Dana Carvey Opens Up About ‘Pain’ Of Son’s Death In Podcast Return

Dana Carvey is back at work roughly two months after his son, Dex Carvey, died from an accidental overdose in November.

The comedian, in a return to his “Fly on the Wall” podcast with David Spade, spoke on his son’s death at the start of this week’s episode and reflected on the “incredible” amount of support sent to him and his family.

“I thought about this over the holidays, and I decided to come back to the podcast because I think, you know, it’s a long day when you’re not working, and you get in your head. And I think it’s going to be a great break. And I think it’s really cool to laugh,” he said.

Spade, who launched the podcast with Carvey in 2022, noted “goodwill out there” before acknowledging that the late Chris Farley’s mother wrote a letter for Spade to give to his co-host.

Carvey said the support has been “very sweet,” telling Spade that the grieving process will be “me and my wife and our son’s private journey.”

Carvey said, “We’re all together. We do a lot of fun things. We really hike, go to church, you just want to be sure that you keep moving.”

He continued: “You just want to make sure you keep moving and, like I said, doing this and riffing with you, I think, is going to be very healthy for me as I recover because I’m kind of on the pain train with about millions of other people on this planet. And you don’t know how long you’re going to be on it or when it will stop or when it will get better. But in the meantime, all this kind of stuff is very healthy.”

Carvey had been away from the podcast since Dex’s death in November as Spade stepped in to introduce a number of interviews with David Byrne, Dan Aykroyd, and Michael McKean.

The comedian, in a shared statement with his wife Paula Zwagerman back in