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Ali Wong, 41, is greatest often called a proficient actress and comic who has lately been getting acknowledged for her work. She’s up for an Emmy Award on Monday and after profitable a Golden Globe Award for her position in Beef, the wonder shared a kiss along with her present boyfriend, Bill Hader. She then shocked some individuals when she went on to thank her ex-husband and father of her kids, Justin Hakuta, in her acceptance speech.
“I really need to thank the father of my children and my best friend Justin for all of your love and support,” she mentioned throughout the speech. “It’s because of you that I’m able to be a working mother.”
Bill Hader
Ali and Bill labored collectively again in 2016, after they each voiced characters int he animated movie Angry Birds however didn’t change into romantically concerned till December 2022. They dated for a short time and reportedly ended issues as a result of they had been each busy with different issues. “They’re just super busy with things, but [the split] was certainly amicable. They’re certainly friends,” a supply informed Page Six on the time.
In April 2023, Ali and Bill rekindled their romance. Speculation that the flame was lit as soon as once more began after Bill, who shares three daughters together with his ex-wife Maggie Carey, talked about his girlfriend, in an interview he gave on the season 4 premiere of his sequence Barry. “I need to take a vacation,” he informed PEOPLE about his busy schedule on the time. “Yeah. Yeah. I need to take a vacation. My girlfriend and I were talking and she brought it up that I haven’t had a vacation in 10 years, so I think I need to go.”
That identical month, Ali and Bill had been photographed sharing a kiss whereas taking a stroll collectively in matching sneakers. They had been additionally seen holding palms throughout an outing in September 2023, and stayed principally beneath the radar till the 2024 Golden Globes. After her identify was introduced because the winner of the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series, Ali shared a candy kiss with Bill earlier than strolling as much as the stage to just accept the honour. The lovebirds had been seen cuddling at an afterparty later that night time, proving their relationship goes sturdy.
Justin Hakuta
Before beginning a romance with Bill, Ali was married to Justin from 2014 till their separation in 2022. She formally filed for divorce in December 2023. Justin is the son of inventor Ken Hatuka and he first met Ali via mutual mates whereas they had been each at a marriage in 2010. He was a Fulbright Scholar and a scholar at Harvard Business School on the time they began their romance.
After they married in San Francisco, CA in 2014, Ali and Justin welcomed two daughters, together with Mari, who was born in 2015, and Nikki, who was born in 2017. In April 2018, Ali informed Ellen DeGeneres that she liked being a mother. “I love being a mom and I like having two kids. But I’ve had two C-sections and I’ve suffered enough,” she mentioned throughout an interview on Ellen.
“That’s my favorite mantra when it comes to motherhood: I have suffered enough,” she continued. “Whenever I feel mom-guilt or feel pressured to be a better mom, to cook salmon on a bed of quinoa for my kids, I just think to myself, ‘I have suffered enough.’ And then I feel fine about feeding my toddler a bag of chips for dinner.”
During their divorce, Ali requested for her and Justin’s prenup to be enforced and so they’ve been in mediation to divide up their property and resolve on little one and spousal help. They’ve additionally retained joint authorized and bodily custody over their kids, and she or he cited “irreconcilable differences” as the rationale for his or her breakup.
In March 2023, Ali informed the Hollywood Reporter that regardless of their cut up, she and Justin are nonetheless “really, really close” with one another. “We’ve been through so much together. It’s a very unconventional divorce,” she mentioned on the time.
After mentioning Justin throughout her acceptance speech on the 2024 Golden Globes, Ali talked to Entertainment Tonight about her honest shoutout. “Yeah, that’s right, I like to keep it peaceful and grateful and amicable,” she informed the outlet.