Bill Hader and Seth Meyers on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Photo:Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Seth MeyersandBill Hader’s Stefon had a whirlwind “Weekend Update” wedding onSaturday Night Liveover a decade ago, and as Meyers now explains, the bit was a “dry run” for his actual nuptials.
During a conversation withBeanie FeldsteinonLate Night with Seth MeyersMonday, the host reflected on the hilarious television moment after Feldstein admitted that thecharacter of Stefonmeant “everything to me.”
“I was thinking about who I wanted to be my valentine other than my wife, because it’s like, who do you really love in a very emotional way… Stefon,” Feldstein joked.
To which Meyers responded, “Look, I know him as well. I only knew how to get married ’cause I married him first. He was my dry run.”
Bill Hader and Seth Meyers on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
During Hader’s final episode as anSNLcast member in May 2013, he appeared inone more “Weekend Update” skitwith Meyers, who essentially broke up a fake wedding between the character andAnderson Cooper. Meyers and Stefon then tied the knot themselves and ran to theSNLstudios, where they celebrated the moment with peers.
In real life, Meyers wed his longtime wifeAlexi Ashein September 2013, less than four months after the skit aired.
While Meyers didn’t elaborate on how exactly Hader’s lovable character prepared him for his own big day, he and Ashe celebrated their 10th anniversary in September 2023, when Meyers posted aloving photo of his wifeto Instagram.
“Ten years ago today I married the brilliant and beautiful, Alexi Ashe, photographed here maintaining her grace while three children scream at her off camera and I ask if she’s seen my wallet and right shoe,” Meyers wrote of his wife, with whom he shares children Ashe Olson, 7, Axel Strahl, 5, and Adelaide, 2.
Seth Meyers poses with wife Alexi Ashe at the 2023 Met Gala.Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty
Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty
Elsewhere during Meyers' conversation with Feldstein, 30, the pair chopped it up about the actress' own wedding.The Drive-Away Dollsstar wed longtime girlfriend Bonnie-Chance Roberts in May 2023, an experience that she called “perfect” on the late night program.
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source: people.com
