Overview

• Kroll detailed his role on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, recounting how he orchestrated a surprise intervention for Mulaney in late 2020.
• He assembled friends under the guise of a college dinner while managing a pregnant wife in Los Angeles and commitments to the film Don’t Worry Darling.
• Kroll shared a vivid memory of crying with Mulaney over the phone as they realized the severity of his addiction.
• The intervention led directly to Mulaney’s admission into a two-month rehab program in Pennsylvania.
• Although Mulaney initially resented being the butt of stand-up jokes about the intervention, Kroll said that candid storytelling helped fuel the success of Netflix’s Baby J.