Daniel Radcliffe’s rep has confirmed that he and his longtime girlfriend, Erin Darke, have welcomed their first baby together
You’re going to be a dad, Harry! Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and his girlfriend of over 10 years, Erin Darke, have welcomed their first child, Radcliffe’s rep confirmed to news outlets this week. The pair were seen pushing a stroller on Monday in New York in photos obtained by the Daily Mail. No other info has been communicated, but we’ll certainly be on the lookout for it.
Radcliffe and Darke met over a decade ago on the set of a movie they both starred in 2013’s Kill Your Darlings. They soon started dating, but they’ve gone to great lengths to keep their relationship as private as possible, only opening up about their love on rare occasions. One of those occasions was in 2019, when Radcliffe spoke to People TV for a retrospective of his career and opened up about how he and Darke met—and the, um, rather steamy scenes they shot together.
“It’ll be a hell of a story to tell our kids one day because of what our characters do with each other,” he said at the time. “That’s how we met. That was the beginning of our beautiful relationship.”
Clearly it worked out, though, because here we are just a few years later with the first of those kids on the way. And even though Radcliffe has strived for his entire career to keep his personal life away from the limelight, he admits that he’s a little bit happy that his relationship with Darke began in such a public way.
“Our characters are meeting and flirting with each other, so there is this sweet record of us just meeting for the first time and flirting,” he said, also stating that Darke is the “love of [his] life.”
More recently, before their 10-year anniversary together, Radcliffe shared with People magazine that he and Darke were happier than ever.
“I’ve got a really nice life,” he said. “I’ve been with my girlfriend for a decade pretty much. We’re really happy.”
Congratulations to these two on their big baby news, and nothing but the best wishes for their growing family.
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