Goldwyn is a proud father of two daughters: Anna and Tess

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• Tony Goldwyn is going to be a grandfather!
• The Scandal actor’s oldest daughter Anna, 36, is pregnant and expecting her first baby with her husband Billy Durden
• Anna and her husband announced the exciting news together on Instagram, revealing that the new addition to their family is expected to arrive next month

Tony Goldwyn is going to be a grandfather!

The Scandal actor’s daughter Anna, 36, is pregnant and expecting her first baby, a daughter, with her husband Billy Durden. The expectant mother and her husband announced the exciting news together on Instagram, revealing that the new addition to their family is expected to arrive next month.

“New project, currently (and probably forever) known as Goobey, debuts next month,” the couple captioned their post. “We expect her to be a hit 💫.”

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The soon-to-be parents tied the knot in August 2024. Following the wedding, Goldwyn reflected on his eldest daughter’s nuptials while promoting his film Ezra on Live with Kelly and Mark. During the conversation, he reflected on his speech that he barely made it through without crying and the duo’s lively father-daughter dance.

After co-host Kelly Ripa asked whether the pair did any choreographing ahead of the special moment, the father of two revealed that they didn’t, instead calling on their decades of history as dance partners.

“Here’s the thing: Anna said to me, ‘Dad, let’s not do a traditional, slow [dance]… let’s do something really fun,’ ” he explained. “And ever since she was little, I had taught her how to swing dance, like the jitterbug, you know?”

“So it’s just something we always did when she was a little girl that was fun, and she’ll know all the moves and everything,” Goldwyn continued. “And so she wanted to do that.”

The Law & Order star, who shares Anna and daughter Tess, 31, with wife Jane Musky, also revealed that he was surprisingly — at least to his family — able to make it through his speech at the nuptials without shedding a single tear.

When co-host Mark Consuelos asked Goldwyn how he thinks he did at the wedding as a dad, the Scandal alum admitted, “I honestly did great.”

“For years, since my kids were little … I’m sort of the crier in the family, so they said, ‘Dad, you’re never going to make it. You’re never going to make it through your wedding speech, you’re going to be a mess, we’re going to be humiliated,’” he recalled. “And I got through my speech!”

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“It was weird!” he added of the emotional feat. “I did, I said what I needed to say. It was beautiful, yeah. It was really an amazing experience.”

News of Goldwyn making it through his wedding speech without tears came after the actor previously told PEOPLE he would likely be “a mess” at Anna’s ceremony, and have a tough time walking her down the aisle without becoming weepy.

“That’s what I’m most nervous about, is being able to get through it,” he said in May 2024. “Because I just get very emotional regarding my children.”

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