It was not a happy day for him.
In a recent episode of his podcast, “What in Winkler?!“Henry Winkler’s 44-year-old daughter, Zoe, revealed she almost became a reality TV star — and even the Bachelorette — before her 79-year-old famous dad stepped down.
“Do you remember when I was in the running to be ‘The Bachelorette?'” she asked.
“Oh my God,” Winkler said. And we have banned that, and only for your safety.”
Winkler is survived by Zoe and his wife, Stacey Weitzman, to whom he has been married since 1978. In addition to Zoe, the couple also have son Max, 41, and Jed Weitzman, 53, who is Stassi’s son from her previous marriage to Howard Weitzman.
Zoe reveals how many years ago, she, Kim Kardashian, And Sarah Howard was asked to be a part of a show called “Quarter Life Crisis” – until Henry rejected it on Zoe’s behalf.
Matt Hanna, a producer who was working for VH1 at the time, flew to LA and made a sizzle reel for them. “And I don’t think I told you about it,” she recalled. “I was living at home at the time because I had just finished college. He came home and you met him outside.
“Happy Days” star Yelled, “I did.” I said, ‘It’s great that you’re here, I can suggest some very good restaurants, [but] My daughter is not doing your show.
As Zoe watched Kardashian “become the most famous person in the world”, she said her father’s anti-reality show stance allowed her to follow a different dream.
“I became a teacher, which was the best job and what I always wanted to do,” she said.
Since 2009, Zoe has been married to actor Rob Reinis, 50, and the couple have three children.
Emmy-winning “Barry” actor He praised his daughter and said that she was born to teach.
“I’m not kidding, [it’s] Not because I’m your father,” he added. “I’m just telling you objectively that I’ve seen it happen. If I were a young parent, at the time when I saw your parenting style and your teaching style, I would have stolen your technique and used it as my favorite.
In addition to teaching, Zoe co-founded the non-profit, This Is About Humanity in 2018. The organization helps families who were separated at the US-Mexico border.
When? Henry won an Emmy for Barry in 2018He shouted to his children. He joked that he wrote the acceptance speech “43 years ago”, so he told his adult children, “Kids, Jade, Zoe and Max, you can go to sleep now, Daddy won!”