How Natasha Lyonne Dealt With Her Fred Armisen Breakup

Although Fred Armisen and Natasha Lyonne were never married, he was married twice before, first to Sally Timms and then to Elisabeth Moss (via Us Weekly). Armisen admitted he was not a good partner, and Moss even criticized him following their relationship breaking down. However, Lyonne never shared similar statements of her own about Armisen. In fact, she and Armisen seemed to get along just fine following their breakup and worked together afterward. 

When Lyonne hosted "Saturday Night Live" in May 2022, Armisen and Maya Rudolph appeared during Lyonne's opening monologue. The comedians did their best Lyonne impressions — which featured some grumbling and New York accents — before exiting. Lyonne then took the opportunity to playfully make a dig at her and Armisen: "You know, Freddy and I, we dated for seven years. Yeah, we're the only couple that had a sex tape that nobody wanted to buy."

The exes also appeared together in a sketch called "Cigarette Show." Lyonne played a co-host on a pro-smoking show on public access television, and Armisen played one of the tourists from France being interviewed. It proved that Lyonne and Armisen can not only still be friends, they can also still collaborate comedically — which they did while dating when Lyonne acted in a handful of episodes of Armisen's comedy "Portlandia."