Sometimes, we come to know about an affair or relationship much later in our life. In an interesting development, Hollywood stars Bill Hader and Carol Burnett are cousins.
Burnett came to light about her relationship with Hader when she appeared on a recent episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots. In a chat with Entertainment Tonight, Hader, 44, opened up about Burnett, 89, being her cousin.
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“She emailed me,” Haider said. “Yeah, he emailed me and said, ‘Hey, we’re related.’ And I went, ‘What?,'” he said.
Hader further revealed that the two have been in contact enthusiastically ever since her affair with Burnett became known. He also recalled how he told his children about the revelation.
The Barrie actor said, “We’ve been messaging and emailing, so it’s really exciting. I hope I can have dinner with her like that.”
“I said to my kids! I think, ‘We all relate to Ms. Hannigan,’ and they were like, ‘Ah!!’. “So it was really fun.” Hader added, referring to Burnett’s iconic role in Annie.
Meanwhile, the Barry star is set to bring to a close the popular TV series which is currently in its fourth and final season.
Hader said, “It’s nice to write on this thing, you know, ‘The End’, but it’s going to be sad to say goodbye to everybody. That’s the hardest part of it.”
He said, “I’m so glad I don’t have to play this guy anymore. He’s a very bad character, so I’m glad it’s over… Now I’m going to do something much lighter.”
Interestingly, all eight episodes of Barry’s final run have been directed by Hader. And her co-stars Henry Winkler and Sarah Goldberg lauded her for her creative direction and incredible handling of the workload.
“Well, when he said he was going to direct all eight, we thought he was crazy. Such a huge amount of work, and he really pulled it off. I mean, what he wanted to do, He had a really strong vision for that.” season. It was a very ambitious, cinematic vision, and he was so organized with his thoughts and ideas and brought it to life every single day,” Goldberg told People.
“This is where Bill wanted to be. Saturday Night Live was his dream come true, and I’ve seen him from the first season to now. He’s the creator, producer, writer, actor and now director of it all. Ripple in the Water No. Not even a moment where you think, ‘Oh my god, she’s stressed.’ I’m stressed. Oh, my lord,” Winkler said.
