Bryce Dallas Howard has a stunning confession: She’s by no means watched a single episode of Blissful Days, despite the fact that it stars her father, Ron Howard, and her godfather, Henry Winkler.
The Jurassic World actress got here out with the surprising revelation when showing on Busy Philipps‘ QVC+ speak present, Busy This Week, on Wednesday, July 2. “OK, I’m gonna admit one thing, which is that I’ve by no means watched an episode of Blissful Days,” she mentioned.
Philipps gasped in shock, shouting, “What?! Wait, I’m sorry. What?!”
Bryce continued, saying, “So I’m type of just like the prototype right here of just like the little one who takes with no consideration the truth that… I do know,” she interrupted herself as Philipps continued to look on open-mouthed.
Philipps mentioned she couldn’t consider it, particularly because the basic sitcom not solely stars Bryce’s dad but additionally Winkler, her godfather.
“I really like [Winkler] a lot and I really like my dad a lot and I really like all of the Blissful Days people and it might be really easy simply to observe it and I don’t know why I haven’t,” Bryce added.
Philipps famous the way it virtually appears “unimaginable” for Bryce to by no means have caught an episode of the hit sitcom. Blissful Days initially aired on ABC from 1974 to 1984, with a complete of 255 episodes throughout 11 seasons. Nevertheless, the present continues to air reruns in syndication to today.
“I’d come dwelling from faculty and activate the TV and Blissful Days was on,” Philipps recalled. “Like reruns, you realize, syndicated after faculty time, like 4 pm.”
“Yeah, Nick at Nite,” Bryce replied earlier than including she most popular watching Get Good.
When the Freaks and Geeks alum requested Bryce if Ron and Winkler know she hasn’t seen an episode, she responded, “Yeah, type of…. I believe,” earlier than admitting they don’t precisely ask her about it.
The Jurassic World Dominion star additionally revealed she doesn’t suppose her siblings have seen the present both. Nevertheless, she did say she enjoys watching The Andy Griffith Present, through which her dad starred as Opie Taylor, becoming a member of the present when he was simply 6.
“It’s actually cute and actually candy,” Bryce said. “I imply, it’s bizarre as a result of my son [Theodore, 18] is now older than my dad was when he was beginning Blissful Days.”
Ron performed Richie Cunningham on Blissful Days, the well mannered, “buttoned-down” boy reverse Winkler’s tough-talking “greaser” Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli. He left the present simply earlier than the eighth season to turn out to be a movie director, happening to direct many award-winning options, together with Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Lovely Thoughts, Frost/Nixon, and extra.