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John Mulaney is reflecting on how much his son has grown
The comedian and dad of two shared a side-by-side photo of him and his son Malcolm at Red Rocks Amphitheater years apart on Instagram
Mulaney shares his son with wife Olivia Munn
John Mulaney is reflecting on how much his son has grown.
On Thursday, April 16, the comedian and dad of two, 43, shared side-by-side photos of himself and his son Malcolm, 4, on Instagram, showing just how much his son has grown since he was a baby. In the first snap, the father-son pair stood together on stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater wearing matching jackets. The next photo showed the duo a few years ago, with the proud dad holding his newborn up in the air on stage.
“Now and then. Back at Red Rocks. Straight to London tonight,” Mulaney wrote in the caption.
Mulaney also shares daughter Méi with his actress wife, Olivia Munn, 45. While the couple mostly keep their kids away from the spotlight, they love to share updates on their little ones during interviews.
Back in March, the actor joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and recalled a difficult interaction with his son during his recent tour stop in Memphis. While the father-son pair were touring Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, Mulaney told host Stephen Colbert that he had to explain to his son why he wouldn’t be able to see the late singer.
“So, we’re in the jungle room, … and we’re looking around, and Malcolm goes, ‘Dad, can I meet Elvis now?’ ” Mulaney recalled. “It had never come up while listening to ‘Hound Dog.’ You don’t go, ‘You know, son, this guy’s dead, right? You want to know how he died?'”
“So, I go, ‘No, you can’t.’ And, he goes, ‘Please, I want to.’ I go, ‘Oh, no. It’s not like a permission thing.’ Then I realized all his grandparents are alive and he’s never had a goldfish,” he continued, realizing at that moment that his son wasn’t familiar with the concept of death. “He doesn’t know. Like, he doesn’t know. And he’s about to find out in the jungle room at Graceland that everybody dies. And so how did you convey this?”
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn with their son Malcolm.
Credit: Olivia Munn/Instagram
He went on to share how he explained to Malcolm why he couldn’t meet Presley.
“I said, ‘Elvis is in heaven now.’ And he said, ‘Why?’ ” Mulaney recalled of their conversation in Graceland. “And I said, “Uh, well, sometimes when people are in their early 40s, and they have a job and schedule a lot like daddy. Uh, and some of the same issues as daddy. They go to the bathroom and they go to heaven.'”
John Mulaney with his son Malcom on his shoulders.
Credit: Olivia Munn/ Instagram
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During his Netflix show, the comedian poked fun at what it’s like raising a toddler. Mulaney compared the experience to working on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, almost five years after the show ended following toxic workplace allegations made against host Ellen DeGeneres.
“You know what having a 3-year-old is like?” he asked viewers. “Having a 3-year-old is what I imagine working on Ellen [DeGeneres’] show was like. Because people come over and they’re like, ‘How is it?’ And you’re, like, ‘Oh, it’s fine. You know, we have fun. There’s games.’”
“We have dancing, you know. So if he starts dancing, you dance. But if he stops dancing,” he continued, changing to a more serious tone before saying, “You f—— stop dancing right away.’”
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