Watch: Steve Carell Reacts to the Internet Calling Him Zaddy
Is Steve Carell a zaddy? That’s what he said.
The Office alum weighed in on internet chatter over his silver fox status, joking at the 2026 Emmys that he’s actually the one who “put it out there.” (Click here to see all the celebrities on the red carpet.)
“It’s been fantastic,” Steve exclusively told Justin Sylvester during Live From E!: 2026 Emmys on Sept. 14. “I really buy into the whole thing.”
Besides, the 64-year-old quipped that title certainly doesn’t hurt his longtime marriage to Nancy Carell, with whom he shares kids Annie Carell, 25, and John Carell, 22.
“She knows the drill with me,” Steve teased. “I’m old news. It’s fine. We get along great—31 years. We’re good.”
And after more than three decades together, the Rooster star—who was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the Mariska Hargitay-hosted award show, but ultimately lost to Matthew Rhys—feels like he married “the right person.”
As he sweetly put it, “You get lucky.”
So, while the internet is thirsting over Steve, he only has eyes for his wife.
“I’m just trying to keep up with her,” he previously told E! in a 2018 interview. “She’s a babe, so what are you gonna do? I gotta try to keep pace a little bit.”
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Especially since the actress—who’s appeared in many of Steve’s projects, including The Office, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Rooster—gives him an “incredible sense of empowerment.”
“I remember our wedding day and I was standing at the altar, and it was like literally 105 degrees on a summer day,” Steve recalled. “I was sweating bullets, and I turned and I saw her coming down the aisle. And I’ll never forget it—I stopped sweating.”
“I was overcome by this sense of calm,” he continued. “I thought, ‘That person has my back and I have hers, and I will be so much stronger as a team.'”
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Don’t miss the Emmy Awards 2026 live telecast tonight, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC and streaming on Peacock. E!’s red carpet kicks off at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.
