Anna Marie Tendler is looking to the future following her split from John Mulaney last year.

Mulaney and Tendler stunned fans in May 2021 when they confirmed they were divorcing after six years of marriage. By September, Mulaney announced that he and his new girlfriend, Olivia Munn, were expecting a baby. Their son, Malcolm Hip , was born Nov. 24.

In a new interview with Harpers Bazaar , Tendler doesnt mention her ex-husband by name but nonetheless alluded to the emotional upheaval shes experienced over the past year.

Everything that has transpired has been totally shocking and I think surreal, the author and multimedia artist told the magazine. In a way, I feel like, well, it can only go up from here, because I reached the depth of where I could go.

Later, Tendler said the isolation she felt after the split was exacerbated by the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic , and she found solace only by focusing on her work.

I had a lot of bad days and medium days, she explained. I wouldnt say I had any good days until the summer. I feel so lucky that so much of my work is this mundane, detail-oriented handwork. Im working with a needle and thread, and its like, if Im not on it, Im going to prick myself with a needle and fuck something up.