Dylan Sprouse Congratulates New Mom Barbara Palvin for Walking in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
NEED TO KNOW
- Dylan Sprouse praised his wife Barbara Palvin on the pink carpet at the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
- The couple welcomed their first baby, a girl, in September, and the actor said his wife worked hard to return to the podium just six weeks after giving birth.
- Backstage at the Oct. 18 show in Los Angeles, Palvin said parenthood for the couple has been a “fun” but “scary” adventure.
At the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, proud husband Dylan Sprouse was Barbara Palvin’s #1 fan.
On October 18, Victoria’s Secret held its star-studded fashion show in Los Angeles, where the new dad, 34, sweetly congratulated his wife on the pink carpet.
In an interview with Zanna Roberts Rassi, the Wild men podcaster said Palvin, 33, was “working hard” preparing for her walk just six weeks after giving birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter named Sylvie.
“I’m amazed by how she’s able to pull herself together and do it every time,” Sprouse said of Palvin, whom he married in 2023, adding that the series was as much of a surprise to him as anyone else.
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
“She doesn’t tell me the order of things or how it happens. She kind of surprises me. Sometimes I see the way she looks, like I’ve seen it before, but I’m really excited to see what it’s going to be like this year.”
Sprouse also shared his views on life as a dad and said his newborn has already “laughed” at his jokes, adding, “So, I’m officially in, man.” »
The old The Suite Life of Zack and Cody The star also revealed that her little girl looks like her mom. “Luckily, she’s got Barbara’s beautiful blue eyes. Man, they’re huge too. If all goes well, she’s got my sense of humor and all the rest of Barbara,” he joked.
Talk with E! News, Sprouse divulged the realities of parenthood, revealing that what surprised him the most is “how desensitized I am now to bodily fluids. It’s just having a baby, I guess. They’re everywhere all the time.”
Sprouse, who went viral in 2024 for bringing huge cardboard cutouts of their pets to the show, gives Palvin his flowers every chance he gets.
Before the model walked the runway in an angelic pink lingerie look, Sprouse admired her commitment, writing on her Instagram Stories: “Proud of my wife, I jumped straight into the fashion show after the birth. Built differently,” adding, “I don’t know where you get the energy, but damn!”
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to date with the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Yet even as they celebrate career milestones, the couple is also looking forward to being parents outside of the spotlight.
Speaking to PEOPLE backstage at the show, Palvin — who celebrated her first birthday as a mom on Oct. 8 — said life is now “a ride, fun, but also scary. It’s like a roller coaster.”
“Dylan is great,” she said. “He always wanted to be a dad, and I think he’s amazing as a girl dad. I think he was meant to be a girl dad. He didn’t know it before, but he was meant to be one.” She added: “We’re both learning. It’s a big adjustment. We’re doing the best we can.”
Gn entert
