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San Francisco Chronicle
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Ali Wong and Bill Hader just hit a new relationship milestone
Ali Wong and Bill Hader have already made their love red carpet official. Now they're taking another big step forward in their relationship by collaborating on a musical. The two comedians announced they are co-executive producers for Riki Lindhome's one-woman show, 'Dead Inside.' Though Wong and Hader both voiced characters in 'The Angry Birds Movie' (2016), this venture marks their first professional collaboration since they began dating in 2023. 'Dead Inside' is a dark comedy about Lindhome's fertility journey, and is described as 'part musical, part solo stand-up spiral,' according to the show's synopsis. An experienced singer and actor, Lindhome is known for her work as a musician in the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates and lists roles in ' Knives Out ' (2019) and the first season of 'Wednesday' (2022) among her onscreen credits. 'This show started as a way to process an experience that felt isolating, emotional and impossible to explain,' she wrote in an Instagram post about Wong and Hader's involvement. 'Thank you @aliwong & Bill for helping me amplify the most important story I've ever gotten to tell.' Wong and Hader saw the show during its Los Angeles run in April, and signed on ahead of its performances at Washington D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre, scheduled for July 9-27. Tickets are available now. The couple has been spotted out and about on several occasions since making their relationship public, and were photographed dining at San Francisco's Vietnamese restaurant Turtle Tower in March during Wong's run of stand-up shows at Punch Line Comedy Club. More recently, the San Francisco native was seen cheering on the Golden State Valkyries during the WNBA team's debut earlier this month at Chase Center. Though the Valkyries lost 67-84 to the Los Angeles Sparks, Wong still posted to Instagram congratulating the team. She also shared photos of her dinner at Gao Viet Kitchen & Bar in the Outer Sunset during her trip home.
San Francisco Chronicle
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
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.
