Abbi Jacobson explains why she and Jodi Balfour pretend they are not a couple in certain states
Abbi Jacobson and Jodi Balfour have been married since 2024.
Abbi Jacobson and Jodi Balfour pretend they are not a couple to keep safe when travelling through certain states.
Instead, the pair, who have been married since 2024, pretend they are siblings.
Broad City co-creator and star Abbi told the New York Post's Page Six: "As my wife and I drive, if we drive across the country, there are states where we are sisters. In case."
She is thankful to be able to work as an openly gay woman, as "many people were not able to” do the same.
Abbi, 42, added: "It’s really wild how we’ve come so far in a lot of areas."
The Tangles voice actress exchanged vows with Ted Lasso's Jodi, 39, at Public Records in Brooklyn, New York, four years after they first connected virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic and two years after they got engaged.
The brides wore "off the rack" gowns from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's fashion line, The Row, for the ceremony, which had originally been planned to take place outside, but last-minute changes were made due to torrential rain.
In June 2024, Abbi told Cultured magazine: "We had planned an outdoor ceremony and dinner, but we had to pivot.
"It was such kismet, because the ceremony was not what we expected, but it was exactly what we’d hoped for. People were packed together.
"When we looked out at the audience, our friends were on stools, peeking through the plants, and sitting on top of the booths. I’ve never been to a wedding like that."
The actresses had fun surprising their guests at the wedding reception.
Jodi explained: "We decided to make the party a surprise. After dinner, the Westerlies burst out of the kitchen playing Stevie Wonder’s Sir Duke.
"We followed them from the dining room to the dance floor in the sound room, where Matt FX [music supervisor on Broad City] started DJing.
"I also surprised Abbi by asking our friends Lukas [Frank] and Zach [Dawes] to perform True Love Will Find You in the End...
"It really was 'one of those nights'. We were in a dark wooden room with no windows, an insane sound system, and a disco ball.
"Everyone’s nice clothes became wet rags. People were smoking who don’t smoke. Our moms did the hora. It was like we all existed in a different dimension for a while."
Abbi added: "Our first dance was to Aretha Franklin’s Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream.
"My dress destroyed Jo’s tights within 35 seconds."
