John Shearer/Getty Nick Kroll helped stage an intervention for John Mulaney in 2020 Mulaney checked into rehab in December 2020 to seek treatment for addiction after relapsing following a decades-long battle with addiction Kroll discussed the situation on the latest edition of theArmchair Expert with Dax Shepardpodcast Nick Krollis getting candid abouthelping stage an interventionfor his friendJohn Mulaneyin 2020. Mulaney, 42,checked into rehabin December 2020 to seek treatment for addiction after relapsing following a decades-long battle. He would later credit Kroll, 46, asone of the friends who helped stage the intervention. On the latest episode of theArmchair Expert with Dax Shepardpodcast, Kroll said he "produced" the intervention, calling the overall experience "scary and brutal to go through." Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty "He was in New York. I was in L.A. It was at the height of the pandemic," said Kroll. "So it was incredibly, literally, stressful to be in the midst of that, trying to literally coordinate and produce an intervention, bringing a bunch of people together, friends from college." TheBig Mouthcreator said at the time his wife,Lily Kwong, was "very pregnant." The twowelcomed son Leo in January 2021anddaughter Gaia in the fall of 2023. Kroll was also busy working onDon't Worry Darling. Kroll said, "John was running around New York City like a true madman. And I was so deeply scared that he was gonna die." Kroll added that he tried to "orchestrate" all the elements that go into an intervention, including the intervention person and where Mulaney would go, which was "f------ stressful." Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty The experience also shed new light on their friendship. "All of a sudden, you're going back, being like, 'Oh, oh, oh — that's why I've had an inconsistent friend for the last X amount of time. Oh, this explains that.' And so, it gives you both empathy for them, and also a tremendous amount of anger because they've been lying to you," said Kroll. When asked if there was a "leadup" to the intervention, Kroll recalled a phone call he had with Mulaney in which both of them were crying and he told him, "I'm just so scared you're going to die." Bruce Glikas/WireImage Kroll said that after Mulaney got out of rehab and started doing stand-up again, including his Netflix specialBaby J,"during which he talked about his experience, he was "still pretty f------ pissed about the intervention." The two ultimately talked things through and Kroll noted that what Mulaney is willing to share is what makes him so "f------ funny and dynamic and intoxicating as a performer is that he's giving you a written version of life but he's giving you access to elements of himself." If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP. Read the original article onPeople