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 form of van,” he tells POPSUGAR. Despite not figuring out the way it all ends, Peck is aware of what he desires to occur. “I positive do hope,” he says when requested if he’d prefer to be the daddy of Hilary Duff‘s son on the present.
In the “How I Met Your Mother” 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 high contender for the daddy of Sophie’s son. The pair break up up on the finish of season one, although, and plenty of followers thought Drew’s time on the present was over, however he reappears in season two, which premiered on Jan. 24, together with numerous different beloved characters from the franchise.
Peck shares that he additionally thought his stint on the present was finished after the primary season, although he is thrilled to nonetheless be within the working. “I’m so glad,” he says. “I used to be form of the love curiosity within the first season, after which after I bought damaged up with, I actually advised everybody on set, ‘Thank you for having me. I’m sorry I’ll by no means see you once more.’ And then they introduced me again for season two. So, I believe something’s potential for Drew.”
While his character might or might not be the daddy of Sophie’s little one, Peck himself is a real-life dad of two. He and his spouse Paige O’Brien welcomed their first little one, 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 had been new dad and mom, 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 Family Beginnings. “But the truth is that being a mother or father is superior.”
The first half of “How I Met Your Father” season two is now streaming on Hulu, with the second half premiering on May 23.