Ali Wong is a stand-up comedian who’s best known for her popular Netflix comedy specials. You may have seen her on her Netflix rom-com. Always Be My Maybe. As someone who’s received a lot of acclaim for her comedy about her pregnancy and children, Wong isn’t one to shy away from talking about her personal life. Wong’s jokes about her husband are not uncommon. But, who is Ali Wong’s husband?
Ali Wong and Justin Hakuta have been married since 2014.
Wong’s husband, Justin Hakuta, is successful just like his famous wife. But, the pairs’ careers couldn’t be more different. According to his LinkedIn profileHakuta is currently the Vice President for Product at GoodRX. He graduated from Harvard Business School. Wong and Hakuta met at a friend’s wedding reception and she was immediately interested in him. Still, the two took it slow and didn’t kiss until their fifth date.
The couple were ready for marriage by 2014. At this time, Wong wasn’t anywhere close to reaching her current level of success. He was, however, well-off and had a lot of money. So, Hakuta’s family made sure Wong signed a prenuptial agreementBefore they were married. Despite her jokes about now being her family’s primary breadwinner, Wong is grateful that she signed the prenup.
Her book is available at www.sherbook.com Dear Girls: Untold Secrets, Intimate Tales, and Advice to Live Your Best Life, Wong wrote, “I was very motivated to make my own money, because I signed a document specifically outlining how much I couldn’t depend on my husband. My father always praised ‘the gift of fear,’ and that prenup scared the shit out of me. In the end, being forced to sign that prenup was one of the greatest things that ever happened to me and my career.” The couple now has two daughters: Mari and Nikki.
Justin Is Incredibly Supportive Of Ali’s Comedy Career
When it comes to Wong and Hakuta’s careers, opposites definitely attract. But, even though their talents and occupations are very different, Hakuta loves his wife’s standup. Not everyone would be supportive of being the subject of much of their spouse’s standup comedy. Hakuta says that he’s his wife’s biggest fan. Wong told Ellen DeGeneres, “My husband mans the merch table after [my standup shows.] People think it’s a joke, but my husband, who graduated from Harvard Business School, really is in the lobby after the show slanging Ali Wong tote bags, shower curtains.”
And, Hakuta isn’t just on the sidelines at shows. He is always pre-screens Wong’s jokes. She shared the following: Health Magazine, “I’ll let my husband veto stuff. It’s not so much about subject choice; it’s about word choice. So no topic is off-limits—it just depends on if I can make it funny.”
Wong likes to let her comedy dive into the personal and touchy parts of her life. She often does this by letting her comedy drift into her marriage and her painful miscarriage. wants to be sure that her work doesn’t hurt her husband. In her interview for the New York Times, she explained, “He’s an Asian unicorn; there’s nobody like him… I have to run jokes by him or I lose my marriage,” she said. “That’s not worth a cool joke.”
Justin Makes Ali Feel Secure
Whether he’s manning the merch table, caring for their children, or posting loving tributes on Instagram, Hakuta is nothing but supportive.
He also wrote the afterword for Wong’s bookAbout their daughters Dear Girls. In it, he addressed his daughters and explained to them how he took time off from work to help their mother. He wrote, “When the Milk & Money tour launched I knew I couldn’t be a good husband, and father to you, and support your mother’s career if I was also working. And because we didn’t need the money, I chose to support our family by offering my time, care, and presence, forcing me to reconcile my prescribed gender roles, which wasn’t always easy.”
This couple puts in the workWhen it comes to strengthening their marriage and keeping it healthy. Wong shared the following: Time, “I don’t see how, for us, we could not go to couple’s therapy within the first two years of having kids. For us it’s been really important, and for other people, if you don’t go to couple’s therapy I hope you have great communication skills.”
These two aren’t afraid to make sacrifices or tailor their different lives to fit each other. Wong may have written a movie called Always Be My Maybe, but it’s clear her husband will always be her “definitely.”
