Ali Wong finalized her divorce from Justin Hakuta earlier this year.
But you won’t read about the split on any scandal-ridden tabloid site.
That’s because Ali and Justin have managed to maintain their friendship and their healthy co-parenting relationship in the months following their separation.
Ali Wong opens up about her ‘unconventional’ divorce
Ali’s latest standup special recently dropped on Netflix, and the content has sparked renewed interest in her amicable split with Justin.
“We’ve been through a lot together. It’s a very unconventional divorce,” Ali explained. Vanity Fair in March.
She told the outlet that she planned to use the special to explore her feelings about her divorce and re-entering the dating world.
“I’m still workshopping it, but the bones are there and it came to me very quickly,” Ali said at the time.
“Since I started, I’ve been alone, this is the first hour I’ve been doing it. I think we’re going to call it the Single Lady Tour.”
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Ali further said that she feels as if the content of her last special brought an early end to her eight-year marriage.
In that hour, she joked that she, too, “was free once” but “like an idiot, I asked this man to go to jail for me. And now I’m in monogamy jail and I don’t know how I I should go out.
Ali said that people are reading too much into his jokes, adding, “I can’t do anything about it. Not necessary.”
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Although their divorce may have been smoother than others, Ali admits there were some difficult moments.
“I didn’t expect the announcement to be so widespread, but by far the hardest thing about getting a divorce was my mother’s reaction,” she said.
“I had told her before that I thought we might get divorced, and she was really upset. He looked into my eyes and asked, ‘Can you wait until I die?’ She was practically asking me not to live my life for myself. But she’s 82, what should I expect?”
Happiest Ending
But despite the challenges of the past year, Ali seems to be in a very good place these days.
He recently won two Emmy Awards for his work on the acclaimed Netflix series Beef. And she used that opportunity to express her gratitude to Justin.
“I really want to thank Justin, the father of my children and my best friend, for all your love and support,” Ali said in her acceptance speech. “It’s because of you that I’m able to be a working mom.”
Ali is currently dating fellow comedian Bill Hader.
Insiders say the relationship is serious, but both parties are in favor of moving forward slowly – which makes sense.
After all, Ali and Bill both have children from previous marriages. And obviously, no one wants to do anything that could jeopardize their cordial relationships with their previous partners.