John Mulaney Breaks Tough News to Son Malcolm, 4, During Graceland Visit: ‘Elvis Is in Heaven’

John Mulaney had an unexpectedly emotional parenting moment — right in the middle of Graceland.

Appearing on the Monday, March 30, episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Mulaney, 42, shared how he had to tell his 4-year-old son Malcolm that Elvis Presley is no longer alive.

“Malcolm… is a huge Elvis fan,” Mulaney said, explaining that his son was thrilled to visit the legendary singer’s home.

But things took a turn during the tour.

While exploring the famous Jungle Room, Malcolm innocently asked, “Dad, can I meet Elvis now?”

That’s when it hit Mulaney.

“Then I realized all his grandparents are alive and he’s never had a goldfish. And he doesn’t know… and he’s about to find out in the jungle room at Graceland that everybody dies, ” he joked.

Thinking fast, Mulaney gently broke the news. “I said, ‘Elvis is in heaven now,’” he recalled.

Malcolm, of course, had questions — and Mulaney delivered a very dad-style explanation that had the audience laughing.

“And I said, ‘Uh, well, sometimes when people are in their early 40s, and they have a job and schedule a lot like Daddy, and [have] some of the same issues as Daddy, they go to the bathroom and they go to heaven,’” he quipped.

The comedian shares Malcolm, and daughter Mei June, 18 months, with wife Olivia Munn, 45