You actor Penn Badgley has weighed in on life as a dad and a stepdad.
Stopping by The New York Times' Modern Love podcast for an episode titled 'How to Be Real With Your Kids', Badgley referenced his dual responsibilities as a dad to a biological child and a stepdad to his wife Domino Kirke's teenager Cassius.
"I have an interesting situation where I have a biological son and a stepson," he began.
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"And my stepson is ― his father is very much in his life, so his father is his father, and I'm ― I'm something else. So I have two different parental roles.
"And then my biological son is only three and a half, so that's a very different thing, too. I'm going to need to be able to more consciously show him my vulnerability as he gets older in those years," the star said.
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In other news, Badgley previously confessed he didn't like playing his most famous character Joe Goldberg – the murderous stalker in You.
"There's a lot I don't enjoy about him," he told Digital Spy and other press. "To be honest, I don't enjoy nearly everything about him.
"However, it ends up being a deep, deep psychological exploration for me. And it seems to bear fruit. There's a lot about him that I struggle with, and yet I'm always trying to humanise him as much as possible."
The Netflix thriller's fifth and final season officially commenced production this month, with a first-look photo making its way online teasing Joe in the Big Apple.
You seasons 1-4 are streaming on Netflix. A fifth and final season is coming.
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