Ali Wong's boyfriend reveals how she helped him through devastating L.A. fires
Bill Hader recently revealed his girlfriend, Ali Wong, took him shopping this month after his home was deemed 'unlivable' following the Los Angeles fires in January.
The 'Saturday Night Live' alum spoke about the San Francisco comic's kind gesture during an guest appearance on the podcast ' Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend ' on Sunday, April 27.
'It's a funny thing that Ali and I went today … to shop for clothes,' he said. 'It meant a lot to me. It's because I'm just wearing Uniqlo sweats, you know, and my kids are like, 'You're living in your pajamas.' I feel like they're very worried. And I told her about that and she was like, 'Let me take you to get some clothes.''
His home in the Palisades was one of the thousands affected by the deadly blaze at the start of the year. Hader recalled that he was filming a Volkswagen ID. Buzz commercial when the fires began and had to travel with a news crew to get to his home in the Palisades.
'We're shooting and I look up, I saw smoke and the guys go, 'Oh, don't worry, that's in the Palisades.' I go, 'I live in the Palisades,' and it was just dead silence,' he recalled. 'Then I was like, 'I got to go.''
Though his home survived the fire, it was severely damaged.
'It was like dust, you know, toxic stuff everywhere,' he said. 'It was no good. I was in total shock … I thought I was going to go up there and hopefully the house would be somewhat OK and I could get my passport and get out of there.'
He added he was 'speechless' seeing the state of his home and community, and has had to lean on friends and loved ones, like the ' Beef ' actor, since.
The Golden Globe-winning comedians have officially been a couple since 2023, though they briefly dated in late 2022. They made their red carpet debut together in February at the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards.
Last month, Wong, a Pacific Heights native, brought Hader to the newly reopened Vietnamese restaurant Turtle Tower. She previously named the establishment as one of her favorites in the city and shouted out its signature chicken pho as one of the top four noodle soups of all time during an appearance on the talk show 'Hot Ones.'
Loyal to her hometown, she thanked the Punch Line Comedy Club during her acceptance speech at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in January and set and filmed part of her 2019 rom-com ' Always Be My Maybe ' in San Francisco.
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