Christopher Meloniis clearly loving being calleda zaddy, but what does his family think about it?
The actor, 61, claimshis wife of 27 years, artist Sherman Williams, and their children, daughter Sophia, 21, and son Dante, 18, get a kick out if it as well.
“My wife, she’s lovely, she gets it, Meaning she’s like, ‘Eh, whatever,'” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “My kids, on the other hand, invariably once a month, it’s ‘Really? Really?’ Their friends will send them a meme that’s come out or whatever, but I think secretly in their hearts, they get it.”
Meloni continues, “It’s cool because we all have a good goof with it. My children’s friends bust my chops, but it’s all fun. It’s an honor.”
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“It’s a second act to a certain degree,” he says.
Meloni adds that when he began to prepare for his return to Stabler, he put in some serious work.
“When I came back, I told my trainer that people are going to see me and go ‘Oh, he’s aged,’ and that’s fine. But because I can’t get bigger at my age, I said I want to look solid,” he says.
“So we went and did our thing. But as far as working out, I’ve been doing it since I was 13. It’s my church. It’s my psychotherapy as well as my alone time, my meditation time. It really fills a lot of needs.”
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Meloni adds that while this career hot streak is certainly unexpected, he’s enjoying the ride.
“It’s great. Are you kidding me? I’m 61 years old and a zaddy. The lucky streak continues.”
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source: people.com
