Ali Wong Says She 'Wouldn't Be Here' Without Her San Francisco Comedy Days During 2025 Golden Globes Win

Mar. 15, 2025

Ali Wong is pictured at the 2025 Golden Globes on January 5, 2025.Photo:CBS

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These comedians all provided lots of laughs, but only one could walk away with the Golden Globe.

“So I really want to thank Molly Schminke from the SF Punchline Comedy Club,” she continued. “My best friend is here. Mia, thank you so much for all of your love and support throughout the years. And this means a lot. Thank you so much!”

Ali Wong pictured in a still from Ali Wong: Single Lady.Terence Patrick/Netflix

Terence Patrick/Netflix

As the nameSingle Ladyimplies, Wong, 42, talks largely about her post-divorce experience in the Netflix special. Wongfinalized her divorcefromJustin Hakuta, with whom she sharestwo childrenand refers to inSingle Ladyas her “best friend,” in May, listing April 10, 2022 as their date of separation. She has been dating actorBill Haderon and offsince late 2022.

TheBeefstar describes her special, which earned her her second Golden Globe nomination, as “a different perspective on aging.”

“It’s authentic of how I really feel that like aging can’t it doesn’t have to be depressing it doesn’t have to be this like removing and battling everything,” she said onGood Morning America. “Like, it can be really fun in this expansive opening of adventure.”

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Though only one comedian could walk away with the title, all six nominees were worthy of the prize.

In his Netflix specialWhat Had Happened Was…, Foxx, 52, shared for the first time the details about his April 2023 medical emergency that led to his hospitalization. TheBeat Shazamhost revealed hesuffered a"brain bleed that led to a stroke"while working on his movieBack in Actionin Atlanta.

“Your life doesn’t flash before your face. It was kind of oddly peaceful,” Foxx said of being unconscious, adding, “I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light. I was in that tunnel, though. It was hot in that tunnel. S—, am I going to the wrong place in this mother——? Because I looked at the end of the tunnel, and I thought I saw the devil like, ‘Come on.’ "

The four-time Golden Globe nominee thanked the medical team at Piedmont Hospital for helping him rehabilitate. “They put me back together again,” he said in the special filmed right near the Atlanta hospital.

Jamie Foxx in ‘What Had Happened Was…'.Parrish Lewis/Netflix

Parrish Lewis/Netflix

Glaser, who also hosted the 82nd annual Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, tackled some dark subject matter in her HBO specialSomeday You’ll Die,in which she joked about her plans for her death and the realities of infertility and aging.

TheFBoy Islandhost, 40, talked about why she doesn’t want kids, her sexual fantasies and how she’ll use the money she earns from the special for a brow lift as well.

Glaser called being nominated “an afterthought” to her hosting duties. “Honestly, as a host, I’m like, ‘It’s funnier if I lose,’" the first-time Golden Globe nominee toldVanity Fair. “I’m going to have a moment after the award is given out, whether I win or lose, where I talk about it. Right? That’s a funnier moment.”

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Meyers creates plenty of funny moments joking about fatherhood and marriage in his HBO specialDad Man Walking. “I just love doing stand-up because it’s so different — not just in format, but also in the topics,” theLate Night with Seth Meyershost, 51, said toVariety. “There’s something so universal about my family, and it should be noted that even though I bust on them pretty hard, I love talking about them. They’re my favorite people.”

The father of three toldTheWrapthat, forDad Man Walking, he made a conscious choice to ditch the political jokes he typically tells onLate Nightin favor of family-focused fare, explaining that “all my material comes from” his wife and kids.

“You just want to have as many different outlets for the kind of ideas that occur to you as possible,” Meyers said. “We’ve talked aboutDocumentary Nowin the past, but that’s a completely different bucket as well. So, be it stand up or side projects orLate Night, sometimes you come up with a joke and it just doesn’t fit in the thing you’re currently working on. So to have other places and other platforms to try to make it work is really fun.”

Seth Meyers during ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ on Dec. 12, 2024.Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty

Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty

Sandler’sLove Youconsists mostly of sex jokes, with theBig Daddystar, 58, riffing about being tricked into performing oral sex in an airport bathroom and kids walking in on their parents doing the deed. Sandler admitted toBlackbird Spyplanethat, despite his decades of comedy experience, his jokes don’t always land with audiences.

“The truth of it is, though, no matter how well the audience knows you, after a minute or two, you still gotta get cooking, or they’ll turn on you,” the two-time Golden Globe nominee said. “It’s happened to me. Last summer I shot up to the Comic Strip at 10:00 one night for no reason. I had nothing to really give, I just said, ‘Let me get on stage, try out some jokes,’ I don’t even know what jokes I was thinking of. And I did not have the best time. The crowd was staring at me, like, ‘Why are you here? Why are you here if you’ve got nothing great to say?’”

Adam Sandler in ‘Love You’.Scott Yamano/Netflix

Scott Yamano/Netflix

Ramy Youssef at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on Sept. 15, 2024 in Los Angeles.Amy Sussman/Gett

Amy Sussman/Gett

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