Penn Badgley explains how he bonded with teenage stepson

Penn Badgley recently explained how he bonded with his teenage stepson.

Talking about the latest episode New York Times‘ modern love podcast you The star is married to singer Domino Kirke, with whom he has a 15-year-old stepson, Cassius.

“I was in an interesting situation,” Payne said, recalling his role as Cassius’ stepfather. “I had a biological son and a stepson.”

“My stepson – his dad is a big part of his life, so his dad is his dad, and I – I’m a different person,” continued gossip Girl actor.

Payne noted, “So, I have two different parent roles.”

As far as his biological son is concerned, John Tucker must die The actor mentioned, “My biological son is only 3 1/2, so that’s a very different thing as well. As he gets older, I need to be able to be more intentional about showing him my vulnerability.”

Elsewhere in the podcast, Payne described a moment when he bonded with his 15-year-old stepson.

this Easy A The actor recalled watching the 2014 sci-fi action film Edge of Tomorrow with Cassius, when he suddenly realized how “important” it was to spend that time together.

“Lately, we’ve had a rare bedtime routine — it’s hard to make time for everyone when the ages are so spread out. And he’s older, and he doesn’t want to spend that much time with us anyway,” the actor pointed out.

Payne revealed that Cassius “loved” the movie, adding, “You want to talk about modern love? One of the ways to do that is to observe things with people.”