Seth Meyers criticized for not helping wife with sick daughter during speech

Miami Herald

03-06-2025

Seth Meyers is praising his wife for a job well done.
The 51-year-old comedian and late-night talk show host has been married to his wife, human rights attorney Alexi Ashe, for nearly 12 years since tying the knot in September 2013, per People.
The pair have since welcomed two sons, Ashe Olson and Axel Strahl, and one daughter, Adelaide Ruth.
On May 31, Meyers took to Instagram to praise his wife after she delivered her commencement address at the Albuquerque Academy — an independent college preparatory school she graduated from in 2002.
But it wasn't just her speech that garnered Meyers' attention.
'So proud to watch Alexi crush her commencement address while also putting on a motherhood clinic without missing a beat,' Meyers wrote in the caption alongside photos of his wife at the ceremony.
According to the post, the couple's daughter Adelaide, 3, wasn't feeling well that day.
'Our daughter was under the weather and not interested in being with anyone but her mom,' Meyers added. 'Instead of sending her home she let her join her on stage without ever losing her cool.'
Adelaide spent time in her mother's arms and seated in a chair next to her mother during the event.
'Oh you can see it in Addie's eyes she's not her usual self. Superwoman!' fellow comedian Amy Schumer wrote in the comment section.
But Adelaide wasn't the only one to crash her mother's speech.
'And then to top it all off her niece just wandered to stage mid speech to chill behind the podium,' Meyers continued in the caption. The moment was captured in the fifth slide of Meyers' post.
Aside from Schumer, celebrities Chelsea Handler, Ali Wentworth and Kenan Thompson praised Ashe for her multi-tasking speech over the weekend.
Fans were also quick to applaud the mother of three.
'Way to go! Love seeing an accomplished woman who isn't embarrassed to be a mom with a child who needs her,' one fan wrote, while another commented, 'And that's why women should rule the world!!'
A third fan gave kudos to the school for allowing Ashe to be there for her daughter during the speech.
But some fans were more shocked at the fact that Meyers didn't help.
'Am I the only one who thinks someone should have helped with the kiddo so she can focus on the task at hand?' one commenter asked.
'There's a whole meme about dads failing to let moms have their moments like this, and just letting kids do this. So uncool of you,' another fan argued.
'This is just sad,' a third commenter added. 'Jeez can she get one moment of her own?'
Meyers met his future wife at actor Chris Kattan's 2008 wedding to Sunshine Tutt, per Today.
As Meyers explained on a 2023 episode of the 'Strike Force Five' podcast, it didn't take long for the couple to build chemistry — and it wasn't just them that saw sparks flying.
'Alexi and I hit it off to the point on Friday night, that on Saturday, people kept asking us how long we'd been a couple,' he said. 'That's the level of flirty we were, the second day we knew each other.'
In 2013, after five years of dating, Meyers proposed by tying a ring in a bow around their dog's collar.
The couple tied the knot a few months later and have been married since.
They welcomed their first son, Ashe Olson, in 2016, followed by a second son, Axel Strahl, two years later and their daughter, Adelaide Ruth, in 2021.
The pair celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary in September 2023.
'Ten years ago today I married the brilliant and beautiful, Alexi Ashe,' Meyers wrote in an Instagram caption alongside a photo of his wife.
'Photographed here maintaining her grace while three children scream at her off camera and I ask if she's seen my wallet and right shoe,' he joked.