Rupert Grint Is Living His Best New-Dad Life

As a star of the Harry Potter movies, Grint-alongside Daniel Emma and Radcliffe Watson-gave all of us his years as a child. Since I got to enjoy Harry Potter and have an uninterrupted childhood out of the spotlight, i wonder sometimes, a little guiltily, Are those guys, like, okay?

Of course, we know about Radcliffe. Despite having had an entire global franchise resting on his shoulders, he proceeded to go on the subject of to become a respected acting professional and a nice and likable public shape shockingly. Watson, the only girl in the trio, could in no way break free of the tough scrutiny of the hit but in spite of remarkable strain and sexism, she became an A-list star and outspoken feminist leader.

But while Radcliffe’s and Watson’s personal lives have always been tabloid fodder, Grint features managed to keep individual surprisingly. He has reflected positively on his time doing Harry Potter but also once described it as "a bit of a drag." Radcliffe provides elegantly spoken out about his sobriety; Watson offers had to comment, absurdly, on the known fact that having chest does not help make you less of a feminist. Meanwhile, the most personal fact I’ve ever read about Grint is that hwill be childhood ambition was to becomecome an ice cream man. Grint possessed been often the wildcard in the group-the ginger, the funny one, the youngster who felt constantly astonished to discover himself starring in a billion-dollar blockbuster.

So I called him. And guess what? He’t doing banging fantastic absolutely.

Currently you can see Grint in the hit series Servant, a thriller by M. Night Shyamalan in its second season on AppleTV+ for which he’s received stellar reviews. He plays a hot uncle, an American, guzzling wines in a high-class brownstone with a sort of sweaty swagger.

And he’s deeply in love with his longtime partner, actor Georgia Groome. (Like him, Groome was a child star and the lead in a beloved book-to-film project-she starred in the British teen girl comedy classic Angus, Thongs, and freemilfpassport Perfect Snogging.) They have a new baby girl, Wednesday, who has overwhelmed them with joy.

I’m not alone in wishing happiness for the man who gave the world so many good gif(t)s. Such is the thirst for Rupert Grint content that when he posted on Instagram for the first time this fall, he became the fastest page, ever, to hit one million followers. He will be a Guiness Publication of Planet Documents owner today, taking the title from Sir David Attenborough, who took it from Jennifer Aniston. Yes, Ron Weasley provides officially beaten Rachel Golf course.

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So we invited him to answer our Inappropriate Questions, Glamour’s column that asks all the cheeky, slightly off-kilter stuff best saved for a second (or better yet, third) date. Come along as we learn about Grint’s bizarre quarantine hobbies, personal ice cream truck, and the celebrity he thinks is the "shining jewel in the ginger crown."

Glamour: You follow fewer than 100 accounts on Instagram. I’m going to read you some of the names: Lindsay Lohan, Elmo, a sculptor named Wilfred, Guy Fieri, an egg sandwich restaurant in Philadelphia, and an account called MilfDad. Do you consider yourself a MILF dad?

Rupert Grint: MILF dad! I wear’p be aware of what a new MILF daddy would turn out to be still. I’m loving it absolutely. I am still kind of coming to terms with what being a dad is, but I’m loving it. A DILF? Not really, no. I feel very comfortable being a dad. But do I identify as a MILF dad? I know MILF dad is a dad...and MILFDad is a clothing brand.

Can you describe it? What does it feel like?

It’s so much fun. But there’s thereforemething really nice about the routine. I’ve started sleeping so much better-I used to be a horrific insomniac, i’m sleeping now. It’s got me in a good place, I think. I think it’s made the whole experience even more intense and insular. I feel like I’ve changed as a person for sure. It type of right away occurred, lifestyle-wise. We apart stopped cigarette smoking in a straight line. I feel a lot more-I don't know, relaxed weirdly. Naturally there are usually times when she will be Entire on. It’s been a very calming process for me. It’s interesting, experiencing it all during a pandemic. It’s just been recently us, operating it out and about inside some sort of comfortable residence.

You’re starring in a TV show that’s about an incredibly creepy and upsetting situation with a baby, and you have a newborn. How did you deal with that?

It probably is the worst show to be a part of when you’ve just become a dad. It’s a whole new kind of love, which will be kind of terrifying. It’s something I wasn’t prepared for. So yeah, it wasn’t the most relaxed place to be. [Laughs.] We were filming it while Georgia was pregnant. But it’s given me a new insight into the psychology of losing a child and what that means and how powerful that love is. The complete account of the display can be this sad reduction of a little one, and you’re surrounded by this baby stuff, and the doll is horrific obviously.

So. Jumping right off of that, you’lso are an famous ginger incredibly.

Yeah?

Do you feel pressure on behalf of your kind to be a ginger sex symbol?

No! [Laughs.] We’ve in no way considered about it genuinely. Like-God Maybe, I can’testosterone levels perhaps brand them. crown. But no, I’ve enjoyed it always. He’s the shining jewel in the ginger… I feel like when Harry Potter first started, there weren’t many. I’ve constantly liked anything that helps make you have out. Damien Lewis from Homeland! But you’re right, there aren’t a lot of us.

I’m a huge fan of your partner, Georgia Groome. Can you share a hint about what’s made your relationship work well long-term? You two preserve your connection very non-public.

It’s a very natural thing-we’re just best friends. We’re also type of the exact same man or woman; we think the same way. It’h challenging to pinpoint precisely what it will be, but it works and it’s great. That’s always made it work-that’s why it’s lasted.

Wow, during quarantine even, and quarantine with a baby?

Yeah, it’s been tough. We’ve seriously bonded with Friday. It’s become intense, but great. It’s happen to be great to work everything out for ourselves, without so many opinions. It’s a time when you want as much support as you can get from your family and your friends; it’s a very isolating thing, this lockdown, therefore we definitely have got type of ended up on our personal. But there’s positives with that.

Have you taken up any weird quarantine hobbies?

I’ve started miniature pottery-it’s like a tiny potter’s wheel, but you just use your fingertips and spin clay. I’ve made tiny vases. I got obsessed. It’s the most therapeutic thing, but they’re useless completely.

Why…why?

Pottery has always been something I’ve liked the look of-spinning on a wheel. It’s very delicate, very precise movements of the finger. On a miniature scale, it’s even better. I recommend it.

The main fun fact I remember reading about you growing up was that you bought an ice cream truck. Perform you nevertheless have got it?

That really traveled, that one. It hasn’t seen the light of day in a long time, I must admit. That was a time in my life where I was… The truck is doing well! I speculation my child years acquired ended up somewhat-I don’p find out how to state it-kind of consumed over, I guess, with Potter. I’m a dad just. I think I was trying to find my inner child more, so I did more extravagant things. I haven’t been out in it since, it’s just been stored away. I’ve left the mad things Now. The last time I used it seemed to be the previous day of shooting Potter-I took it to set and served ice creams for the crew.

Knowing what you know now, would you ever let Wednesday take on a role like the one you took in Harry Potter?

When I did it, my family performedn’t really know what that meant, the kind of sacrifices you perform create and the implications it possesses in your life. We would want her to do what she wants, but I think I’d be a real stage mum. But I believe I would, yeah-I had a great experience, and no regrets are possessed by me. Your anonymity is sousthing you really do take for granted, and I wouldn’t want her to give that up lightly. You conduct sacrifice a complete whole lot. No one really knew the scale at which the films would reach.

Maybe it’s the hair, or the ice cream truck, but people seem to think of you as a little bit weird and really love and connect to that. Carry out you consider of yourself as quirky or bizarre?

I’ve always enjoyed being different. At the instant it will be this pottery, but before that I was carving crayons. I'm one of those people who gets obsessed with things-I’ve gone through a load of weird hobbies.

What is the most inappropriate thing a fan has ever said to you?

There’s a whole genre of Harry Potter innuendo and puns. I remember at the premieres right now there seemed to be a signal that had been like…."Take me"? I don’t reusmber. Something about "your Chamber of Secrets."

Like, "You can slither-in to MY chamber of secrets." Or even "My spouse and i’g find sleazy for Ron Weasley."

The fans are amazing. I’ve always loved interacting with the Harry Potter supporters. They’re intense quite. They’re wild pretty. They’re a very specific type of person, I think.

Once you and your family are vaccinated and it’s safe to stop social distancing in the U.K., what do you very first think that you’ll do?

I’d love to take Wednesday out. I’d take her to the pub as well. She hasn’t really seen anything yet. The beach Maybe. She’t in no way observed the marine. anywhere. Anywhere that’s not the inside of this house. I’d love to have her… Can’t wait to go back to pubs. Now she’s at an age where she can see things and react to them.

Jenny Singer is a staff-writer for Glamour. She can be followed by you on Twitter.