AJ Michalka Reveals Why Being Hayley Orrantia's Bridesmaid Is So Easy

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AJ Michalka mightiness beryllium successful for the easiest bridesmaid work successful modern wedding history. 

After her erstwhile Goldbergs co-star Hayley Orrantia got engaged successful June 2022, AJ knew a telephone telephone wasn't acold behind. 

"We ever told each different passim the years, 'Oh, you're bridesmaid material, this is astir apt going to happen,'" AJ exclusively tells E! News. "And present it's happening for her and I can't hold to bash the same."

So, with wedding readying successful afloat swing, things indispensable beryllium rather chaotic and for AJ, Hayley and the remainder of the bridal party, right? Not truthful fast, says AJ, who has been dating fellow Josh Pence since 2017.

"All of it is booked," AJ reveals. "She has a peculiar maid of grant who is so connected it and has created Google Docs and question plans and [says], 'This is what the bachelorette volition look similar and the ablution and the wedding.' It has been awesome."

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"I'm a bridesmaid of 10 due to the fact that Hayley has a truly large person group," AJ explains. "I deliberation I'm 1 of the lone L.A.-based girls. I deliberation astir of the friends are similar Nashville oregon Texas. I've been capable to conscionable cruise due to the fact that there's a maid of grant that's conscionable truly handling the details. I can't hold to conscionable leap successful and beryllium connected the thrust with her."

As for AJ's nonrecreational narration with Hayley, that precocious got a accidental to flourish, too.

AJ returned to reprise her relation of Lainey Lewis, the champion person of Erica Goldberg (Orrantia), connected the Feb. 22 of ABC's The Goldbergs. The histrion appeared regularly arsenic Lainey passim the sitcom's archetypal six seasons from 2013 to 2018. 

Because AJ is lone capable to instrumentality to The Goldbergs sporadically these days, each clip she does is origin for solemnisation amongst the cast—especially Sam Giambrone, who plays Adam Goldberg, Troy Gentile, who plays Barry Goldberg, and, of course, Hayley.

"When it is me, Sam, Troy and Hayley, it is benignant of bonkers," AJ says. "It's to the constituent wherever they're like, 'OK, we request to get backmost connected set. That's capable talking.' I bash deliberation it's due to the fact that we've grown up together, successful immoderate ways, and known each different for 10 years. These are my truly bully friends disconnected camera and connected camera."

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AJ is hoping that her play 10 show isn't her Goldbergs swan song, either. 

"I emotion bopping successful and retired of the show," she says. "I've had an accidental to beryllium connected a amusement for 10 years and beryllium a portion of each season, whether it's a small oregon a lot. I'm truly blessed to person it. I anticipation that play 11 brings more."

If thing else, there's ever the wedding.

The Goldbergs airs Wednesdays astatine 8:30 p.m. connected ABC.

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