Surely, there are some celebrity couples who seem to slide completely under the radar
and manage to keep their relationships out of the spotlight. But there is being low-key about
your relationship and then there is being Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader about your relationship.
Which is to say being so under the radar that no one even realizes you’ve been dating until a
year and a half after you got together. From how they began, to why Anna didn’t want kids, to how
they fell completely in love, to… well, actually that’s it. The duo recently broke up, so that is
as far as their love story goes. But we do have all there is to know about this A-list couple.
A bond at first laugh. Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader’s relationship was full of respect,
shared interests, and comedic moments – even before their connection turned romantic. The
pair met while filming the 2019 Christmas movie Noelle, where they starred as brother and sister.
At the time Bill was still legally married to his now-ex-wife Maggie Carey, with whom he shares 3
daughters with. Kendrick and Hader didn’t start dating until a year later, once he had finalized
his divorce. They are both adamant that there wasn’t anything along the lines of an affair.
But just because they started off with a friendship, it didn’t stop others around
them from noticing their instant connection. “Bill and Anna clicked right away. They dig
each other’s sense of humor. They make each other laugh — a lot,” an anonymous crew member said.
Anna also spoke openly about her and the actor’s friendship while on set.
“Bill describes himself as a soft touch, so if I break character and laugh, he breaks.
So, I can be like, ‘He started it,’” she said. Prior to their romance beginning and blossoming,
the Into the Woods actress had bonded with the It star’s three daughters. Hader’s
children were BIG fans of Kendrick, might we say. “When I told my kids about Noelle, I told them I
was reading a script about Santa Claus’ daughter becoming Santa. And they had a bunch of questions,
one being if she would have a beard. I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ They were excited, and I was like,
‘And it’s the girl from Pitch Perfect.’ And they went crazy and screamed,” he said.
How amazing? Bill had his daughters’ approval before he even needed it!
At the time of Noelle premiering, Hader was dating Rachel Bilson . The pair made their
red carpet debut at the Golden Globes in early 2020 and called it quits just 5 months later.
The former couple stayed relatively quiet about their relationship, even though Bilson
did make a comment about it in an interview. “I went with him to the Golden Globes. I
don’t know shit. I don’t know anything. It was a really hard breakup during the pandemic. I could
not leave my house; you know what I mean? I had nothing else to do but sit in it, deal with it and
feel it. It was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done⁠, harder than childbirth,” she said.
It seems that Bill dealt with the breakup the same way and eventually got over it.
We can’t nail down the exact beginning of Kendrick and Hader’s romance, but it is possibly started
around December 2020. We have zero details about what prompted them to get romantic. Likewise,
we can assume it involved exchanging a series of witty and sexy texts since they’re both hilarious.
“Anna and Bill have been dating for a while. They really like each other and
share the same sense of humor. They’re both very happy in the relationship and it shows.
They have a natural connection. They prefer flying under the radar and enjoying the
simple things – as opposed to doing anything too flashy,” a friend of the couple said.
When we did find out, a year into their relationship, that they were together,
it made perfect sense. It seemed like this couple was destined to be together. It was a match made
in comedy heaven and Hader thought so too. “Anna is one of the funniest people I’ve
ever met,” he said. Seemed like the highest compliment anyone can get from SNL’s Stefon
But why did we wait so long to hear about the happily in love couple? Well, Bill’s reason is his
kids. He refuses to discuss any of his romance’s out of respect for his daughters’ privacy.
“They just want me to be their dad. They just want me to sit and watch Encanto over and over
and over again. So that’s what I do,” he said. Anna’s reason is… well, she doesn’t really have
a specific reason. The Pitch Perfect actress has managed to keep her romantic relationships
under wraps for YEARS. Despite starring in some of the highest-grossing movies in recent years,
she makes a concerted effort to ensure her own love life remains private. Kendrick refuses to
talk about boyfriends in interviews and never posts about them on social media.
And yes, that includes Bill Hader and yes, it is entirely intentional. When she was asked about her
love life during an interview, her response was — "Well, as far as keeping it private, it isn't
easy, as you are proving right now. But that's just always how it's been for me,” she joked.
But there has been one thing that Kendrick has been relatively open about and that’s not wanting
to have kids. She released a book titled Scrappy Little Nobody which was a collection of personal
essays. And it was rather surprising to see she didn’t hold back on anything. From her body image
and her career to her sex life and her views on becoming a mother. She covered all her bases.
On the topic of parenthood, the actress writes, “I will always feel children aren’t
for me.” She’s hardly the first woman to decide kids won’t be part of her future,
but for some, her definitive stance is a huge deal. She was pressed on the issue
during interviews, and she went into more detail about why she didn’t see herself having kids.
“You know, if I have kids, it’s just another kid that your kid is going to have to fight when the
water wars come. The zombie apocalypse is coming, and with my genes, I don’t think my children would
really last. I’m worried about upper-body strength, and coordination. These are not
things that I would pass on. So, you know, my kids would just be food,” she said completely
deadpan. Well said, Anna. Not that you had to explain why you might not ever have a baby.
But not wanting children of her own didn’t mean she didn’t love Bill’s daughters.
She bonded a lot with them and loved spending time together as a family. They would go on hikes,
picnics, and a lot of adventures with Hader’s children. He obviously loved his girls deeply
and even got emotional in an interview because he feels like he doesn’t see them enough.
“I think I saw my kids a total of five days all summer. It was terrible.
So, I’m going, ‘Next summer, I’m taking off.’ And I’m going to spend every day with them.
It’s this weird thing when you’re in this industry, you don’t have time to be with them,
and it’s really, really difficult,” the actor said. How sad is that?
Anna and Bill seemed like their relationship was only getting better. Even though they were in no
rush to get engaged, there was talk of marriage. But they were just ecstatic with how everything
was going. So, why mess with it, right? We hope you haven’t become too attached
to this couple because in July this year, they went their separate ways.
It was only six months of us knowing of them as a couple, but fans were devastated.
Anna? Well, not so much. She had a stellar way of dealing with the breakup with her former flame.
She did a lot of the same things Rachel Bilson did to get over the relationship with Hader.
Except when Rachel was locked up at home on her own,
Anna was on a yacht surrounded by her best girlfriends.
A few days after the breakup, the actress booked a luxury yacht for her nearest and dearest.
And she wasn’t wallowing in her sadness, she was having a whale of a time away from the media!
The couple has said very little about why they decided to call it quits, so we can
only speculate. There isn’t much to make guesses on because they really seemed perfect together.
Whatever the reason, we hope that they both feel happy. We also hope to see more of Anna on Twitter
because her Tweets are truly comedy gold! What do you think could have led to the couple’s split?
Let us know in the comments below. Stay tuned for more celebrity stories on Rumour Juice.