From undercover couple to loving out loud

Whereas John Mulaney and Olivia Munn have hit some massive milestones of their relationship — like welcoming their son, Malcolm Hiệp, in November 2021 — it took just a little longer for this one: their official pink carpet debut.

The comic, 41, and the Magic Mike actress, 43, did the ol’ “step and repeat” collectively for the primary time at Tuesday’s 14th Annual Governors Awards held on the the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. Mulaney had on a black tux, and Munn wore a Toni Maticevski strapless high and skirt in a crushed cloth. (Critics: It was imagined to be crinkly, the designer stated.)

However the actual particulars have been within the PDA. The pair — whose coupling drew a number of consideration and opinions on the outset, rendering them a bit press-shy — held arms; he smooched her paw, he tried to make her chuckle, and a few loving appears to be like have been forged forwards and backwards. Verdict: success!

It is a bit stunning that they waited this lengthy — now three years(ish) since they obtained collectively. Let us take a look at their highway to turning into pink carpet official…

2013: Boy meets lady at Seth Meyers’s Martha’s Winery, Mass., wedding ceremony

Mulaney was in any other case engaged, actually — to artist Anna Marie Tendler, whom he had been in a relationship with since 2010 — however Munn, who was there with one other Saturday Evening Dwell alum, Will Forte, recalled being “obsessed” with befriending him on the wedding ceremony.

“I used to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, do you and your fiancée need to go have dinner or one thing and go hang around?'” the Newsroom actress advised HuffPost in 2015. “At first it was cool, after which I saved going as much as him on the wedding ceremony like, ‘So that you having enjoyable?’ I used to be simply so obsessive about hanging out with and speaking with him.'” She later emailed him, and he by no means wrote again. “I’d’ve obtained the flawed e-mail — most likely. That is what I inform myself.”

Mulaney wrote an article in regards to the wedding ceremony for Vogue, which featured a photograph of Munn with bride Alexi Ashe.

Mulaney went on to marry Tendler the subsequent yr, whereas Munn started a relationship with NFL star Aaron Rodgers.

2017: Munn and Rodgers cut up. She tries to get Mulaney’s consideration throughout a TV particular.

Whereas taping Jon Stewart’s Evening of Too Many Stars for HBO, the previous Day by day Present correspondent tried to get Mulaney to cease and discuss to her on digicam as he exited the stage. “Hello, John,” she stated within the clip, clearly making an attempt to woo him, and he utterly ignored her.

2020: Mulaney goes to rehab. Munn publicly expresses help in now-viral tweet.

Mulaney had an dependancy relapse and went to rehab in September. He had a sobriety slip proper after, returning to rehab in December for 60 extra days of remedy.

When information broke he was in remedy the second time, Munn was among the many celebrities who publicly expressed help. “Sending SO MUCH love and help to John Mulaney,” she wrote on X, previously Twitter, in December. “You bought this.”

After it was reported that they have been courting, her resurfaced tweet went viral and have become a meme (see: “Sending SO MUCH Love And Assist”). It has since been deleted.

2021: Mulaney separates from Tendler, confirms Munn relationship and welcomes a child with Munn (whew!)

Mulaney accomplished 60 days of remedy and left rehab in February. He lived in a sober home for a month and a half. On Might 10, he filed for divorce from Tendler, who issued a press release describing herself as “heartbroken.” Three days later, it was reported he was courting Munn.

In late Might, a rumor surfaced on TikTok that Munn was pregnant. It is crickets from their camps as they saved issues low-key. They’re photographed for the primary time in June.

In September, Munn was photographed trying visibly pregnant. Days later, Mulaney appeared on Meyers’s late night time discuss present and confirmed they’re courting and anticipating a toddler. He went deep into outlining his model of their relationship timeline to make clear hypothesis it overlapped along with his marriage. He claimed he moved out of the house he shared with Tendler in October 2020, moved to L.A. after rehab and began courting Munn within the spring of 2021.

Mulaney, who beforehand stated whereas married to Tendler he did not need youngsters, credited Munn and their unborn baby for turning his life round: “Olivia and this child have helped save me from myself on this early journey out of restoration,” he stated.

There have been breakup rumors surrounding the couple in October. The subsequent month, Munn addressed the curiosity of their relationship (which was nonetheless on monitor), telling the Los Angeles Occasions, “It is undoubtedly not overseas for me to have folks speculate incorrectly about issues and to have rumors run rampant in a method. They assume they know our relationship so effectively. When in actuality, they do not. There is no approach anybody might know what any of his relationships have been or what our relationship is.”

Child Malcolm Hiệp was born on Nov. 24, 2021. They introduced the information a month afterward Christmas Eve.

2022: They open up about their non-public romance

When Mulaney hosted SNL in February, he gushed that his “life is quite a bit higher and happier now” along with his household.

They began popping up on one another’s Instagram’s feeds with cute pics of child Malcolm. They marked their first Mom’s Day and Father’s Day. She wore his garments. He celebrated turning 40 “with my little household.” She shared that child’s first phrase was “Daddy/Dada.” Additionally they celebrated Malcolm’s first birthday.

2023: They inch nearer to a public debut

For Father’s Day, he paid tribute in a really public technique to his associate, writing, “You made me a dad, Olivia. I really like you eternally for doing that.” She posted her personal declaration of affection, writing, “We love you Dada.”

Their openness in regards to the relationship grew from there. In September, they have been photographed at an occasion collectively for the primary time. There was no pink carpet pic on the Chanel dinner, however they allowed a photographer to seize a comfortable second.

2024: They lastly make their pink carpet debut

On Jan. 7, they attended the Inventive Arts Emmys collectively, at which he received for his Netflix comedy particular Child J. They shared a behind-the-scenes photograph of their occasion prep, however there was no pink carpet second collectively.

Then on Jan. 9 — about three years after first getting collectively (the timeline stays a bit murky) — they lastly went for it, making their official pink carpet debut on the Governors Awards. She later captioned a photograph of them collectively heading to the occasion hand in hand as “mother + dad.”

That is the place we’re — for now.