Asked about her shoutout by Entertainment Tonight after the win, Wong said, “Yeah, that’s right, I like to keep it peaceful and grateful and amicable” with the men in her life.
And has Bill Hader been married before?
Yes. The former Saturday Night Live actor split from ex-wife Maggie Carey in March 2018. The two share three daughters. In recent years, before Wong, Hader was linked to both Anna Kendrick and Rachel Bilson.
How did Bill Hader and Ali Wong get together?
In her October 2024 Netflix stand-up special, Single Lady, filmed at performances of her Single Lady Tour, Wong revealed how Hader wooed her post-divorce, and what eventually convinced her to succumb to his advances.
After her divorce became public, she said, she “felt really embarrassed and ashamed, but I didn’t realize that all of these media outlets were acting like a Bat-Signal, letting all potentially interested men know that I was suddenly available.” Suddenly, a not-so-embarrassing upside emerged: “I’ve never been pursued this much in my life.”
She described one of these unnamed would-be paramours’ courtship techniques (spoiler: it was Hader), which began with a call announcing his intentions.
“Hey, Ali. I just happened to hear the news of your divorce today, and I gotta tell you…I’m excited,” Wong, in the special, recalled Hader saying. “I am, Ali, because, look, I have had a crush on you forever, and I actually told my best friend years ago that you were my dream girl. And I know this sounds crazy, but, uh, I want you to be my girlfriend.”
One problem: She had just signed up for an expensive dating site and she intended to get a healthy ROI out of that.
Still, as Hader sent increasingly elaborate floral arrangements to her tour stops, Wong was charmed. And, he fit her desired archetype as a divorced dad, which she described as “one woman’s trash is another woman’s trained trash.”
“I did fall in love again,” she revealed at the end of the special, then identified the fancy flower-sender as Hader.
It’s ok, you can say “awwwww” out loud.
Wait, that’s so cute! So why did Ali Wong and Bill Hader break up?
Anonymous sources told People that the split was a result of Wong and Hader’s busy, full lives. “It was too difficult to make the relationship work with Ali’s upcoming stand up tour and Bill’s various film and tv projects this year,” the source said, information which was confirmed by VF. “They’re focusing on their work and kids, while continuing to support and root for each other.”
