‘Broad City’ star Abbi Jacobson details ‘wild’ lengths she and wife, Jodi Balfour, go to feel safe as a gay couple

See more of our coverage in your search results. “Broad City” star Abbi Jacobson revealed that she and wife Jodi Balfour sometimes pretend to be sisters while traveling through certain states. “As my wife and I drive,” Jacobson, 42, told Page Six exclusively at a special screening of “Tangles” earlier this week, “if we drive across the country, there are states where we are sisters. In case.” The actress, who is openly gay, said she is grateful to be able to work in Hollywood without hiding her sexuality, acknowledging that “many people were not able to” do the same. “It’s really wild how we’ve come so far in a lot of areas,” she added. Abbi Jacobson spoke to Page Six at a screening for “Tangles” on November 9. Page Six Abbi Jacobson and her wife Jodi Balfour, seen here in October, pretend to be sisters when on road trips. Variety via Getty Images Jacobson, 42, met the “For All Mankind” star, 39, virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. The actresses first announced they were dating in October 2021 after keeping their relationship a secret for a year. “One year with this incredible human. Don’t know how I got so lucky ❤️,” Jacobson wrote on Instagram at the time. The couple married in June 2024. abbijacobson/instagram Jacobson starred in “Broad City” with Ilana Glazer. ©Comedy Central/Courtesy Everett Collection The actresses tied the knot in 2024 at Public Records in Brooklyn. Jacobson is best known for co-creating and starring alongside Ilana Glazer in the hit Comedy Central series “Broad City,” which ran from 2014 to 2019 and is now streaming on Hulu. “It was like the most fun I’ve had,” Jacobson shared. “The fact that it’s resonated with people and still does is like, I mean, it’s the best.” Want more celebrity and pop culture news? Start your day with Page Six Daily. Thanks for signing up! “It was like the most fun I’ve had,” she said about the series. ©Comedy Central/Courtesy Everett Collect / Everett Collection She voices a character in the adult cartoon “Tangles.” ©IFC Films/Courtesy Everett Collection Jacobson now lends her voice to the animated drama “Tangles,” which follows a young woman named Sarah as she cares for her mother following an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. Based on Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel, the film also features the voices of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Beanie Feldstein and Seth Rogen. The screening benefited Hilarity for Charity, a nonprofit founded by Lauren Miller Rogen and her husband, Seth Rogen, that raises awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and supports families affected by it. Miller Rogen’s mother was diagnosed with the degenerative brain disorder at age 55.