Garrett Hedlund says his and Emma Roberts’ ‘angel’ baby Rhodes is ‘really a special person’

Emma Roberts’ partner Garrett Hedlund speaks for the first time about their baby son Rhodes: ‘He is really a special person’

He became a father just after Christmas.

And Garrett Hedlund recently spoke for the first time about the joy of parenting his infant son Rhodes, whom he shares with his 30-year-old girlfriend Emma Roberts.

‘He’s an angel,’ the 36-year-old actor said during an interview with Extra. ‘He’s really a special person.’

‘He’s an angel’: Garrett Hedlund recently spoke about the joy of parenting his infant son Rhodes, whom he shares with his girlfriend Emma Roberts

Garrett was asked what the ‘biggest adjustment to being a new dad’ had been and replied that it was ‘finding room in my heart to love, you know, someone with just the most amazing amount of love and compassion.’

He was being interviewed with Evan Ross whose wife Ashlee Simpson gave birth to their son Ziggy Blu just a couple of months before Rhodes was born.

Evan said of Garrett: ‘You know, when we were in the hospital I sent photos to him. When he was in the hospital he sent photos to me.’

The duo were appearing on Extra in aid of their upcoming movie The United States V. Billie Holiday which is directed by Lee Daniels.

So sweet: Emma went public with the pregnancy on Instagram in August and gave birth to their firstborn son two days after Christmas

So sweet: Emma went public with the pregnancy on Instagram in August and gave birth to their firstborn son two days after Christmas

Evan is the son of Diana Ross who won a best actress Oscar in 1974 for playing Billie Holiday in the biopic Lady Sings The Blues.

Emma has experienced two big milestones recently as she became a mother two days after Christmas and then turned 30 this Wednesday.

She rang in her birthday with a selfie that showed her with a pacifier in her mouth, gently poking fun at her life as a new mother. 

‘It’s been really an interesting time in the world to be pregnant right now,’ the niece of Julia Roberts told Glamour late in her pregnancy.

Poolside celebration: Emma has experienced two big milestones recently as she became a mother in December and then turned 30 this Wednesday

Poolside celebration: Emma has experienced two big milestones recently as she became a mother in December and then turned 30 this Wednesday

‘It’s definitely caused a lot of introspection, but I think it’s been amazing to really sit with myself and really turn inward in a way I never have before and be still. That’s been really nice, and I feel really grateful to have gotten to do that. To not just be running from one appointment to the next or one job to the next,’ she explained.

‘I’ve really had to be present with myself, and that’s been – some days you wanna crawl out of your skin, but other days you feel really good and really grateful.’

In late August Emma officially made it public that she and Garrett were awaiting the arrival of their firstborn baby boy. 

The pregnancy was first confirmed in July by Emma’s mother Kelly Cunningham, who replied: ‘Yes’ on Instagram when someone asked if her daughter was expecting. 

Making it work: She rang in her birthday with a selfie that showed her with a pacifier in her mouth, gently poking fun at her life as a new mother

Making it work: She rang in her birthday with a selfie that showed her with a pacifier in her mouth, gently poking fun at her life as a new mother