Nick Kroll appeared alongside Dax Shepard on the latest episode of the Armchair Expert podcast and was frankly curating the 2020 drug intervention for his friend and frequent collaborator John Mulaney. The intervention occurred during the 19009 pandemic.

"The experience was horrible and cruel," Kroll recalls. "He was in New York. I was in Los Angeles, and was at the height of the pandemic. So, during this period, it was very stressful to try to coordinate and intervene literally, bringing a group of people together - friends from college, other close friends."

Kroll's personal life has intensified the stress. His wife is approaching the birth of a child and is working on Olivia Wilde's film "Darling Darling", a project that has plagued the tabloid drama. He joked, “There is no pressure there.

Kroll describes the intervention process as a practical test of friendship, with blurred boundaries and compulsive truths emerging.

"You suddenly turned back and it was like, 'Oh, that's why I had an inconsistent friend in the last XX time." "It brings you both sympathy for them and a huge anger for you because they've been lying to you."

At a particularly primitive moment, Kroll called Mulaney a few days before the intervention.

"I have very clear memories of being outside my house - someone working inside, we're still in the pandemic. I just sat on the floor and called him and we were both crying." "I said, 'I'm scared you're going to die.' I could feel him feeling the same, but I also liked it - "Yeah, yeah... I'm going to go to a new Airbnb anyway." ”

The now famous intervention is held in New York City. Mulaney's many friends (including Kroll, Seth Meyers and others from Mulaney Inter Circle) convinced him to take the guise of a college friend's dinner.

Mulaney later revealed that he had been abusing Adderall, Xanax, Klonopin, Percocet and Cocaine. He moved directly from intervention to recovery, where he lived for two months.

Kroll admits that even after recovery, the experience did not immediately bring peace. “When he started to stand up again, it was all about intervention, and he was still angry. He was back, but he was angry.

Nevertheless, Kroll recognizes the importance of allowing artists to deal with pain in their own way. He added: "Everyone's process and art are different. What makes (Mulaney) so interesting, energetic and intoxicating is that he is providing you with a written version of life that can use your own elements. I myself feel very guardian in some way."

"John Mulaney: Baby J" is the 2023 Netflix comedy special that details Mulaney's path to substance abuse and recovery. In particular, he won an Emmy for his outstanding writing, in other words, and was praised for his unwavering honesty. Among them, Mulaney calls the intervention “star-studded” and “life-saving.”

“I thank everyone when I intervene,” Mulanney said on the special. "They faced me and completely saved my life."

Kroll is promoting Netflix's final season, and he says he has only recently begun talking about the suffering. Despite this, his love for Mulaney is obvious.

"I don't think people are afraid of these things in these things," Kroll said. "Addicts talk about their experiences, usually in a great, stand-up manner. But there are also people in life who try to keep them alive. It's part of the story, too."

Kroll and Mulaney worked on various projects in Broadway “Oh, Hello” held at Lyceum Theatre from 2016 to 2017, including the crisis that ended up being tested and survived.

“I just don’t want to lose him,” Kroll said. “It’s very simple.”