The father of Mae Whitman’s son has been revealed — but Whitman isn’t the one who dished!!
While speaking to Parenthood costar Dax Shepard on the actor’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, Whitman’s good friend Lauren Graham accidentally dropped Carlos Valdes’ name as the father of her child. (Whitman has never publicly disclosed the identity of the baby’s dad.)
After Shepard said that he hadn’t yet had the chance to meet Whitman’s baby, Graham said, “I’m trying to think of the last time [I saw her]. They’re in New York now. Carlos, her baby daddy, is on Broadway in Hadestown, which I feel happy to plug because he’s fantastic in it, Carlos Valdes.”
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“He’s really great,” Graham continued. “And so they’re in New York for the next while and then she got this job in Ireland. So she’s in Ireland with the baby.”
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Whitman, 36, announced her son’s birth in August 2024. “Not to be a Bieber about it but I too just gave birth to our son, Miles. From the moment we heard the first tiny sound out of his tiny piggy mouth we were besotted,” she wrote on Instagram, while making a reference to the birth of Justin and Hailey Bieber’s baby around the same time.
“He is the kindest, gentlest, smartest, funniest little beebee and he’s our best friend (pretty much exactly like his namesake Uncle Miles @younggoth),” she continued.
Whitman’s baby boy was named after her Parenthood costar and good friend Miles Heizer. The pair played siblings Amber and Drew Holt on the series, which aired for five years from 2010 to 2015. Graham played their mom, Sarah Braverman.
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Whitman, Heizer and Graham have stayed close since the show wrapped. “This cast is my real family,” Whitman told Glamour in 2014. “He’s lived with me for two years. He’s pretty special. I’ll kill him before I let him leave. He’s the most talented musician and actor. I see him taking off — not to mention he’s crazy hot, which is gross ’cause he’s like my little brother. I envision wanting to live in a house next to him for my whole life and grow old down the street from him. I want our families to always be entwined.”
In fact, Graham and Heizer were even featured in Whitman’s pregnancy announcement. “Not to make a Parenthood episode out of it or anything but!!! Mother’s Day looking a little different this year! 
” she wrote on Instagram in May 2024. “Can’t wait to meet you, huge baby kicking my insides to filth!”
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