Josh Peck on Being the Father in How I Met Your Father

Josh Peck has no thought 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 kind of van,” he tells POPSUGAR. Regardless of not figuring out the way it all ends, Peck is aware of what he desires 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 high contender for the daddy of Sophie’s son. The pair cut 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 numerous different beloved characters from the franchise.

Peck shares that he additionally thought his stint on the present was achieved after the primary season, although he is thrilled to nonetheless be within the working. “I am so glad,” he says. “I used to be kind of the love curiosity within the first season, after which once I acquired damaged up with, I actually instructed everybody on set, ‘Thanks for having me. I am sorry I am going to by no means see you once more.’ After which they introduced me again for season two. So, I feel something’s doable for Drew.”

Whereas his character might or will 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 after we had been new mother and father, lots of people favored 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 instructed POPSUGAR whereas selling a partnership with Enfamil Household Beginnings. “However the actuality is that being a dad or mum is superior.”

The first half of “How I Met Your Father” season two is now streaming on Hulu, with the second half premiering on Could 23.