Nearly one 12 months after saying her divorce from Justin Hakuta, Ali Wong mirrored on their present relationship, coparenting their two daughters (now 5 and seven), and her first dramatic function in A24’s upcoming darkish comedy sequence, Beef.
“We’re actually, actually shut. We’re greatest mates,” she advised the Hollywood Reporter about her ex-husband. “We have been by a lot collectively. It is a very unconventional divorce.”
In truth, when Ali goes again on tour this June, Justin and their daughters will likely be touring along with her. This time, her materials contains her post-divorce courting life and being single. “I feel we’ll name it the Single Girl tour,” she mentioned.
Whereas her divorce and subsequent co-parenting with Justin have been amicable, Ali revealed that telling her 82-year-old mom did not go as easily. “By far the toughest half about getting divorced was my mom’s response.”
“I had advised her earlier than that I assumed we’d get divorced, and she or he was actually upset. She seemed me within the eye and requested, ‘Are you able to simply wait till I die?’ She was actually asking me to not reside a life for myself,” Ali mentioned. “It was nonetheless actually fucking exhausting coping with all her worry of the disgrace it will carry her.”
Nevertheless, as a result of the announcement of her divorce was so widespread — which Ali hadn’t anticipated — her mom did not even have to tell any of her mates about it. As a substitute, they discovered in Chinese language and Vietnamese newspapers. “All of them known as her,” Ali mentioned. “She died one million deaths in at some point after which awakened the following day and was like, ‘I survived.’ She nonetheless sees Justin a ton.”
Now, Ali is specializing in selling Beef, which “follows the aftermath of a highway rage incident between two strangers.” Steven Yeun performs one stranger, and Ali performs the opposite: a self-made entrepreneur, spouse, and mom who’s crumbling below the stress of being the family breadwinner.
“For me — and I’ll go away it up for interpretation what this implies — it was a technique to say what I have been eager to say about relationships and being a working mother that I haven’t discovered a technique to discuss on stage,” Ali mentioned of the function.
Beef will likely be launched on Netflix on April 6, and Ali simply watched the primary two episodes along with her ex-husband, who advised her after, “Ali, it is actually good.”
Learn Ali’s entire interview with the Hollywood Reporter right here.
