It has been confirmed that a monologue produced by John Mulaney on Saturday Night Live last year was formally investigated by the US Secret Service.
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The stand-up comedian, voiced by Andrew Glouberman Big mouth and write for Saturday Night Live, spoke for the first time about the investigation last year when a joke he made about the show in February 2020 was considered former US President Donald Trump.
Now, as reported in Rolling clip, the Secret Service released a 27-page file on the incident in which he stated that Mulaney ‘made inappropriate statements about President Trump about Saturday Night Live. ”
The report revealed that the investigation was opened on March 1, 2020, just one day after Mulaney’s appearance in the program.
The report reads: “On 3/1/20 …[it was] discovered that a monologue performed by John Mulaney on a Saturday Night Live received considerable attention on social media ”and later added that” although no direct threats have been made, due to the popularity it is likely that citizens will report it. “
You can see the monologue here:
Last month, Mulaney spoke about the investigation Jimmy Kimmel Live and explains that it was opened after jokes he made during the long Saturday show in February 2020.
He explained: “I made a joke that is not about Donald Trump. The joke was about how it was a leap year and a leap year, started by Julius Caesar to fix 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 could happen.’ ‘
He continues: ‘Am I stuck when a file is opened on me? Absolutely. Did I enjoy it at the moment? Not so much. But the person who checked me in was very understanding.
“They were very kind in the interview. As for the risk assessment, no one who has ever looked at me thought I registered above one. Mulaney further said that he had been ‘cleared by the secret service’.
Last month it was reported that Mulaney had entered his rehabilitation to seek treatment for cocaine and alcohol abuse.
Page six reported that Mulaney had booked for 60 days at a facility in Pennsylvania, which People said at the time it had “confirmed”.
Mulaney was previously open about his addiction and told Esquire in 2019 that he first started drinking at the age of 13.