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Ali Wong's divorce news causes another case of #wrongasian

The comedian's husband has been a primary source of her popular specials. But when writing about the Asian American couple's split, some news outlets used photos of Asian American actor Randall Park.
<em>Parade</em> magazine has offered an apology to comedian Ali Wong; her soon-to-be ex-husband, Justin Hakuta; and actor Randall Park for incorrectly posting a picture of Park (seen here) in its story about Wong and Hakuta's divorce.

Ali Wong has given the public loads of very personal information about her husband, Justin Hakuta, in the eight years the couple has been married.

In her most recent Netflix stand-up special, , the Asian American actor bragged about her Asian American husband's accolades: He went to Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard Business School, and

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