In September 2021, John stated of the timeline of their relationship, “I went to rehab in September, I acquired out in October, I moved out of my dwelling from my ex-wife…Then within the spring I went to Los Angeles and met and began thus far an exquisite lady named Olivia.” The 2 welcomed their first son, Malcolm, that November, and have gone on to get married and have one other little one, Méi, collectively.
A brand new GQ profile of John confirms that the pair initially met at Seth Meyers’ wedding ceremony in 2013 earlier than reconnecting in early 2021. In response to the publication, John was searching for a spot to dwell, and Olivia despatched him a pal’s information. What ensued was apparently “transient.”
“It wasn’t something near ‘courting,’” Olivia instructed GQ of their preliminary relationship. “I barely knew him.”
Nonetheless, when Olivia instructed John she was pregnant, he was apparently into it. “It wasn’t essentially ‘We’re going to be married and dwell collectively’ or any of that, however it was ‘I might be concerned indirectly,'” she continued, noting that they might discuss or go to each other each few weeks.
Notably presently, John was nonetheless in early habit restoration. “It was like watching a person in a tsunami,” she continued, stating that he’d say he was afraid of relapsing. “I used to be watching somebody newly sober, on the fringe of a cliff, and I didn’t know him properly sufficient to assist him.”
The child, based on Olivia, was “the one factor that made him appear mild and blissful.” Nonetheless, when she was six months pregnant, Olivia staged a “mini-intervention” the place they agreed that she would administer random drug assessments — which they nonetheless do.
“It’s like a aid,” John stated. “I like to have the ability to not even have that be a query in her or anybody else’s thoughts. One thing about peeing in that cup is like, I’m strolling this stroll. It offers me confidence.”
In response to GQ, the pair then agreed to boost Malcolm as a pair two months earlier than he was born.
You’ll be able to learn the complete interview right here.
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