Jonathan Scott Makes Unexpected Comment About Possibly Having Children originally appeared on Parade.
HGTV star Jonathan Scott is opening up about his relationship with his fiancée, actress Zooey Deschanel.
Entertainment Now reported that Jonathan, alongside his brother, Drew Scott, appeared on a July 2025 episode of Andy Cohen‘s radio show, Andy Cohen Live. During the interview, Cohen inquired if Jonathan and Deschanel plan to have children together. Deschanel has two children, Elsie and Charlie, fathered by her ex-husband, Jacob Pechenik.
“You know what, you never know what the world is gonna bring,” said Jonathan, who resides with Deschanel in Los Angeles, while speaking to Cohen.
Jonathan, who began dating Deschanel in 2019, spoke about being present in her children’s lives since they were little in a 2023 interview with Drew & Jonathan magazine. He said he was first introduced to his fiancée’s children when “they barely just turned 2 and 4.”
“The little one, Charlie, doesn’t actually remember a time before me. The big thing for me was them wondering, ‘Who is this giant guy who’s all of a sudden showing up around us?’ But I’m pretty good at engaging and connecting with kids. I was a professional clown for years and I can perform magic. I wasn’t going to force anything on anybody, I just wanted to let it happen naturally,” said Jonathan.
The 47-year-old also said Charlie and Elsie call him “their Jonathan.”
“Something that was really a struggle was what they were going to call me. They have their dad and they have a great relationship with him, so he’s daddy,” said the Property Brothers star. “I couldn’t say papa because that’s what they call their grandpa (though at one point we tried to change the narrative and get them to call me papa instead, but they weren’t having it). Eventually they came up with ‘my Jonathan.’ So, whenever they tell a story they say, ‘There’s daddy, there’s mommy, and he’s my Jonathan.'”
Jonathan Scott Makes Unexpected Comment About Possibly Having Children first appeared on Parade on Jul 30, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
