Why Bill Hader missed the 2025 Golden Globes with Ali Wong

Bill Hader he had a very good reason why he wasn’t at the 2025 Golden Globes with his girlfriend Ali Wong.

“Bill was unable to attend the Globes due to a pre-existing eye condition that had spread and his doctor advised him to stay home and rest,” Hader’s rep 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 the awards show last weekend without Hader by her side. While Wong walked the red carpet solo, she ended up bringing a close friend as her plus-1.

When Wong took home the award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Performance on Television for her Netflix special Ali Wong: Single LadyShe did not mention Hader in her speech. Instead, she yelled at her friend.

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Ali Wong attended the 2025 Golden Globes without Bill Hader. The actress, 42, walked the red carpet alone ahead of the awards show on Sunday, January 5 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. During the broadcast, she accepted 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 over the years,” Wong said during her speech. “This means a lot. Thank you very much.”

At last year’s Golden Globes, Hader was by Wong’s side when she won Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Made for Television for her role as Amy Lau on the Netflix show. Beef in 2024. Although Wong didn’t mention Hader in her speech even then, the couple celebrated her success share a sweet kiss and multiple hugs.

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

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

“Hey Ali, I just happened to hear the news about 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 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.”

Wong confided that while she was on tour in Europe, Hader sent her flowers in several cities. While her female friends thought the gesture was “so sweet,” her male friends warned her that Hader might be a “psycho.”

“That’s how cheap and lazy men became,” joked Wong. “That now, when a fellow man commits any act of kindness, any romantic gesture, it must be a symptom of undiagnosed mental illness.”