Penn Badgley and Domino Kirke Welcome Identical Twin Boys

On Thursday, September 4, 2025, actor Penn Badgley announced that he and his wife, musician Domino Kirke, have become parents to identical twin boys.

Badgley shared the news via an Instagram video in which he quietly whispered to avoid waking his newborns before panning the camera to reveal their tiny feet. In the clip, he said, “There’s tiny little baby feet right there. I don’t want to wake them up,” interrupting his paternity leave to promote a live event for his upcoming essay collection, Crushmore, scheduled for October 14 in New York City.

The new additions join the couple’s four-year-old son and Kirke’s 16-year-old son, Cassius, from a previous relationship. Speaking on the red carpet at the premiere of the final season of Netflix’s You, Badgley reflected on the responsibility of raising boys: “It sounds a bit cliché, but the world needs more good men, so you know, pressure’s on us to raise them well”.

Looking ahead, Badgley will return to the stage at Symphony Space in Manhattan next month for the Podcrushed live event and the launch of Crushmore.