{"id":362555,"date":"2026-09-24T21:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jon-hamm-says-hes-very-excited-and-deeply-terrified-to-become-a-first-time-dad-at-55"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:45:26","slug":"jon-hamm-says-hes-very-excited-and-deeply-terrified-to-become-a-first-time-dad-at-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jon-hamm-says-hes-very-excited-and-deeply-terrified-to-become-a-first-time-dad-at-55","title":{"rendered":"Jon Hamm Says He\u2019s \u2018Very Excited and Deeply Terrified\u2019 to Develop into a First-Time Dad at 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Jon Hamm joked two years ago that if he ever had children, he would be the \u201cold dad.\u201d Now that the hypothetical has become real, he has a slightly more complicated description for how he feels.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old actor publicly addressed wife Anna Osceola\u2019s pregnancy during a Sept. 22 appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YCUCVXUln1E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Late Night<\/em><\/a>, confirming that they are expecting their first child together and admitting that fatherhood has him feeling both thrilled and nervous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy turn, very excited and deeply terrified,\u201d Hamm told Seth Meyers. \u201cSo, I think I\u2019m doing it right.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jon-hamm-reacts-being-older-dad-amid-wife-anna-osceola-pregnancy-12136324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EW<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/ca\/news\/1436357\/jon-hamm-breaks-silence-on-expecting-first-baby-with-wife-anna-osceola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E! News<\/a> both reported Hamm\u2019s first public comments about the pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation quickly turned into a competition over who qualified as the older dad, with Hamm pointing out that he is beginning parenthood considerably later than the 52-year-old late-night host.<\/p>\n<p>Osceola showed her baby bump publicly at the Sept. 14 Emmy Awards. They also complete a personal arc Hamm has discussed for years. He once had difficulty imagining marriage and children as part of his life, then began talking openly about wanting both as his relationship with Osceola changed how he pictured his future.<\/p>\n<h2>Hamm Says He\u2019s \u2018Very Excited and Deeply Terrified\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jon Hamm Is Excited for His First Child with Anna Osceola, Talks Emmys and American Hostage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCUCVXUln1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Meyers did not make Hamm wait long before addressing the pregnancy. He held up a photograph of Hamm and Osceola together at the Emmys, where her pregnancy was clearly visible. \u201cSomething\u2019s happening here. What it is is exactly clear. We\u2019re having a baby,\u201d Hamm said.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers joked that Osceola had arrived at the Emmys at an ideal point in the pregnancy for a red-carpet reveal. Hamm played along, saying he was not claiming she had planned it that way but acknowledging the \u201cdecent timing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamm said he alternated between excitement and being \u201cdeeply terrified,\u201d a combination that sounded familiar to Meyers. \u201cBy the way, that doesn\u2019t ever go away,\u201d Meyers warned him, explaining that parenthood never reaches a point where every fear simply disappears. Hamm joked that perhaps a parent can finally relax once the child reaches 70. In his case, he calculated, \u201cWhen I\u2019m 152.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Seth Meyers Welcomed Hamm to the \u2018Old Dad\u2019 Club<\/h2>\n<p>The pair also teased each other about becoming fathers later than some parents. Meyers described himself as a fellow \u201cold dad,\u201d but Hamm immediately rejected the comparison. \u201cDude, you\u2019ve got nothing on me,\u201d he told the host, prompting Meyers to joke that Hamm made him feel like a young father.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Hamm said he hoped his marriage to Osceola would eventually \u201cturn into kids.\u201d He was 53 at the time and openly acknowledged what that would mean. \u201cI will be the old dad, but so it goes,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jon-hamm-reveals-he-hopes-to-have-kids-with-wife-anna-osceola-8666054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PEOPLE<\/a>. \u201cIt could be a good thing. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, that hypothetical situation is real. PEOPLE confirmed in August that Hamm and Osceola were expecting their first child together, and Osceola then made her first major public appearance since the news at the Sept. 14 Emmys.<\/p>\n<p>The couple walked the carpet together, with Osceola wearing a black-and-white halter gown and resting a hand beneath her baby bump. Hamm attended as both the star and an executive producer of Apple TV\u2019s <em>Your Friends &amp; Neighbors<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Hamm Says He\u2019s Excited to \u2018Start Our Own Family\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jon Hamm on True Story Behind New Thriller \u2018American Hostage\u2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P0ejmYCUvlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>During a Sept. 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/videos\/jon-hamm-talks-american-hostage-125344576.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>TODAY<\/em><\/a> interview, he said one piece of parenting advice had particularly stuck with him, people kept telling him that becoming a parent changes someone for the better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited,\u201d Hamm said. \u201cI\u2019ve been around kids my whole life. I\u2019ve been a teacher, my nieces and nephews and all that stuff, so I\u2019m excited to start our own family.\u201d He again called the prospect both \u201cthrilling\u201d and \u201cterrifying,\u201d echoing what he had told Meyers the night before.<\/p>\n<p>Hamm\u2019s reference to teaching reaches back well before <em>Mad Men<\/em> made him famous. After college, he returned to John Burroughs School in St. Louis and taught acting before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his own career. His former students included future <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<\/em> star Ellie Kemper.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>TODAY<\/em> appearance was part of a press run for <em>American Hostage<\/em>, the MGM+ thriller in which Hamm plays Indianapolis radio journalist Fred Heckman during the real-life 1977 Tony Kiritsis hostage crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.televisionacademy.com\/news\/features\/emmy-magazine\/articles\/cover-2026-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Television Academy<\/a> notes that Hamm also executive produces the series, which grew out of the scripted podcast in which he previously played Heckman.<\/p>\n<h2>Fatherhood Wasn\u2019t Always Part of Hamm\u2019s Plan<\/h2>\n<p>In a 2010 interview, he said he liked children but also valued the freedom of being able to \u201cclose the door,\u201d adding that becoming a parent represented an entirely different kind of life. <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/28975\/davidhochman\/jon-hamm-mad-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parade<\/a> also quoted him at the time saying he did not feel he had a strong model for marriage because of his family history.<\/p>\n<p>His thinking had shifted noticeably by 2022. During an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howardstern.com\/news\/2022\/09\/19\/jon-hamm-talks-meeting-tom-cruise-working-on-softcore-porn-sets-and-landing-mad-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Howard Stern<\/a>, Hamm discussed therapy, losing his mother at a young age and learning to become more emotionally available.<\/p>\n<p>He said that work had made his relationship with Osceola more meaningful and \u201copened up the possibility\u201d of marriage, children and what he described as a new version of happiness and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Hamm\u2019s parents divorced when he was young, and he has explained that he did not grow up with a lasting marriage he could use as a model. The uncertainty did not completely disappear when he decided to propose to Osceola.<\/p>\n<p>Hamm later recalled being terrified before asking her to marry him, then realizing that the intensity of the feeling might be evidence that the decision mattered. They married in June 2023 at Anderson Canyon in Big Sur, the location where the <em>Mad Men<\/em> finale had been filmed.<\/p>\n<h2>Hamm and Osceola First Met on \u2018Mad Men\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Hamm and Osceola first crossed paths while working on the 2015 series finale of <em>Mad Men<\/em>. Osceola played Clementine, a receptionist at the California retreat where Hamm\u2019s Don Draper arrives during the show\u2019s final chapter.<\/p>\n<p>The two were not publicly linked as a couple until years later. They began dating in 2020 and later appeared together in the 2022 comedy <em>Confess, Fletch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>They became engaged in 2023 and returned to Big Sur for their June wedding. <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/jon-hamm-marries-anna-osceola-mad-men-finale-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EW<\/a> confirmed that Anderson Canyon was the same location used for the <em>Mad Men<\/em> finale.<\/p>\n<p>Their professional lives have continued to overlap. Osceola later joined Hamm on <em>Your Friends &amp; Neighbors<\/em>, and Hamm joked that working together had practical benefits. 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