Actress Ali Wong is opening up about her normally private relationship with boyfriend Bill Hader . In her recent Netflix comedy special, Ali Wong: Single Lady , the Always Be My Maybe star, 42, joked that her now-boyfriend was “excited” about her split from ex-husband Justin Hakuta . “Hey, Ali, I just happened to hear the news of your divorce today, and I gotta tell you.
..I’m excited,” Wong recalled the former SNL star telling her over-the-phone after a mutual friend gave him her number.
“I am, Ali, because look, I have had a crush on you forever, and I actually told my best friend years ago that you were my dream girl. And I know this sounds crazy, but, uh, I want you to be my girlfriend.” Prior to that phone call, Wong says she had only seen Hader, 46, a couple of times at random dinner parties.
“I didn’t expect the news of my divorce to be so widespread and public,” Wong said. “I felt really embarrassed and ashamed, but I didn’t realize that all of these media outlets were acting like a Bat-signal, letting all potentially interested men know that I was suddenly available.” She continued, “I’ve never been pursued this much in my life.
” After that initial phone call between the two actors, Wong revealed that Hader then sent her flowers while she was on tour in Europe. “I arrive in London and discovered that this man had sent me a bouquet of flowers,” Wong explained, going on to reveal that Hader also sent her flowers in Amsterdam, Cologne .
