Bill Hader Reveals Surprising Way He Found Out He's Related to Carol Burnett (Exclusive)

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Carol Burnett recently found out she's distant cousin of Bill Hader, and the star couldn't be happier about the familial connection.Hader walked the carpet at the premiere screening of season 4 on Sunday, held at Hollywood Forever, and he spoke with ET's Denny Directo about the surprising way he found out about his unexpected bond with Burnett — which she discovered while appearing on a recent episode of .«She emailed me,» Hader said with a laugh. «Yeah, she emailed me and said, 'Hey, we're related.' And I went, 'What?'»«I told my my, kids!

I'm like, 'We're all related to Ms. Hannigan,» and they were like, 'Ah!!'" Hader added, referring to Burnett's iconic role in «So it was really fun.»As it turns out, he and Burnet have been keeping in touch ever since, as Hader explained, «We've been texting and emailing and and stuff, so it's been really exciting.

I hope I can, like, have dinner with her.»Amid that exciting development, Hader has also been gearing up for the final season of his hit dark comedy , and the actor admits that it «feels good» to get some closure on the story and bring it to a satisfying conclusion.«It's nice to write, you know, 'The End' on the thing, but it's it's going to be sad to say bye to everybody,» he shared. «That's the hardest part of it.»Biding farewell to his colleagues will seemingly be much more difficult than leaving behind the character of himself.«I'm very happy to not have to play this guy anymore,» Hader admitted.