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Lily Waddell

Kristen Wiig hints she secretly married Avi Rothman as she calls him her husband

Kristen Wiig hinted she had married her lover Avi Rothman by calling him her "husband."

The Bridesmaid actress, 47, broke the news on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show on Wednesday.

It's two years since Kristen confirmed she was engaged to marry Avi in 2019 after they had been romancing for three years.

Speculation had been rife about their engagement before she come out to confirm they had put a ring on their relationship.

They became parents last year after they welcomed the twins via a surrogate in June, surprising fans. their children's names have not been made public.

Casually Kristen referred to Avi as "my husband" in her latest interview.

Kristen Wiig announces she secretly married Avi Rothman as she calls him husband (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

She said: "In my home, I am very lucky about having these two babies and my husband.

"They make it all better and changed my life in that regard."

Kristen and Avi have been romancing for around five years.

The couple went public with their romance with a PDA-fest on holiday in Hawaii in 2016.

The Bridesmaid actress, 47, broke the news on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show on Wednesday (SiriusXM)

Elsewhere in the interview, Kristen divulged the struggle of returning to work while balancing her time being a mum to her twins.

She said: "Right now I’m not going to an actual set, but because of all this stuff I’m not as present as I would like to be and it’s really hard. I’m convinced they’re going to forget who I am if I’m gone for a day.

"I have looked at my children and said 'I am your mother!'

"I am nervous about leaving and going to work when that happens because there’s something really nice about being home with them all the time.

Kristen divulged the struggle of returning to work while balancing her time being a mum to her twins (YouTube)

"But they’re really young right now and I have that as an advantage, because they don’t really know when I’m not there. But that time is coming and I’ll do my best to balance and they will come first."

Previously, Kristen was married to Hayes Hargrove but their love story ended in divorce in 2009.

The exes were only married for four years.

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