Will Arnett has revealed the textual content his ex-wife Amy Poehler despatched him after they have been each nominated within the Finest Podcast class on the 2026 Golden Globes.
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett divorced in 2016
The previous couple – who have been married from 2003 till their 2012 separation, with their divorce finalised in 2016 – are making historical past as actors Will’s, Sean Hayes, 55, and 56 12 months outdated Jason Bateman’s SmartLess, and Amy’s Good Cling podcasts are up for the gong within the new class.
Will, 55, learn out the textual content from Amy – with whom he stays shut – that he obtained while he mentioned his new film, Is This Factor On? with The Hollywood Reporter – with the Finest Podcast nominees being introduced shortly earlier than the interview.
Amy wrote within the message: “Congrats. Let’s occasion.”
Laughing as he learn the textual content, Amy added, per Will: “I don’t have Bateman’s quantity, however that’s for the most effective.”
The duo – who’ve sons Archie, 17, and Abel, 15, collectively – are up towards Armchair Knowledgeable with Dax Shepard, Name Her Daddy, The Mel Robbins Podcast and Up First.
Is This Factor On? – which comes out on Friday (19.12.25) – sees a pair, Alex Novak (Will) and Tess Novak (Laura Dern), on the verge of divorcing whereas mentioning two sons.
Alex enters the New York comedy scene, whereas Tess confronts the sacrifices she has made for his or her household.
Talking about how he pertains to the film, Will – who additionally serves as producer of the Bradley Cooper-directed comedy-drama movie – stated: “Clearly, it’s not impressed by my story, however there are themes in there that I connect with.
“I’m only a sum of all of my very own experiences, and also you deliver a few of that into what you do. I imply, you attempt to be delicate, however it might be bizarre if I didn’t join dots on sure issues.”
Will – who has a son known as Denny, 5, together with his ex-girlfriend, businesswoman Alessandra Brawn, whom he break up from in 2024 after 5 years collectively – lately praised Amy for being an awesome mother to their youngsters.
In an April, the Inside Out actress appeared on an episode of the SmartLess podcast, and the Twisted Steel actor – who has been courting Nineteen Nineties supermodel Carolyn Murphy, 51, since September – advised her: “I’ve to strive 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 take heed to what they’re saying and to not attempt to impose what I feel, ‘You want this, you want that.’
“To really sit and take heed to what your child is making an attempt to say. Encourage them to, as a lot as they’ll, to talk. I don’t come by it naturally as a result of that’s not how I used to be raised.”
And Will is “actually proud” of their co-parenting relationship.
He added: “After all, issues take a minute as a result of all people is form of adjusting to what it’s.
“I’m additionally very happy with, definitely as mother and father, what we’ve been capable of do. That has been actually vital to each of us. I’m actually, actually fortunate to have her as a accomplice on this method.
“There aren’t many individuals I communicate to greater than I communicate to her, which is bizarre, you already know what I imply. Nevertheless it’s nice. I really feel actually fortunate.
“She’s the person who I am going like, ‘Hey, I’m fascinated by doing this.’ Whether or not it’s life or work and I actually search her counsel as a result of it’s vital to me, as a result of I belief her.
“She’s superior.”
