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How Close Are "Baby Daddy" Stars Chelsea Kane & Derek Theler?

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The lovely Chelsea Kane returns to the Studio, this time with her "Baby Daddy" co-star Derek Theler in tow to tell us all about their hit ABC Family comedy and reveal which castmembers are the best (and worst) with their infant castmates! They also tell us about a wild cast getaway to Mexico, reveal their favorite musicals, and we quiz them to find out how well they know their celebrity baby daddies (and mommies)! Hosted by Erika Ross (@erikaross_).

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Young Hollywood

Whoa, whoa, what's in that beer?

Young Hollywood

What's up, guys?

Young Hollywood

This is awesome.

Young Hollywood

So, we just recently caught up with you guys at the Iron Man 3 premiere on the red carpet.

Young Hollywood

Welcome back.

Chelsea Kane

Thank you.

Derek Theler

You're welcome.

Chelsea Kane

I'm surprised we could form sentences there at all.

Chelsea Kane

It was so loud.

Derek Theler

I make my own costumes, and I'm really good at making capes.

Derek Theler

They know me at the fabric shop down the street.

Chelsea Kane

Oh, yeah, the hugs.

Chelsea Kane

Now I remember.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Young Hollywood

All right, so we got to talk about baby daddy.

Young Hollywood

First of all, it revolves around the cutest little girl, Emma, and she's played by twins.

Chelsea Kane

Yes.

Young Hollywood

So I want to know on set out of the guys, who was the most comfortable with her?

Derek Theler

I Well, I did pretty good with them.

Chelsea Kane

Well, Derek worked at a daycare for two years.

Chelsea Kane

So he knows like all the little tricks and everything.

Derek Theler

I'm the worst.

Chelsea Kane

She's not the worst.

Chelsea Kane

Everyone got along fine with the babies.

Chelsea Kane

Everyone like takes on a different role.

Chelsea Kane

Tash is really good at like teasing him and getting him to laugh and You know, Melissa's the only real parent on the show, so she's she's very She's like she's real maternal.

Derek Theler

Yeah, yeah, the minute the baby starts to cry, Melissa's like, "Get out of my way." out.

Chelsea Kane

She's real maternal.

Derek Theler

"Get out of my way."

Chelsea Kane

Everyone get out of here.

Chelsea Kane

So, yeah, everyone kind of has a different role.

Chelsea Kane

My role is like, if they ever need to throw up, they can just do it on me, cuz I'm the only one that's ever puked on.

Young Hollywood

Perfect.

Young Hollywood

Oh, really?

Chelsea Kane

Oh, yeah.

Chelsea Kane

Without with without fail.

Chelsea Kane

Every time.

Young Hollywood

I just recently saw photos of you two little hottie poddies in Mexico with with a handful of the cast.

Young Hollywood

How did that come about?

Derek Theler

Um, that was awesome.

Derek Theler

We we're a very close cast.

Derek Theler

It's very um, it's like very strange.

Derek Theler

I I live with my TV brother.

Derek Theler

I live with I live with.

Chelsea Kane

We really are a family.

Young Hollywood

Oh, really?

Young Hollywood

So you see a whole lot of him.

Derek Theler

I see a lot of the kid.

Derek Theler

Like a lot more than I even want to see the kid.

Derek Theler

But, yeah, we're we're really close.

Derek Theler

We all hang out all the time.

Derek Theler

And so the minute the show wrapped, we were like, "Let's go on a like celebratory trip."

Derek Theler

And so we picked Mexico 'cause it was Spring Break, and I was like, "You boys be careful."

Chelsea Kane

Yeah.

Chelsea Kane

I'm not checking IDs at the door, okay?

Derek Theler

She chaperoned.

Chelsea Kane

The whole trip.

Derek Theler

She chaperoned the whole trip.

Chelsea Kane

I have a really good story.

Chelsea Kane

Uh, so Derek and Jahel love massages.

Chelsea Kane

They love to get massages, like after a long day work.

Derek Theler

It's true.

Chelsea Kane

And so there's this one spa we always go to, and they live together, and one day they went in and the only room that was available was a couple's massage room.

Chelsea Kane

So Derek and Jahel couple massage.

Chelsea Kane

Got naked, and got massages in the same room.

Young Hollywood

This is getting a little too close.

Young Hollywood

You know what?

Young Hollywood

I like that Derek's manly enough to admit it.

Young Hollywood

Like, "I don't care."

Derek Theler

I was not going to give up that massage.

Derek Theler

It was the only time it was available.

Chelsea Kane

Exactly, or that you wouldn't pass up the massage.

Chelsea Kane

You're like, "Uh-uh, that's not happening."

Derek Theler

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

All right, Chelsea, you just recently did an ABC Family musical called "Lovestruck," which was incredible.

Young Hollywood

What's one of your favorite musicals?

Chelsea Kane

Um, favorite musical, probably "Les Mis" or "Sound of Music," or like, the classics.

Chelsea Kane

I grew up doing musical theater in Arizona, so I think something like that.

Young Hollywood

Derek, what's your favorite?

Young Hollywood

Because I know that you tuned into Lovestruck.

Derek Theler

Yeah, my favorite musical, um, I'm not really a musical guy.

Derek Theler

I I def I definitely tuned into Lovestruck.

Derek Theler

I was really impressed.

Derek Theler

You did a great job.

Chelsea Kane

Yeah.

Chelsea Kane

They all came over and watched the movie.

Chelsea Kane

It was pretty cool.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that's so cute.

Young Hollywood

I love Lovestruck as your favorite musical.

Young Hollywood

Like I get my favorite Lovestruck.

Derek Theler

Second, Spider-Man or Spider-Man Musical.

Young Hollywood

Okay, well then.

Young Hollywood

Love it.

Young Hollywood

All right, now in the spirit of Baby Daddy, we're going to play a little game.

Young Hollywood

And you guys are going to name the baby daddy and mommies of celebrity kids.

Young Hollywood

All right?

Chelsea Kane

Oh.

Young Hollywood

So, I'm going to say the celebrity kid's name, you guys are going to buzz in.

Young Hollywood

First kid's name, Blue Ivy.

Derek Theler

Beyonce.

Young Hollywood

You better get quicker with that thing.

Chelsea Kane

All right.

Derek Theler

I didn't even have a shot.

Young Hollywood

Suri.

Chelsea Kane

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Young Hollywood

Yes.

Young Hollywood

Nailed it.

Chelsea Kane

Taking the lead.

Young Hollywood

Hang on a second.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

Hands up.

Young Hollywood

Hands up.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

Willow, Jaden and Trey.

Derek Theler

Will Smith.

Young Hollywood

Yes.

Young Hollywood

Nailed it.

Chelsea Kane

I read too many magazines for this.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

All right, this is a hard one.

Young Hollywood

Moroccan and Monroe.

Chelsea Kane

Mariah Carey.

Young Hollywood

Nice.

Young Hollywood

Nailed it.

Young Hollywood

Prince, Paris and Blanket.

Derek Theler

Michael Jackson.

Young Hollywood

Nice.

Young Hollywood

Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox.

Chelsea Kane

I got it.

Derek Theler

Brad Pitt.

Young Hollywood

Yep.

Chelsea Kane

Angelina Jolie.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

Sasha and Malia.

Chelsea Kane

Sasha and Malia.

Young Hollywood

I'm going to give you a hint.

Young Hollywood

Their mom has crazy nice arms.

Chelsea Kane

Oh, oh my God.

Derek Theler

The President's kids.

Chelsea Kane

Woo.

Young Hollywood

It's President Obama's kids.

Young Hollywood

There you go.

Young Hollywood

Ready for the next one?

Chelsea Kane

Let's watch it.

Derek Theler

Are we going to recover from this?

Chelsea Kane

All right.

Derek Theler

Oh God, I don't know.

Chelsea Kane

Nope.

Young Hollywood

Kingston James and Zuma Nesta Rock.

Chelsea Kane

Gwen Stefani.

Young Hollywood

Nice.

Chelsea Kane

Told you.

Young Hollywood

The hard one.

Young Hollywood

All right, you might get this one.

Young Hollywood

Ready, Derek?

Young Hollywood

Lourdes, Rocco, David Banda and Mercy.

Young Hollywood

Singer.

Young Hollywood

Goes by one name.

Young Hollywood

Has amazing arms.

Derek Theler

Everyone has amazing arms, you know.

Chelsea Kane

Yeah.

Derek Theler

I don't know.

Young Hollywood

Singer.

Young Hollywood

She what's another one?

Young Hollywood

Like a Virgin.

Chelsea Kane

Madonna.

Derek Theler

I think it's Cher still.

Chelsea Kane

I love amazing arms.

Derek Theler

I don't know, but they both have amazing arms, you know.

Chelsea Kane

That's That must be what it is.

Derek Theler

It's awesome.

Chelsea Kane

Yes.

Derek Theler

They're only lifting children all the time.

Young Hollywood

Whoa, whoa, what's in that beer?

Young Hollywood

What's up, guys?

Young Hollywood

This is awesome.

Young Hollywood

So, we just recently caught up with you guys at the Iron Man 3 premiere on the red carpet.

Young Hollywood

Welcome back.

Chelsea Kane

Thank you.

Derek Theler

You're welcome.

Chelsea Kane

I'm surprised we could form sentences there at all.

Chelsea Kane

It was so loud.

Derek Theler

I make my own costumes, and I'm really good at making capes.

Derek Theler

They know me at the fabric shop down the street.

Chelsea Kane

Oh, yeah, the hugs.

Chelsea Kane

Now I remember.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Young Hollywood

All right, so we gotta talk about Baby Daddy.

Young Hollywood

First of all, it revolves around the cutest little girl, Emma.

Young Hollywood

And she's played by twins.

Chelsea Kane

Yes.

Young Hollywood

So I want to know on set out of the guys, who was the most comfortable with her?

Derek Theler

I Well, I did pretty good with them.

Chelsea Kane

Well, Derek worked at a daycare for two years.

Chelsea Kane

So he knows like all the little tricks and everything.

Derek Theler

I'm the worst.

Chelsea Kane

She's not the worst.

Chelsea Kane

Everyone got along fine with the babies.

Chelsea Kane

Everyone like takes on a different role.

Chelsea Kane

Tash is really good at like teasing him and getting him to laugh and You know, Melissa's the only real parent on the show, so she's she's very She's like she's real maternal.

Derek Theler

Yeah, yeah, the minute the baby starts to cry, Melissa's like, "Get out of my way."

Chelsea Kane

That became a thing.

Derek Theler

That became a thing.

Chelsea Kane

Everyone get out of here.

Chelsea Kane

So, yeah, everyone kind of has a different role.

Chelsea Kane

My role is like, if they ever need to throw up, they can just do it on me, 'cause I'm the only one that's ever puked on.

Young Hollywood

Perfect.

Young Hollywood

Oh, really?

Chelsea Kane

Oh, yeah.

Chelsea Kane

Without with without fail.

Chelsea Kane

Every time.

Young Hollywood

I just recently saw photos of you two little hottie poddies in Mexico with with a handful of the cast.

Young Hollywood

How did that come about?

Derek Theler

Um, that was awesome.

Derek Theler

We we're a very close cast.

Derek Theler

It's very um, it's like very strange.

Derek Theler

I I live with my TV brother.

Derek Theler

I live with

Chelsea Kane

We really are a family.

Young Hollywood

Oh, really?

Young Hollywood

So you see a whole lot of him.

Derek Theler

I see a lot of the kid.

Derek Theler

Like a lot more than I even want to see the kid.

Derek Theler

But, yeah, we're we're really close.

Derek Theler

We all hang out all the time.

Derek Theler

And so the minute the show wrapped, we were like, "Let's go on a like celebratory trip."

Derek Theler

And so we picked Mexico 'cause it was Spring Break, and I was like, "You boys be careful."

Chelsea Kane

Yeah.

Chelsea Kane

I'm not checking IDs at the door, okay?

Derek Theler

She chaperoned.

Chelsea Kane

The whole trip.

Derek Theler

She chaperoned the whole trip.

Chelsea Kane

Oh, I have a really good story.

Chelsea Kane

Uh, so Derek and Jahel love massages.

Chelsea Kane

They love to get massages, like after a long day work.

Derek Theler

It's true.

Chelsea Kane

And so there's this one spa we always go to, and they live together, and one day they went in and the only room that was available was a couple's massage room.

Chelsea Kane

So Derek and Jahel had a couple's massage.

Chelsea Kane

Got naked, and got massages in the same room.

Young Hollywood

This is getting a little too close.

Young Hollywood

You know what?

Young Hollywood

I like that Derek's manly enough to admit it.

Young Hollywood

Like, "I don't care."

Derek Theler

I was not going to give up that massage.

Derek Theler

It was the only time it was available.

Chelsea Kane

Exactly.

Chelsea Kane

Or that you wouldn't pass up the massage.

Chelsea Kane

You're like, "Uh-uh, that's not happening."

Derek Theler

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

All right, Chelsea, you just recently did an ABC Family musical called "Lovestruck," which was incredible.

Young Hollywood

What's one of your favorite musicals?

Chelsea Kane

Um, favorite musical, probably "Les Mis" or "Sound of Music," or like, the classics.

Chelsea Kane

I grew up doing musical theater in Arizona, so I think something like that.

Young Hollywood

Derek, what's your favorite?

Young Hollywood

Because I know that you tuned into Lovestruck.

Derek Theler

Yeah, my favorite musical, um, I'm not really a musical guy.

Derek Theler

I I def I definitely tuned into Lovestruck.

Derek Theler

I was really impressed.

Derek Theler

You did a great job.

Chelsea Kane

Yeah, they all came over and watched the movie.

Chelsea Kane

It was pretty cool.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that's so cute.

Young Hollywood

I love Lovestruck as your favorite musical.

Young Hollywood

Like I get my favorite Lovestruck.

Derek Theler

Second, Spider-Man or Spider-Man: The Musical.

Young Hollywood

Okay, well then.

Young Hollywood

Love it.

Young Hollywood

All right, now in the spirit of Baby Daddy, we're gonna play a little game.

Young Hollywood

And you guys are going to name the baby daddy and mommies of celebrity kids.

Young Hollywood

All right?

Chelsea Kane

Oh.

Young Hollywood

So, I'm going to say the celebrity kid's name, you guys are gonna buzz in.

Young Hollywood

First kid's name, Blue Ivy.

Derek Theler

Beyonce.

Young Hollywood

You better get quicker with that thing.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Chelsea Kane

I didn't even have a shot.

Young Hollywood

Suri.

Derek Theler

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Chelsea Kane

Woo!

Chelsea Kane

Yes.

Chelsea Kane

Nailed it.

Chelsea Kane

Taking the lead.

Young Hollywood

Hang on a second.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Young Hollywood

Hands up.

Young Hollywood

Hands up.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

Willow, Jaden and Trey.

Derek Theler

Will Smith.

Chelsea Kane

Yes.

Chelsea Kane

Nailed it.

Derek Theler

I read too many magazines for this.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

All right, this is a hard one.

Young Hollywood

Moroccan and Monroe.

Derek Theler

Mariah Carey.

Chelsea Kane

Nice.

Chelsea Kane

Nailed it.

Young Hollywood

Prince, Paris and Blanket.

Derek Theler

Michael Jackson.

Chelsea Kane

Nice.

Young Hollywood

Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox.

Derek Theler

I got it.

Derek Theler

Brad Pitt.

Chelsea Kane

Yep.

Derek Theler

Angelina Jolie.

Young Hollywood

All right.

Young Hollywood

Sasha and Malia.

Derek Theler

Sasha and Malia.

Young Hollywood

I'm gonna give you a hint.

Young Hollywood

Their mom has crazy nice arms.

Chelsea Kane

Oh, oh my God.

Derek Theler

The President's kids.

Chelsea Kane

Woo!

Young Hollywood

It's President Obama's kids.

Young Hollywood

There you go.

Young Hollywood

There you go.

Young Hollywood

Ready for the next one?

Chelsea Kane

Let's watch it.

Derek Theler

Are we gonna recover from this?

Chelsea Kane

All right.

Chelsea Kane

Oh God, I don't know.

Derek Theler

Nope.

Young Hollywood

Kingston James and Zuma Nesta Rock.

Derek Theler

Gwen Stefani.

Chelsea Kane

Nice.

Chelsea Kane

Told you.

Chelsea Kane

The hard one.

Young Hollywood

All right, you might get this one.

Young Hollywood

Ready, Derek?

Young Hollywood

Lourdes, Rocco, David Banda and Mercy.

Derek Theler

Singer.

Derek Theler

Goes by one name.

Derek Theler

Has amazing arms.

Chelsea Kane

God.

Chelsea Kane

Everyone has amazing arms, you know.

Derek Theler

I don't know.

Derek Theler

Singer.

Derek Theler

She what's another one?

Derek Theler

Like a Virgin.

Chelsea Kane

Madonna.

Derek Theler

I think it's Cher still.

Chelsea Kane

I love amazing arms.

Derek Theler

I don't know, but they both have amazing arms, you know.

Derek Theler

That's That must be what it is.

Chelsea Kane

Yes.

Chelsea Kane

They're only lifting children all the time.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Chelsea Kane

    Star of 'Baby Daddy' and interviewee

  • Derek Theler

    Star of 'Baby Daddy' and interviewee

  • Erika Ross

    Host of the interview

  • Emma

    Infant character on 'Baby Daddy'

  • Tash

    Castmate on 'Baby Daddy' mentioned for interaction with babies

  • Melissa

    Castmate on 'Baby Daddy' described as maternal

  • Jahel

    Castmate on 'Baby Daddy' who shared a couples' massage with Derek

  • Beyonce

    Celebrity mother of Blue Ivy

  • Tom Cruise

    Celebrity father of Suri

  • Katie Holmes

    Celebrity mother of Suri

  • Will Smith

    Celebrity father of Willow, Jaden, and Trey

  • Mariah Carey

    Celebrity mother of Moroccan and Monroe

FAQ

Who are the stars of 'Baby Daddy' featured in this interview?+
The stars featured are Chelsea Kane and Derek Theler, who discuss their experiences on the hit ABC Family comedy.
How do the 'Baby Daddy' castmates interact with the infant stars on set?+
Derek Theler is comfortable with the babies due to prior daycare experience, while Melissa is very maternal, and Derek is often the one babies throw up on.
Did the 'Baby Daddy' cast take a trip together?+
Yes, the cast went on a celebratory trip to Mexico after the show wrapped, chaperoned by Chelsea Kane.
What is Chelsea Kane's favorite musical?+
Chelsea Kane's favorite musicals are classics like 'Les Mis' or 'Sound of Music,' as she grew up doing musical theater.
What game do Chelsea Kane and Derek Theler play during the interview?+
They play a game where they have to name the celebrity parents of famous children, such as Blue Ivy and Suri.
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