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==Personal life== Forte dated his ''Last Man on Earth'' co-star [[January Jones]] in 2015.<ref name="Engaged">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/will-forte-engaged-olivia-modling/|title=Will Forte and Girlfriend Olivia Modling Are Engaged| work=People.com| date=April 15, 2020|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> He and Olivia Modling were engaged in 2019; they met in 2018.<ref name="Engaged" /> They have two daughters, Zoe Douglas Forte, born in February 2021, and Cecilia, born approximately 18 months later.<ref name="people/8646635"/> He and Modling married on 31 July 2021 while making ''[[MacGruber]]'' "in the back of [[Jorma Taccone]]'s house", in [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/will-forte-married-inside-surprise-wedding-olivia-modling/ |title=Will Forte is Married! Inside His Surprise Wedding to Wife Olivia Modling |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 8, 2021 |accessdate=December 9, 2021}}</ref> They live in a modestly sized Craftsman home in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name="yahoo/174327555"/><ref name="latimes/2020-09-19/monica-craftsman"/> Forte bought the home in 2002,<ref name="yahoo/174327555">{{cite web |title=Will Forte Lists Longtime Santa Monica Bungalow |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/forte-lists-longtime-santa-monica-174327555.html |website=Yahoo Entertainment |access-date=1 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501092047/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/forte-lists-longtime-santa-monica-174327555.html |archive-date=1 May 2025 |date=10 September 2020 |quote=asking $2.45 million for the charming beige brick Craftsman bungalow he picked up 18 years ago for $840,000}}</ref><ref name="latimes/2020-09-19/monica-craftsman">{{cite news |last1=Leitereg |first1=Neal J. |last2=Flemming |first2=Jack |title=Hot Property: 'SNL' vet Will Forte brings Santa Monica Craftsman to market |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-09-19/hot-property-snl-vet-will-forte-brings-santa-monica-craftsman-to-market |access-date=1 May 2025 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919170111/https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-09-19/hot-property-snl-vet-will-forte-brings-santa-monica-craftsman-to-market |archive-date=September 19, 2020}}</ref> just two weeks before joining the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'', which required him to move to [[New York City]]. He admitted later that "it was not the greatest timing."<ref name="vf" /> Forte's mother, Patricia, has visited every film set on which he has worked and made an appearance on a [[Mother's Day (United States)|Mother's Day]] episode of ''SNL'', in which he sang a song to her on ''[[Weekend Update]]''. Will officiated his sister Michelle's wedding; he filmed the birth of his niece and nephew.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/April-2010/Will-Power |title=Will Power (page 1 of 3) |journal=Diablo Magazine |last=Crooks |first=Peter |date=April 2010 |access-date=September 2, 2013 |archive-date=July 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730162724/http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/April-2010/Will-Power/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Will Forte has discussed and joked about his [[obsessive–compulsive disorder|OCD]] tendencies.<ref name= bother>{{cite web| url=http://grantland.com/features/will-forte-last-man-on-earth-macgruber |title=Will Forte Can't Stop (and He Hopes That Doesn't Bother Anyone)| work= Grantland.com |date=February 27, 2015 |access-date=May 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="vf">{{cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/will-forte-last-man-on-earth-all-you-need-to-know |title=By His Own Admission, Will Forte is "A Little O.C.D." About His Shampoo Routine |first=Julie |last=Miller |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=April 2015 |access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> He recounted listening to only one song in his office at ''SNL'' for an entire year because he wanted to challenge himself.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/jing-it-or-ding-it |title=Jing It Or Ding It!, episode #153 of Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast |publisher=[[Earwolf]] |date=April 12, 2012 |access-date=September 2, 2013}}</ref> During an interview with [[Larry King]], he discussed his OCD as a challenge he had to overcome but not one he wished he did not have, as it is a part of his personality.<ref>{{cite episode |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/384514|title=Will Forte|series=Larry King Now| series-link=Larry King Now |airdate=July 26, 2012| season=1| number=7| network=[[Hulu]]}}</ref><ref name="ryan20110525">{{cite news| url=http://movieline.com/2011/05/25/life-after-macgruber-and-snl-catching-up-with-will-forte|title=Life After MacGruber and SNL: Catching up with Will Forte| work=Movieline |date=May 25, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2014| last=Ryan |first=Mike}}</ref> In a February 2015 article on ''[[Grantland]]'' the writer of the article said that Forte mentioned OCD often but it was not clear if he had ever been formally diagnosed, though Forte related how he and a former girlfriend had gone through an OCD questionnaire and it concluded that Forte "should immediately talk to someone about this".<ref name= bother /> Forte is an avid gamer. While filming ''A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy'', he achieved one of the world's highest scores on the arcade version of ''[[Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2008/11/10/will-fortes-wilmington-stay-was-on-like-donkey-kong/30467255007/|title=Will Forte's Wilmington stay was on like 'Donkey Kong'|last=Staton|first=John|work=[[Star-News]]|date=November 10, 2008|accessdate=November 28, 2024}}</ref>
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