Will Arnett thinks he’ll lose a Golden Globe to his ex-wife Amy Poehler.
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett have been married from 2003 till 2016
The previous couple – who have been married from 2003 till 2016 – are within the working to bag the primary gong within the inaugural Finest Podcast class on the ceremony on Sunday (11.01.26), with their programmes SmartLess and Good Cling, respectively, up for nomination.
Requested if Will, 55, has an acceptance speech prepared if his podcast, SmartLess, wins, he joked to Folks that he would “depart the speech writing” to his co-presenter, 55-year-old actor Sean Hayes.
Will – who additionally hosts SmartLess with 56-year-old actor Jason Bateman – quipped: “[Sean has] really written all of the speeches for all of the nominees for each class. He’s written Amy’s acceptance speech already.”
In December 2025, Will – who has been internet hosting SmartLess since July 2020 – revealed the textual content Amy, 54, despatched him after they have been each nominated within the Finest Podcast class.
He learn the textual content from the Inside Out star – who launched Good Cling in March 2025 – that he obtained while he mentioned his new film, Is This Factor On? with The Hollywood Reporter.
Amy – who met Will within the Nineteen Nineties, when he watched her carry out in an improv group in New York – wrote within the message: “Congrats. Let’s social gathering.”
Laughing as he learn the textual content, Amy added, per Will: “I don’t have Bateman’s quantity, however that’s for the very best.”
The duo – who have been re-introduced by mutual friends in 2000 earlier than sparks flew – are battling for the Golden Globe in opposition to Armchair Knowledgeable with Dax Shepard, Name Her Daddy, The Mel Robbins Podcast and Up First.
Will married Amy in 2003, and went on to have sons Archie, 17, in 2008 and Abel, 15, in 2010.
The couple broke up after 9 years of marriage in 2012, with their divorce finalised in 2016.
In April 2025, Amy – who stays shut with Will – appeared on SmartLess, and he praised the Saturday Night time Reside alum for being a fantastic mother.
Will – who has been relationship Nineteen Nineties supermodel Carolyn Murphy, 51, since September 2025 after they have been “arrange” by a mutual pal – mentioned: “I’ve to attempt actually arduous, however Amy, you’re actually good at this, and also you assist me do that in live performance with you, to recollect to hearken to what they’re saying and to not attempt to impose what I feel, ‘You want this, you want that.’
“To truly sit and hearken to what your child is attempting to say. Encourage them to, as a lot as they will, to talk. I don’t come by it naturally as a result of that’s not how I used to be raised.”
And the Lego Batman actor is “actually proud” of their co-parenting relationship.
He added: “In fact, issues take a minute as a result of everyone is kind of adjusting to what it’s.
“I’m additionally very pleased with, definitely as mother and father, what we’ve been in a position to do. That has been actually necessary to each of us. I’m actually, actually fortunate to have her as a accomplice on this means.
“There aren’t many individuals I converse to greater than I converse to her, which is bizarre, what I imply. Nevertheless it’s nice. I really feel actually fortunate.
“She’s the individual that I’m going like, ‘Hey, I’m occupied with doing this.’ Whether or not it’s life or work and I actually search her counsel as a result of it’s necessary to me, as a result of I belief her.
“She’s superior.”
