Watch: Father of Mae Whitman’s Baby Revealed 6 Months After Welcoming Son
It looks like Mae Whitman is venturing into parenthood with a partner.
Months after announcing she welcomed her first baby, Miles, now 6 months, the father of the Parenthood alum’s son has been revealed to be Carlos Valdes.
In fact, Lauren Graham—who starred as Mae’s onscreen mother in Parenthood from 2010 to 2015—shared that the Duff actress and her little one are currently living on the East Coast to support Carlos’ latest career endeavor.
“They’re in New York now,” Lauren explained during a March 10 appearance on Dax Shephard‘s Armchair Expert podcast. “Carlos, her baby daddy, is on Broadway in Hadestown, which I feel happy to plug because he’s fantastic in it, Carlos Valdes.”
Noting that she thinks Carlos—who played Mae’s love interest in the 2023 series Up Here—is “really great,” Lauren went on to explain that the family of three’s current locale is only temporary.
“They’re in New York for the next while and then she got this job in Ireland,” the Gilmore Girls alum continued. “So she’s in Ireland with the baby.”
And Lauren also provided some insight into how Mae, 36, has been juggling her work as an actress and life as a mom, quipping, “I still get a little thrill when she’ll text me back because it’s not a given.”
“She’s a mom now,” the 57-year-old added, “and she’s working and she’s in Ireland.”
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Earlier this month, Carlos shared that he had recently become a new father—though he wanted to keep the details of his new chapter under wraps.
“Not a lot of people know this, but I’m a dad, a relatively new dad,” he told People in an interview published March 3. “And it’s my personal preference that I don’t share more beyond that.”
However, the Flash actor was willing to get candid about how he was handling life as a “Broadway dad.”
“Let me tell you, it’s not for the faint of heart!” Carlos confessed. “This life is pretty unforgiving when it comes to balancing it with parenting.”
One upside? The 35-year-old has been able to use his newfound father-son bond as inspiration for his role as Orpheus in Hadestown. As Carlos put it, “I’ve really put a lot of my own personal experience as a dad, and as a fan of my child, into Orpheus’ own naiveté of looking at the world.”
For more stars who have welcomed babies over the past year, keep reading.
The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker and former professional soccer player announced their baby girl on March 10. “Worth The Wait,” they wrote in an Instagram post. “Welcome To The World Blakely Marie Watt!”
Snoop Dogg’s daughter and her fiancé welcomed a “perfect” baby girl on Feb. 28 at six months pregnant. Though excited to become a mom, Cori shared the insecurity she felt for not carrying the baby to full term.
“I’ve cried and cried, I’ve compared and compared, blaming myself that I wasn’t able to give her all that she needed,” she wrote in her Feb. 28 Instagram announcement. “But no matter what God always shows me that I’m His Child!”
The Bachelor alum found himself with a new rose on Feb. 12, when his wife gave birth to their daughter Winona Elane Higgins at 2:53 a.m.
“Words still are hard for me, I won’t accurately articulate what just happened,” Ben wrote on Instagram. “Life starts again for us, a new chapter we enter into, and so many moments of lacking the words but feeling God inspired love.”
The Teen Mom alum and his fiancée welcomed a baby girl named Presley Sage Elianna Edwards on Feb. 12. Ryan is also dad to son Bentley with ex Maci Bookout, as well as kids Jagger and Stella from his relationship with MacKenzie Standifer.
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The supermodel gave birth to her third baby, her first with the jujitsu instructor, multiple outlets reported in early February.
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While accepting the 2025 Grammy award for Best Rock Song, the “Broken Man” singer revealed she got married and is a mom.
“We’ve kept it under wraps,” she later told the press of her life updates, per The Hollywood Reporter. “The child is young, just to be clear.”
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The New York Yankees outfielder and his wife welcomed a little girl named Nora Rose Judge on Jan. 27.
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The This Is Us alum became a part of his own big three after welcoming baby girl Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia with his wife on Jan. 23.
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It’s a bébé for the Emily in Paris star! She and her director husband welcomed their first child—daughter Tove Jane McDowell—via surrogate.
The Disney Channel alum gave birth to her first child Kasai in January. She has not publicly revealed the name of her boyfriend, who is the father of her baby.
The Kansas City Chiefs safety got himself a new teammate when his girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl weeks before the Super Bowl.
“I saw her being born,” he shared in a Jan. 22 press conference. “And didn’t feel anything except love and so much happiness holding her.”
The royal—who is the granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson—gave birth to her second child on Jan. 22. She and her husband named their baby girl Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi.
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Bachelor Nation grew by one member on Jan. 20, when Madi—who appeared on Peter Weber‘s season of The Bachelor—gave birth to her first baby with her husband. The couple named their daughter Hosanna Rose Troutt.
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The Dan + Shay singer and his wife might need a bigger house after welcoming baby No. 4, son Aubrey Ellis Mooney, in January.
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The Man of Steel star is officially a superdad! He and his girlfriend were spotted taking a stroll with their new bundle of joy in January.
Hulk Hogan‘s daughter and the former NHL player welcomed twins Oliver Andrew Oleksy and Molly Gene Oleksy on Jan. 15.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and his wife’s team got a little bigger on Jan. 12, when they welcomed their third baby together. In keeping with their older kids Sterling and Bronze‘s metal-themed monikers, the couple named their new daughter Golden Raye Mahomes.
The former MMA fighter gave birth to her second baby girl—named Liko’ula Pa’uomahinakaipiha Browne—in early January. She and her husband welcomed their youngest daughter amid multiple wildfires raging across Los Angeles.
“Our little girl came into this world during a windstorm into a city on fire,” Ronda wrote on Instagram Jan. 9. “So grateful she made it safe and sound.”
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The Botched star and his wife welcomed son Paul Michael Nassif Jr. on Jan 9.
“Mother and son are safe and sound; our hearts have never been fuller,” the couple shared in a joint statement on Instagram. “Our family is complete and we’re so excited to begin this new chapter together.”
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Another year, another Duggar! The 19 Kids and Counting alum and his wife welcomed twin girls Elsie Kate Duggar and Emma Kate Duggar on Jan. 8.
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President Joe Biden became a great-grandfather on Jan. 8, when his granddaughter gave birth to her first a baby boy. First Lady Jill Biden announced on Instagram, “We are proud to introduce you to our great-grandson: William Brannon Neal, IV.”
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