{"id":4684,"date":"2026-06-04T19:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-will-fortes-wife-threatened-to-divorce-him\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:45:40","slug":"why-will-fortes-wife-threatened-to-divorce-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-will-fortes-wife-threatened-to-divorce-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Will Forte&#8217;s wife threatened to divorce him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129746298.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Will Forte revealed his wife, Olivia Modling, jokingly threatened to divorce him after his foul reaction to her getting bangs.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMacGruber\u201d star recalled being away from his family while filming Season 2 of \u201cThe Four Seasons\u201d when he randomly FaceTimed Modling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe picks up the FaceTime, and she has freshly cut bangs,\u201d he explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TeDQWzshXFM&amp;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">during Thursday\u2019s appearance on \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has never had bangs before, since I\u2019ve known her. Did not know she was getting bangs. No words were spoken until I said, \u2018What happened to you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Will Forte opened up about the moment his wife, Olivia Modling, jokingly threatened to divorce him during Thursday\u2019s appearance on \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@LateNightSeth<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe picks up the FaceTime, and she has freshly cut bangs,\u201d the actor (seen here with his wife in May) said. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Forte, 55, acknowledged his reaction was \u201cnot a great start\u201d to the call, saying, \u201cAnd then I said, \u2018Is that a wig?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor then tried to defend himself, explaining that Modling was \u201chunched over a little bit\u201d on camera, and that the bangs weren\u2019t similar to French actress Brigette Bardot\u2019s but more like Spock\u2019s from \u201cStar Trek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was also right around Halloween, so like, maybe she was going to dress as Spock for Halloween, and it was a wig?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe has never had bangs before, since I\u2019ve known her. Did not know she was getting bangs,\u201d Forte (seen above with  Modling in March 2025) continued. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cMacGruber\u201d star explained himself, saying the bangs weren\u2019t similar to model Brigitte Bardot\u2019s. Seen here: Bardot in the 1960s. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Instead, Forte said the bangs channeled Spock from \u201cStar Trek,\u201d as seen above. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forte, however, realized his wife\u2019s new hairdo wasn\u2019t a wig and quickly tried to mend his initial remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018How do I turn this around and make it seem like I think they\u2019re beautiful?\u2019\u201d the \u201cLast Man on Earth\u201d alum recalled thinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I kind of realized we were in the middle of rehearsal and everyone was like, \u2018What are you doing on your phone?\u2019 So I said, \u2018Oh! I\u2019ve got to go!\u2019 So that was how it was left.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Forte (seen above in 2021) quickly realized his wife\u2019s hairstyle wasn\u2019t a wig. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018How do I turn this around and make it seem like I think they\u2019re beautiful?\u2019\u201d he said. Seen here: Forte and Modling in May. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forte explained he was unable to contact Modling for half an hour and returned to his phone with several text messages from her.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers then displayed the string of messages as Forte read them to the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said, \u2018Is that a wig? The. Worst. Possible. Thing. To. Hear. After. Cutting. BANGS,\u2019\u201d he read. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Ha ha ha ha.\u2019 And then she said, \u2018Divorce.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forte reassured the audience that he and Modling \u201cgot past it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Forte (seen above in 2017) later returned to his phone and received a series of messages from his wife, including one that jokingly read, \u201cdivorce.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple (seen here in 2021) was able to work through the mishap. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/04\/16\/will-forte-and-girlfriend-olivia-modling-are-engaged\/\">got engaged<\/a> in 2019 shortly after they started dating.<\/p>\n<p>They<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/12\/08\/will-forte-secretly-married-fiancee-olivia-modling-in-july\/\"> got secretly married <\/a>during an intimate ceremony in New Mexico in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Forte and Modling are the parents of two daughters, Zoe, 5, and Cecilia, who was born in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/04\/celebrity-news\/why-will-fortes-wife-threatened-to-divorce-him\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Forte revealed his wife, Olivia Modling, jokingly threatened to divorce him after his foul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129746298.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}