Freeform’s “Baby Daddy” Hits the Big 100

Editor39s Note This column was originally published on March 11amp8220Itamp8217s such an elite club to be a part ofamp8221 Kaneamp160said when I recently spoke with her amp8220Growing up in an entertainment family where your parents are in the business youamp8217re constantly reminded that the other shoe can always drop Her father was a director of documentaries and commercialsamp160and her mother was his production partneramp160Theyamp8217re always telling me not only was I lucky to have a pilot that was picked up and get one or two seasons but to hit 100 episodesamp8220I was very aware the whole time of how lucky we areamp8221 she continued amp8220I canamp8217t believe that itamp8217s been five years amp8220Weamp8217ve been lucky to have had a lot of the same crew season after season which is so rare Many people have been with us since episode one have had kids gotten married and left other shows to come back and work with usamp8221It doesnamp8217t feel like that much time has passed To think weamp8217ve had 100 tablereadsamp160 Where did the time goamp8221 Pictured below left to right Series stars Tahj Mowry Bilodeau Kane Melissa Peterman and ThelerAs Chelsea reflected on filming the series pilot she was reminded her of just how far sheamp8217d come with her craft amp8220Those pilot rehearsals were kind of a struggle for meamp8221 she recalled amp8220It was my first time doing a multicam show and I wasnamp8217t sure if I could do it But the night we brought in the audience something just clicked I remember looking at the other cast members and saying amp8216Whoa is something special happening hereamp8217amp8220When I first started the show in the first episode I had to pick up baby Emma that was the first time Iamp8217d ever held a babyamp8221 she added laughing amp8220If you look back at the first season Iamp8217m absolutely horrified while holding her There was no maternal instinct kicking in for me at all But as the babies got older and a little sturdier all of a sudden I could kind of feel my ovaries kicking into gear but nothing too crazyamp8221At the end of season five Chelseaamp8217s character Riley was pregnant with Dannyamp8217s baby resulting in the actress donning a prosthetic baby belly for season six something she relishedamp8220I kept joking it was an 11week pregnancyamp8221 she laughed amp8220What a dream And it was the first time Iamp8217ve ever taken full advantage of the craft services table or had a big dinner before the show I was like amp8216I will have a second slice of pieamp8217 I didnamp8217t have to suck in my gut The belly made for a lot of fun comedy moments for me too things like labor pains hormones ragingamp8220I know that some of the prosthetics are hollow but I said I want the belly weightedamp8221 she continued amp8220I wanted to know it was there all the time and to struggle Derek Theler who plays my husband Danny on the show is 6amp82175amp8221 so we wanted it known that this would be a giant 13pound baby My last prosthetic belly was one for twins weighing about 15 pounds Everything was a struggle it slowed down my walking and my usual stance and it got a little painful by the end of the dayamp8221Chelsea was also pleased that this season she got to deal with a real topical issue pregnancy in the workplace amp8220Riley tries to hide her pregnancy at work as sheamp8217s afraid of it effecting her chances of any promotion knowing sheamp8217d have to take maternity leaveamp8221 she explained amp8220Sheamp8217s also worried about being a good mom as Danny is the perfect husband and perfect dad so he has high expectations while sheamp8217s worried sheamp8217s gonna screw up this kidamp8221For Chelsea having six seasons of Baby Daddy to her credit is the realization of a childhood dream Sheamp8217s eager for that seventh and hopes for an announcement soon yet in the meantime sheamp8217s happy with what she and the show have achieved amp8220This is been the most incredible experienceamp8221 she said amp8220Itamp8217s what I pictured moving to Hollywood the studio lot experience saying hello to everyone every morning and working on a soundstageamp8220We used shoot next to Hot in Cleveland so for someone who wanted to be a woman in comedy just watching Betty White or Valerie Bertinelli walking to work in the morning was so empoweringamp8221 she revealed amp8220I love comedy and have been thinking about that a lot lately especially after Mary Tyler Mooreamp8217s passing Those people are my heroes and Iamp8217m happy more multicam shows are being picked up as Iamp8217d hate for that genre to fade away I want to stay in comedyamp8221Baby Daddyamp160is telecastamp160Mondaysamp160at 830 pm on FreeformClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this article are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc 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