Ali Wong took her divorce in strides. In her new comedy particular Single Girl, she talks concerning the ups and downs of post-divorce and the way she nonetheless considers her ex-husband Justin Hakuta her “greatest good friend” regardless of their break up.
“I didn’t count on the information of my divorce to be so widespread and public,” the All the time Be My Possibly star mentioned about saying the information of her marriage ending. “I felt actually embarrassed and ashamed, however I didn’t notice that every one of those media retailers had been appearing like a bat sign letting all probably males know. I’ve by no means been pursued this a lot in my life.”
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Ali Wong met her husband Justin Hakuta at a marriage reception whereas he was at Harvard in 2010. They dated for a few years and obtained married in San Francisco on November 27, 2014. They later welcomed two daughters: Mari, born in 2015, and Nikki, born in 2017—the latter she was pregnant within the Netflix particular Child Cobra. Justin give up his job as a tech govt and have become Ali’s tour supervisor.
Why did Ali Wong and Justin Hakuta divorce?
Of their divorce submitting, Ali and Justin cited “irreconcilable variations” as their motive for divorce. “It’s amicable and they’ll proceed to co-parent lovingly,” a supply advised Folks on the time. Although they separated in 2022, the comic filed for divorce in December 2023.
In her 2022 particular Don Wong, the Beef actress made jokes about eager about dishonest on her husband “each 5 minutes” including that she’s “going by a mid-life disaster.” She mentioned in her standup particular, “If you happen to’re romantically concerned with someone after which all the sudden that someone reveals a persona trait that you just don’t like, you could possibly simply go away, transfer to a different metropolis and by no means see their silly face once more. Since you didn’t make a promise in entrance of your grandma and your whole co-workers, and ask your mates to purchase you an Prompt Pot. You didn’t fuse your DNA to create human life that can eternally ask you, ‘The place’s Daddy?’”
Although the 2 have break up romantically, they’re nonetheless in one another’s lives platonically. “We’re actually, actually shut; we’re greatest associates. We’ve been by a lot collectively. It’s a really unconventional divorce, the comic advised The Hollywood Reporter. Justin nonetheless serves as her touring supervisor they usually journey along with their daughters who they co-parent. She nonetheless runs by jokes for him and he or she advised The Lower, “he nonetheless to at the present time has final veto energy, as a result of my relationship with him even post-divorce is extra essential than a two-minute bit.”
Who’s Ali Wong courting now?
Ali Wong is courting fellow comic Invoice Hader, which many followers would know after they walked a number of crimson carpets collectively—together with when Ali gained a Golden Globe for Beef. The couple met at a few dinners earlier than they turned official. In Single Girl, Ali recounted that she acquired loads of flowers from Invoice Hader when he came upon concerning the information of her divorce. “Hey, Ali. I simply occurred to listen to the information of your divorce immediately, and I gotta let you know…I’m excited,” she recollects him saying. “I’m, Ali, as a result of, look, I’ve had a crush on you eternally, and I truly advised my greatest good friend years in the past that you just had been my dream woman. And I do know this sounds loopy, however, uh, I need you to be my girlfriend.” However Ali had already downloaded and paid for a courting app. “And I used to be like, ‘I simply paid $250. You appear very nice, however I gotta get my cash’s value.”
She launched her boyfriend on the finish of her Single Girl run on the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles in Might 2024. “I did fall in love once more. A few of you would possibly know who the man is. And it simply so occurs to be the person who despatched me all of these flowers in Europe.” Hader additionally revealed that he was the one who poured tea into the rice bowl. “And after I did that, the look on Ali’s face was a mix of embarrassment and he or she was so stoked,” he mentioned. “She had this look on her face like, ‘You’re within the act, motherfucker.’” After they each exited the stage, Invoice Hader additionally advised the gang, “All I’ve to say is, Ali Wong is off the market.”
