now He’s Having One—So What?
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2021) - John Mulaney tells Seth about his eventful year
You can download the full transcript here.