John Mulaney’s Ex Had the Olivia Munn Blues

Anna Maria Tendler had to learn a new way to live

John Mulaney left the house to go to rehab, never to return.

His soon-to-be ex-wife Anna Maria Tendler mistook his abandonment for a recovery hiccup at first.

Whose first guess is, “My husband left me for Olivia Munn with whom he is going to have a son even though he spent years joking about his antipathy to children.”

Who thinks to herself, “All it would take for my partner to forget his vows and end our family is for Munn to show some interest in him.”

She had to find a way to live a new reality. She helped me figure out how I could do the same thing during this new normal we share.

You lean in

She was true to her pain and vulnerable in public. She reminded me how to survive and prosper behind the lines when you cannot name the enemy.

She finished her master’s degree in costume design. She demonstrated in real-time that you do not have to harden yourself to make it through hard times. She sells her art for high prices.

Thousands of people follow her on Instagram.

When Harper’s Bazaar visits her home, they do not leave without taking beautiful pictures of her in it. She wears the outfits they handpicked for her as she describes how she could escape from the limbo of being left behind by her partner.