Wilmer Valderrama, star of NCIS, has opened up about being a father, revealing that he “literally” cannot leave his house until his daughter says “I love you.”
The actor, who stars in the hit procedural drama, described fatherhood as “incredible,” adding that his toddler daughter is “so much more active” and “learning to run.”
“She now mumbles, ‘I love you,’” Wilmer, 40, told People magazine. “I literally can’t leave the house to go to work until I hear it.”
“I think every parent can relate to her learning to run and then us realizing she’s always wearing the wrong shoes for that kind of speed,” he explained, adding, “and then knowing that it’s not going to end well at some point and that she’s going to have to learn some hard lessons of balance.”
“That’s been a running theme for the past month.” Wilmer and Amanda Pacheco, 30, welcomed their first child in February 2021.
