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Remember when? Rachel BilsonShe opened up about her whirlwind love life with Bill Hader, making a rare comment about the former duo’s red carpet debut.
Bilson, 40, reflected on the relationship during a recent episode of her “Broad Ideas” podcast with guest Aubrey PlazaIt was a big surprise to the O.C. alum’s To Do List costar. “Are you serious?” Plaza asked after Bilson recalled dating Hader, 44, “two years ago.”
The Parks and Recreation alum joked, “I don’t know s–t. I don’t know anything,” as Bilson clarified, “We dated. I went with him to the f–king Golden Globes.”
Hader and the Hart of DixieThey were first spotted together in December 2019, having a cup of coffee at Tulsa, Oklahoma. (The Barry actor also starred alongside Bilson and Plaza in 2013’s The To Do List.)
One month after sparking romance rumors, the Saturday Night LiveThe 2020 Golden Globes saw the alum make public his relationship with Bilson. The twosome posed side by side on the red carpet, with Hader wrapping his arm around the California native’s waist. An onlooker said that Hader wrapped his arm around the waist of the California native. Us Weekly at the awards show that the pair were “holding hands” in the building’s entryway before Hader stopped “to high five a male guest and briefly chat.”
While attending the event, Hader’s BarryCostar Henry WinklerThe couple was a rare and touching love story. UsWhat made romance work. “[It’s] because Bill is great and Rachel is so lovely,” the 76-year-old Happy DaysIn January 2020, alum was declared.
However, the relationship didn’t last long, with Bilson and the Skeleton TwinsStar will be leaving by July 2020. The star announced his retirement earlier this month. Jumper actress spoke to Mandy Moore about going through a “really hard” breakup during the COVID-19 pandemic — but she didn’t mention her former flame by name.
“I could not leave my house, you know what I mean? I had nothing else to do but sit in it, and deal with it and feel it,” Bilson shared on the June 6 episode of her podcast. “It was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done, harder than childbirth.”
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Going through a breakup alone “hurt like a motherf–ker,” but Bilson thought the experience made her stronger. “If you actually face it, you can come out of it and be like, ‘OK, I did that and I’m ready for the next thing,’” she said.
The Last KissStar previously dated Adam BrodyShe worked with her on behalf of The O.C.Before moving on, Hayden Christensen. Bilson and Obi-Wan KenobiActor, 41, was engaged to Briar, 7 months before their September 2017 split. Bilson was later linked to Bachelor Nation’s Nick ViallShe claimed to be able to. Use in December 2019 that the duo “have always just been friends.”
Hader, for his own part, shares Hannah, 12, Harper (99) and Hayley (77) with ex-wife Maggie Carey. UseThis year’s Emmy winner was confirmed to be dating earlier in the year. Anna KendrickHader, however, is reluctant to discuss the budding romance for his children.
“They just want me to be their dad,” he told The Hollywood ReporterMarch. “They just want me to sit and watch Encanto over and over and over again. So that’s what I do.”
