Daniel Radcliffe Reflects on His First Six Months of Fatherhood: ‘Just in Awe’

Daniel Radcliffe is magical as the father.

On Thursday, We roll happily star, 34, appeared on Today with Hoda and Jennagiving an update on his fatherhood journey after welcoming his first baby, a son, with partner Erin Darke, 39, earlier this year.

“A lot has changed since you were last here. You’re a dad,” Hoda Kotb, 59, tells Radcliffe.

“Yes,” Radcliffe replies with a smile.

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Daniel Radcliffe says being a new dad is ‘terrible’ but ‘scary’: ‘Best thing that ever happened’

“Congratulations! How’s fatherhood?” – asks 41-year-old Jenna Bush Hager.

“It’s great. I think I was, really, I think a lot of people were like, ‘Just get through the first six months after that, and it’ll be better after that.’ But I really enjoyed the first six months,” admits Radcliffe.

“Is that what you imagined?” – asks Kotb.

“I don’t know what I imagined, honestly. But it’s great. He’s amazing and I’m just in awe of my partner,” says the actor.

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At the premiere of his play We roll happily on Broadway, Radcliffe spoke with E! News that reveals parenthood is both “scary” and “awesome.”

“He’s great, it’s amazing,” Radcliffe said. “There’s a short and a long answer to that. And the short answer is that he’s great and he’s the best thing that ever happened.”

He added: “It’s honestly terrifying to have a human being in the world that I care so much about.”

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