Bryce Dallas Howard comes from one of the most famous families in show business, but she admitted she hasn’t seen one of her dad Ron Howard’s biggest projects.
“OK, I’m going to admit something, which is that I’ve never watched an episode of Happy Days,” Bryce, 44, said in a clip from Busy This Week shared by People on Wednesday, July 2.
The confession left host Busy Philipps completely stunned. “What!” she shouted repeatedly at Bryce.
“I am kind of like the prototype here of, like, the child who takes for granted the fact that …” Bryce said, trailing off when she realized Philipps still had a shocked expression on her face.
Ron, 71, starred as Richie Cunningham on Happy Days from season 1 to season 7. The series ended in 1984 after 11 seasons. Philipps pointed out the fact that Henry Winkler, who portrayed Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on the program for all 11 seasons, is Bryce’s godfather.
“I love him so much, and I love my dad so much, and I love all the Happy Days folks, and it would be so easy just to watch it, and I don’t know why,” Bryce continued.
Philipps recalled coming home from school as a child, turning on the TV and watching reruns of Happy Days. Bryce said that instead of watching Happy Days like other kids, she would often watch Get Smart.
When asked if her father and godfather knew she hadn’t seen their hit sitcom, Bryce said, “Yeah, kind of.”
The actress was also pretty certain that her siblings, Paige Howard, Jocelyn Howard and Reed Howard, had not watched Happy Days either.
“I kind of don’t think they have. I don’t think they have,” she confessed.
While she has not seen Happy Days, Bryce did say she is a fan of one of her dad’s other beloved shows.
“I like to watch The Andy Griffith Show,” she revealed. “Yeah, it’s really cute and really sweet.”
From all of his experience both in front of and behind the camera, Ron has offered Bryce some useful advice about show business.
“One thing that I find gets repeated again and again [is] something from my grandfather that my dad always says, which is that you can’t separate the pain from the pleasure,” she told TODAY.com on Thursday, July 3. “So, it’s all part of it. It’s all one thing. Like a bad thing will lead to a good thing. A good thing will lead to a bad thing. And so we always kind of remind each other that you can’t separate the pain the from pleasure.”
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