John Mulaney Reveals He Financially Takes Care of Wife Olivia Munn's Vietnamese Family, Says It Brings Him 'Great Joy to Help Out'
John Mulaney is very happy to help take care of his in-laws.
While appearing on Mike Birbiglia‘s Working It Out podcast to chat about his Mister Whatever Tour, the 43-year-old comedian revealed that he takes financial care of his wife Olivia Munn‘s large Vietnamese family.
Keep reading to find out more…“So Olivia has a large — she’s Vietnamese, and she has a large Vietnamese family in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of which I am one of the significant financial contributors,” John shared. “For the first 39 years of my life, I supported zero Vietnamese people — probably none — and now I have 10 on the books.”
John and Olivia, 45, have been married in 2024 and share two kids – son Malcolm, born in November 2021, and daughter Méi, born via surrogate in September 2024.
He went on to emphasize that he loves that he can financially assist his wife’s family, who are largely Vietnamese refugees to the U.S., as his own parents were are both lawyers that have never needed to rely on his success.
“With parents of some success, you can’t really do anything for them,” John explained. “And it brings me great joy to help out, to help and do fun things for Olivia’s family.”
Mike then asked, “Are you thinking that when you’re having a nice relationship with them, that in the back of their mind they’re thinking: I wonder if he’ll send me $1,000?”
John quipped say they he never has to wonder about that, because they’ll just come out and say it.
“There’s no wonder. In the back of the mind? You mean the front of the voice? The front of the voice — the words coming out of their mouth?” he joked. “How refreshing, by the way, to be in a goddamn white family, never talk about money at all.”
“Olivia’s family says, ‘How much money do you have?’” Mike said. “I actually like that. ‘How much money do you have?’”
“Yeah, I tell them, they love it,” John responded. “They couldn’t like it more.”
In an interview from last year, Olivia explained why her mom didn’t get to meet John until after their son was born.