Josh Peck has no concept if he is the daddy on “How I Met Your Father” — and even when he did, he would not say. “If I did know and I leaked it, actually, guys in fits would descend and cart me off in some type of van,” he tells POPSUGAR. Regardless of not understanding the way it all ends, Peck is aware of what he needs to occur. “I certain do hope,” he says when requested if he’d prefer to be the daddy of Hilary Duff’s son on the present.
Within the “How I Met Your Mom” spinoff, Peck performs Drew, a vice principal at an elementary faculty the place Chris (Jesse Lowell) works. Drew dates Duff’s character Sophie all through the primary season, making him — together with Ian (Daniel Augustin), Jesse, Sid (Suraj Sharma), Charlie (Tom Ainsley), and even Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) — right into a prime contender for the daddy of Sophie’s son. The pair break up up on the finish of season one, although, and lots of followers thought Drew’s time on the present was over, however he reappears in season two, which premiered on Jan. 24, together with a variety of different beloved characters from the franchise.
Peck shares that he additionally thought his stint on the present was accomplished after the primary season, although he is thrilled to nonetheless be within the operating. “I am so glad,” he says. “I used to be type of the love curiosity within the first season, after which once I obtained damaged up with, I actually advised everybody on set, ‘Thanks for having me. I am sorry I will by no means see you once more.’ After which they introduced me again for season two. So, I feel something’s attainable for Drew.”
Whereas his character could or might not be the daddy of Sophie’s youngster, Peck himself is a real-life dad of two. He and his spouse Paige O’Brien welcomed their first youngster, a boy named Max Milo, in 2019, and their second, one other boy named Shai Miller, arrived in October 2022. “I do know that once we have been new mother and father, lots of people preferred to scare us and inform us how we’ll by no means sleep once more, or that we have had the final brunch we’ll ever have for the remainder of our lives as a result of there’s simply no time anymore,” he advised POPSUGAR whereas selling a partnership with Enfamil Household Beginnings. “However the actuality is that being a mother or father is superior.”
The primary half of “How I Met Your Father” season two is now streaming on Hulu, with the second half premiering on Could 23.
