Penn Badgley – star of Netflix series You and teen drama Gossip Girl – has announced the arrival of his twin boys.
The 38-year-old actor’s wife Domino Kirke gave birth to the identical twins on Wednesday. Penn and Domino, 41, teased fans with the news on Instagram.
In a video posted on the social media, Penn, who was in psychological thriller You for seven years, promoted his upcoming book Crushmore – but subtly said: “Interrupting twin paternity leave” in his plug. The camera then pans to the feet of one of his newborns.
In the clip, the actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, says: “There’s tiny little baby feet right there… I don’t want to wake them up”. The video has had more than 49, 000 likes since it was uploaded on Instagram on Wednesday night.
Penn and Domino already have a five-year-old son, and Domino’s older son Cassius, 16, from a previous relationship. The couple started dating in 2014 and tied the knot in New York City in 2017.
When they announced Domino’s second pregnancy, the couple described the news as a “plot twist”. They were shocked to discover they were having twins and Domino, a singer, wrote on Instagram: “We are stunned. We are in awe” in February.
Since then, Penn, who played Dan Humphrey in Gossip Girl between 2007 and 2012, told reporters he recognised the importance of being a good role model for his boys. Speaking on the red carpet or the premiere of the final season of You, Penn told Access Hollywood he and his wife felt “pressure” to “raise them well”.
The star, who was also in 2007 slasher film Drive-Thru said: “They’re identical boys, so now we have four boys. You know, I do mean this sincerely. It sounds a bit tacky, but the world needs more good men, so you know, pressure’s on us to raise them well”.
When asked to share his father’s superpower, the actor responded, “Well, it’s my patience until I’ve lost it, and then I’m just as bad as everyone else.” However, I have a lot of patience.
Penn’s acting career began at a young age, with his most notable appearance on screen in the 1999-reigning NBC comedy Will and Grace. In the ninth episode of the second season, which was titled I Never Promised You An Olive Garden, he portrayed a young lad named Todd. When Karen (Megan Mullally) was meeting with a teacher about her stepson, Todd was depicted as a bully who tortured another boy until Jack (Sean Hayes) intervened to defend him.
Source: Mirror
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