It was confirmed that a monologue given by John Mulaney in Saturday Night Live last year it was formally investigated by the US Secret Service.
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The stand-up comedian, who voices Andrew Glouberman in Big mouth and writes to Saturday Night Live, first spoke about the inquiry last year, when a joke he made on the program in February 2020 was considered to be about former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Now, as reported in Rolling Stone, the Secret Service released a 27-page archive of the incident, in which it stated that Mulaney “made inappropriate statements about President Trump in Saturday Night Live. “
The report revealed that the investigation was opened on March 1, 2020, just one day after Mulaney’s appearance on the program.
The report stated: “On 3/1/20…[it was] found that a monologue performed by John Mulaney in a Saturday Night Live it was gaining considerable social media attention, ”adding later that“ although no direct threats have been made, due to popularity, citizens are likely to report this ”.
You can see the monologue here:
Last month, Mulaney spoke about the investigation into Jimmy Kimmel Live explaining it had been opened after jokes he made on Saturday night’s long program in February 2020
He explained: “I made a joke that was not about Donald Trump. The joke was about what a leap year and leap year had been started by Julius Caesar to correct the calendar and another thing that happened to Caesar was that he was stabbed by a bunch of senators because he went crazy. And I said, ‘This is an interesting thing that can happen.’ “
He continued: “Am I happy to have opened a file with me? Absolutely. Did I like that at the moment? Not much. But the person who examined me was very understanding.
“They were very nice in the interview. In terms of risk assessment, no one who has ever looked at me thought I had registered above one. Mulaney went on to say that he had been “released by the Secret Service.”
Last month, it was reported that Mulaney had entered rehab, seeking treatment for cocaine and alcohol abuse.
Page Six reported that Mulaney checked into a facility in Pennsylvania for 60 days, which People said at the time that he had “confirmed”.
Mulaney had previously been open about his addictions, saying Squire in 2019, who started drinking at age 13.