pen badgley In her marriage to Domino Kirke, she's getting candid about her role as a father and stepfather.
The actor recently sat down for a chat. new york times' modern love podcastAnd he reflected on his role as a father to the 3-year-old son he shares with Kirke and stepfather to Kirke's 15-year-old son Cassius.
“I have an interesting situation where I have a biological son and a stepson,” said Badgley, who married Kirk in 2017 after starting dating him in 2014.
According to Badgley, when it comes to Cassius, “His father has a lot of influence on his life. So his father is his father and mine is something else.”
“So I have two different kinds of parenthood,” Badgley explained. “My own son is only three and a half years old, so that's a very different issue. As he gets older, I need to be more conscious of showing my vulnerability.”
Badgley said that since Cassius is a teenager, “he doesn't want to spend that much time with us anyway.” But this also made it difficult to form bonds.
That said, Badgley approved of the 2014 Tom Cruise sci-fi action epic. Edge of Tomorrow Because it provides an opportunity to connect.
“I knew it was important. It was like the stars aligned and my wife and youngest son were asleep. And I thought, 'Now is a good time to do this! I'm not going to play the video!' 'Now let's play a game!'” he recalled. “He loved it.”
As for his marriage to Circe, Badgley said in February 2023: He explains how his commitment to relationships and fidelity led him to ask the showrunners of hit Netflix drama thriller You to limit intimate scenes as much as possible.
“I asked the show’s creator, Sarah Gamble, ‘Are we not allowed to do any more intimate scenes?’ This was actually a decision I made before I started doing the show… I don’t think I’ve ever said it publicly. . One of the important things is, ‘Do I want to put myself out there?’ Am I back on the career path of always doing romantic leads?’” Badgley revealed. Ford Crush Podcast last year.
“Fidelity is important to me in all relationships, especially marriage,” he said. “I said to Sarah, ‘My wish is to be zero. I want to go from 100 to zero.’”
Badgley said, “I signed up for this contract. I signed up for this show. I know what I've done. This aspect can't escape the DNA of the concept, so I acknowledged, 'How much less can you make?' My question was to them.”
Fortunately, according to Badgley, Gamble understood. “She didn’t even blink. She was really happy that I was so honest, and I'd say she felt almost encouraged. She responded really positively. “She appreciated my honesty, but also that I was reasonable and practical.”
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