Why Bill Hader Didn't Have a 2025 Golden Globe With Ali Wong

Bill Hader there was a very good reason for not attending the 2025 Golden Globes with a girlfriend Ali Wong.

“Bill was unable to attend the Globes due to an eye flare-up and his doctor advised him to stay home and rest,” Hader's spokesman said. People on Friday, January 10. “He and Ali are still together.”

Hader, 46, and Wong, 41, sparked rumors of a split after the comedian attended an awards ceremony last weekend without Hader by her side. While Wong walked the red carpet solo, she got a close friend as a plus one.

When Wong won the award for best stand-up comedy performance on television for his Netflix special Ali Wong: One Womanshe did not mention Hader in her speech. Instead, she called out to her friend.

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Ali Wong attended the 2025 Golden Globe Awards without Bill Hader. The 42-year-old actress walked the red carpet solo before the Beverly Hilton Awards on Sunday (January 5) in Los Angeles. During the show, she won the award for best stand-up comedy performance on television for her Netflix special Ali Wong: Single (…)

“My best friend is here! Mia, thank you so much for all your love and support throughout the years,” Wong said in her speech. “It means a lot. Thank you very much.”

At last year's Golden Globes, Hader was by Wong's side when she won Best Actress in a Limited Series, An Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role as Amy Lau on the Netflix show. Beef in 2024. Although Wong did not mention Hader in her speech then, either, the couple celebrated her achievement sharing a sweet kiss and several hugs.

Wong and Hader were first linked in 2022 following her split from Justin Hakuta. Wong and Hader briefly separated later that year, but Us Weekly confirmed in April 2023 that they rekindled their romance.

In her now award-winning stand-up special, Wong joked about how she and Hader came together.

“Hi Ali, I just heard the news of your divorce today and I have to tell you… I'm thrilled,” she recalled Hader telling her in a phone call after he got her number from a mutual friend. “I am, Ali, because look, I've been in love forever, and years ago I told my best friend that you were the girl of my dreams. And I know it sounds crazy, but I want you to be mine girlfriend.

Wong said that while she was on tour in Europe, Hader sent her flowers to several cities. While her girlfriends thought the gesture was “so sweet”, her men warned her that Hader could be a “psychopath”.

“That's what cheap and lazy men have become,” Wong quipped. “When now, any act of kindness, any romantic gesture by a fellow human being, it must be a symptom of undiagnosed mental illness.”