Ike Barinholtz Reveals the Only Way His 3 Daughters Will Ever Find Him 'Cool': 'My Cross to Bear' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ike Barinholtz & Alan Barinholtz.Photo:DISNEY/Christopher Willard

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Ike Barinholtzadmits he has a ways to go before being deemed the cool dad.

On Wednesday, Aug. 14,The Mindy Projectactor, 47, competed onWho Wants to Be a Millionairewith his dad Alan Barinholtz, where the father-son duo eventually brought home the show’s $1 million grand prize for charity together.

Alan and Ike spoke to PEOPLE ahead of the episode’s release, and Ike shared that even his million-dollar win doesn’t make him “cool” to his three kids.

“My kids don’t think I’m cool until I’m featuring on a Dua Lipa song,” Ike tells PEOPLE of his daughters Foster, 10, Payton, 7, and his youngest, 5, whom he shares with wife Erica Hanson.

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Ike Barinholtz & Alan Barinholtz.DISNEY/Christopher Willard

“I’m not cool,” he continues, “So that’s just, I have to live with that. That’s my cross to bear.”

Luckily for Ike, Alan disagrees. “Ike is, first of all, the coolest son, as is Johnny [Barinholtz],” Alan tells PEOPLE. “So, I think they are cool dads.”

The actor and his wifewelcomed their third daughterin April 2018, announcing the news on a red carpet for his filmBlockersin Los Angeles and showing off his hospital bracelet, which he hadn’t yet taken off. The 5-year-old’s name has still not been revealed.

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Barinholtz admitted that since this was his third, nothing surprised him about his little one — even if the big news surprised his fans.

“This is my third so there’s no more surprises,” he told the outlet. “There’s only breast milk and poop, that’s all there is."

source: people.com