Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard.Photo:Ian West/PA Images via Getty; Bryce Dallas Howard/Instagram
Ian West/PA Images via Getty; Bryce Dallas Howard/Instagram
Ron Howardis celebrating a milestone birthday with well-wishes from daughterBryce Dallas Howard.
On Friday, theJurassic World Dominionactress posted asweet throwback Polaroidof herself and Ron from when she was only 1 year old, perched atop his shoulders.
“Happy 70th birthday Daddio! I love you SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!” she wrote.
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On Friday, Ron took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a video of him and his wifeCheryl Howardacknowledging the scores of followers wishing the actor and filmmaker a happy birthday.
“Hey all, Cheryl and I are getting ready to go on our early-morning walk,” Ronsaid in the video, before Cheryl playfully added, “He’s 70 — he just turned 70.”
“Ithappens to be my birthday today, and I picked up my phone and I noticed that on Twitter and X, a lot of well wishes. A lot of happy birthdays coming from you folks,” Ron shared.
“They said it before me,” Cheryl joked.
“Thank you, thank you for that,” Ron said. “And as I contemplate my life here on my 70th birthday I’m also reminded of how much support you’ve given me, my work. It’s been a lifetime, and I’ve loved it. I still love it.”
“You’ve watched the shows old and new, the movies I’ve made — I hope you’ll watch the movies I’m continuing to make and planning to make and the work coming out ofImagine Entertainment— it’s really a joy to be able to live this life and do this work and thank you for supporting it over these years,” he added.
“We’re off for a very long walk,” Cheryl added, prompting Ron to laugh.
“A birthday walk,” he said.
A two-timeAcademy Awardwinner for his 2001 filmA Beautiful Mind, Ron first met wife Cheryl in high school in California. The pairmarried in 1975and share four now-adult children: daughters Bryce, Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Carlyle, as well as son Reed Cross.
source: people.com
