{"id":72589,"date":"2025-05-03T12:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=72589"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:15:50","slug":"is-penn-badgleys-son-really-named-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/is-penn-badgleys-son-really-named-james\/72589\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Penn Badgley\u2019s son really named James?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"431\"><strong data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"257\">Penn Badgley<\/strong> took a moment on <em data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"315\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em> (May 1) to correct a long-standing rumor about his four-year-old son\u2019s name \u2014 and to share some exciting baby news.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"654\">The <em data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"442\">You<\/em> and <em data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"460\">Gossip Girl<\/em> actor revealed that contrary to popular belief, <strong data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"540\">his son\u2019s name is not James<\/strong>. \u201cThis is a very weird thing to say,\u201d Badgley admitted, \u201cbut our littlest, who is four\u2026 his name is <em data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"646\">not<\/em> James.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"894\">He explained that the confusion began when <strong data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"742\">Wikipedia falsely listed his son\u2019s name<\/strong>, and despite repeated corrections, the misinformation kept reappearing. \u201cEven friends would send cards to \u2018all of us and James,\u2019\u201d he said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"1108\">While clearing the air, Badgley <strong data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"964\">did not disclose the actual name<\/strong>, saying he and his wife, <strong data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1006\">Domino Kirke<\/strong>, prefer to keep it private while their son is still young. \u201cIt\u2019s a good name,\u201d he added with a smile.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1328\">That wasn\u2019t the only family update\u2014Badgley also announced that he and Kirke are <strong data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1235\">expecting identical twin boys this summer<\/strong>. He described the experience as \u201cthrilling\u201d and said it\u2019s been a heartwarming reality check.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1538\">As an only child himself, Badgley said it\u2019s moving to watch the twins interacting in the womb. \u201cThey looked like they were in a hot tub,\u201d he joked about a recent sonogram, \u201cjust vibing and facing each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1782\">The growing family is already buzzing with excitement. Their four-year-old is ready to step into the role of big brother, while Kirke\u2019s older son, <strong data-start=\"1687\" data-end=\"1703\">Cassius (16)<\/strong>, is also happy \u2014 though he joked that he still plans to move out in two years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"1928\">With more babies on the way and a clarified family record, it\u2019s safe to say Penn Badgley is embracing both fatherhood and fame on his own terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Badgley took a moment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (May 1) to correct a long-standing rumor about\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":72590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[26334],"class_list":["post-72589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-penn-badgley"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}