Being a Father Is ‘Pretty Spectacular’

All in! Joshua Jackson has totally embraced his function as a dad or mum — however he leans on spouse Jodie Turner-Smith for the “cool” issue.

“It’s fairly spectacular, actually,” Jackson, 44, instructed E! Information on Monday, March 20, of his household life. “Mama does love a costume up and I don’t thoughts getting dressed up and standing subsequent to her. However this having a child factor collectively is fairly magical.”

The Dawson’s Creek alum — who shares a 2-year-old daughter with 36-year-old Turner-Smith — famous that the couple’s California house isn’t precisely what it seems.


Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson.
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“Essentially the most shocking factor is that it’s much more homey than it seems like from the surface,” Jackson defined of the pad, which is definitely his childhood house that he bought in 2021.

The Dr. Dying actor added: “It’s very, very baby-oriented and family-oriented inside the home.”

Whereas Jackson feels settled in his function as dad, he revealed that his spouse is the one who has elevated his private model and crimson carpet presence. (The twosome not too long ago turned heads in matching velvet ensembles on the Vainness Truthful Oscar Occasion after the March 13 awards present.)

“I’d say I’m extra married to chill than I’m cool myself,” the Affair alum mentioned after being known as one in every of Hollywood’s coolest {couples}. “However I’ll take the praise.”

Us Weekly completely confirmed in December 2019 that Jackson married Turner-Smith. That very same month, Us broke the information that the duo have been anticipating their first little one. Their baby was born in April 2020.

Since welcoming their daughter, the pair have stored her out of the limelight. The Mighty Geese star, nonetheless, completely dished to Us in July 2021 about how changing into a dad or mum shifted his method to performing.

“A complete new world of issues has simply opened as much as me in experiencing fatherhood and this magical, joyful, chaotic, disturbing anxiety-inducing love that you simply didn’t know you had the capability for,” the Canada native mentioned on the time. “It simply expands each single day.”

The previous Fringe actor has continued to tackle new roles since including his daughter to his brood — and he’s conscious how fortunate he’s to have his ladies again at house ready for him.

“[I have a] stunning spouse [and] stunning child” to return to,” he instructed Us. “My life could be very heat and supportive.”

That heat has led to Jackson and the mannequin already fascinated with increasing their household. “Their love for one another is deeply rooted and having a toddler collectively simply introduced them nearer in methods they didn’t even know existed,” a supply completely instructed Us in April 2021 of the duo. “They’re already speaking about child No. 2. Jodie thinks being pregnant is such a gorgeous factor.”

The insider identified that the pair “couldn’t be extra grateful” for his or her little household. “It’s good to see Joshua as a doting father, and Jodie is a really hands-on mom,” the supply added.