John Mulaney Fell for Internet Scam While Trying to Book Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for His Netflix Talk Show

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John Mulaney initially fell victim to an internet scam that involves his new TV show, and almost lost some of his own money.

The 42-year-old Everybody’s Live host explained the reason for not having his planned opening act on Wednesday night (April 2). “Motherf—er, let me tell you about the week I had,” he said, revealing hip hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were to stop by to a sing a song. Keep reading to find out more… “We reach out to a contact we find online for Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and we schedule a Zoom with their manager,“ he explained. ”Three weeks ago, my writers and I get on the Zoom with just the manager.

Let me be clear… Bizzy Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone, are not on the Zoom.” He went on to explain how the manager strung him along, eventually convincing John to take $2,800 out of his personal bank account. “The cash had to come from me, like I couldn’t pay it through the show budget, OK?” he explained. “So now I need to withdraw $2,800.” “OK, a few years ago, in an effort to safeguard my sobriety, I set up certain measures, right?

I set up a system where I cannot have, at any time, more than $300 cash unless I alert certain people,” he said. “So on Friday, I call my wife, Olivia [Munn], who is in New York, and I say, ‘Hi, how are you? … I need to get $2,800 cash, and I need it today.’ And she said, ‘What is it for?’ And I said, ‘It’s for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.