Bill Hader revealed ‘terrible' encounter with Martin Kove years before biting incident: ‘Weird mind f–k'
Bill Hader has the tea on Martin Kove.
Over ten years before the 'Cobra Kai' actor, 78, bit his co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim at a fan convention this past weekend, Hader, 47, spoke about a bizarre encounter he had with Kove on the 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast.
During the 2013 episode, Hader recalled that at age 20 his job was to drive actors to sets. One day, Hader was tasked with bringing Kove to a film shoot.
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10 Martin Kove attends the 'Dinosaur 13' premiere in Aug. 2014.
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'I'm driving him around in my s—ty car, and he got me lost on purpose,' Hader claimed, adding that Kove 'hadn't read the script yet,' so he gave the 'Barry' star the wrong directions.
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Hader said that after they arrived late, he got 'screamed at' by his boss.
10 Bill Hader at the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco in 2013.
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'It was a terrible day,' Hader said of the moment, which only got worse.
'On the way back, we're driving,' he recalled. 'It's at night, and we're driving down the freeway. He was like, 'Bill, are you mad at me?''
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The 'Karate Kid' actor then allegedly forced Hader to stop at a McDonald's and promised to get him a cookie and a milkshake.
10 Martin Kove attends the 4th Annual SAG Foundation Poker Classic in 2014.
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'He comes back out eating the chocolate cookie and the milkshake,' the 'Saturday Night Live' alum remembered. 'And he just sits in the back and goes, 'Come on, let's go.' It was the biggest f–k you.'
10 Martin Kove attends the '1923' Season 2 premiere in Los Angeles in Feb. 2025.
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'It was a weird mind f–k of, like, 'I'm gonna get you this thing,' and then he ate it in front of me,' Hader continued. 'And then I just drove home in silence.'
Hader, who referred to the interaction as his 'first 'welcome to Hollywood, kid' moment,' noted that he had to keep driving Kove to work for a few more days.
'And I didn't talk to him after that,' Hader shared. 'I just kind of stared straight ahead.'
10 Bill Hader at a Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2025.
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Despite Kove's rudeness, Hader said he gave the martial artist a pass.
'I heard he was going through a divorce, or something was happening with him,' Hader stated. 'He might be a really nice guy, but I just … rubbed him the wrong way. I don't know what was going on.'
The Post has reached out to Kove's rep for comment.
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On Sunday, Kove was accused of biting Hannah-Kim, 37, in the arm at Washington State Summer Con.
The actress, who played Kim Da-Eun for Seasons 5 and 6 of 'Cobra Kai,' claimed the alleged attack happened when she tapped Kove on the shoulder to greet him at their cast booth, according to an informational police report obtained by People.
10 Alicia Hannah-Kim, Martin Kove in 'Cobra Kai' Season 6.
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10 Alicia Hannah-Kim shows police her bite mark from Martin Kove.
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When he was questioned about the incident by police, Kove reportedly 'admitted to biting' Hannah-Kim but claimed 'he did it out of jest.'
'He thought he was being funny, and they play fight all the time on the set of 'Cobra Kai,' and he did not think it was a big deal,' the report stated.
10 Alicia Hannah-Kim attends 'Cobra Kai' premiere in Sept. 2022.
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Hannah-Kim declined to press charges against Kove, who was reportedly escorted out of the fan convention.
Kove gave a full apology for the incident in a statement obtained by TMZ.
'I deeply regret and apologize for my actions regarding the incident with Alicia, a genuinely kind and wonderful person who didn't deserve to be put in this position,' he stated.
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