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From “Mighty Ducks” star to dad!
Shaun Weiss has a baby on the way with his girlfriend, Shannon.
The actor, 45, told TMZ Thursday that he is expecting a little one in August 2025 and already has a name picked out — whether the infant is a boy or a girl.
The couple’s little one is due in August 2025. Shaun Weiss/Instagram The actor called the news the “best Christmas present” via Instagram Thursday. Shaun Weiss/InstagramThe newborn will be called Charlie after Weiss’ late father.
The comedian and his partner have been together for two years, with Weiss telling the outlet that they will be “tying the knot soon.”
Weiss shared a sweet snap via his Instagram Stories of Shannon smiling with a positive pregnancy test in her hand, calling their upcoming arrival the “best Christmas present ever.”
He and his partner plan to name the infant Charlie. Shaun Weiss/Instagram They do not know the sex of their upcoming arrival. Shaun Weiss/InstagramWant more celebrity and pop culture news?
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The “Heavyweights” star often gushes about his girlfriend via Instagram, writing in August that while “happiness comes from within,” he is “always grateful for the outside stimulus.”
He is also open with his social media followers about his past methamphetamine addiction and sobriety journey.
Before getting clean in 2020, Weiss was homeless and made headlines for arrests over allegedly stealing merchandise from an electronics store and breaking into a man’s home while high on meth, among other alleged crimes.
Weiss celebrated four years of sobriety earlier this year. Shaun Weiss/Instagram He previously struggled with a methamphetamine addiction. Shaun Weiss/InstagramDuring a November 2022 “Dopey” podcast episode, Weiss credited Judd Apatow with helping him get into rehab.
He also apologized at the time for once selling the “gracious” director’s “decked the f–k out” laptop for $60 to score drugs.
In January, Weiss celebrated four years sober with a social media upload.
Weiss is best known for his role in “Mighty Ducks.” ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection He played Greg “Goldie” Goldberg in the 1992 film. ©“Thank you!” he wrote at the time. “See you later.”
While honoring milestones in previous years, Weiss shared throwback photos of himself in the throes of his addiction.
The “Freaks and Geeks” alum received new teeth within the first year of his sobriety, undergoing an $80,000 dental transformation.