Ben Higgins Says Being a Girl Dad Is ‘Frightening,’ But He's ‘Excited’ for ‘Tea Parties’ and to ‘Let Her Paint My Nails’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Higgins and Jessica Clarke.Photo:Jesse Grant/Getty

Jesse Grant/Getty

Ben Higginsis getting ready to become a girl dad.

“It’s frightening,” he says of raising a daughter, adding that he’s a “sensitive dude” who knows “a girl’s going to break me and I don’t know in what ways yet, but it’s going to happen and I’m prepared for it.”

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He goes on to share his excitement for being a girl dad, sweetly telling PEOPLE, “I’m ready to be the guy that she leans on to talk to about boys, and I’m ready to be the example for who she desires in a relationship and I’m excited about that responsibility. It gives me a little role, I think, in a new stage of life.”

“But it’s also frightening because I know she’s going to have me wrapped around her finger and I’m going to get broken,” adds theAlmost Famouspodcast host.

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Ben Higgins and Jessica Clarke.Ben Higgins/Instagram

Ben Higgins/Instagram

But what he’s the most excited for is “the idea of seeing life get brought into this world for the first time,” because, “there was a period in my life where I didn’t know if I was going to.”

He says, “I don’t know what that looks like. I don’t know what that feels like. I don’t know what the emotions are there. And I’m excited to experience that.”

“I’m excited for the struggle a little bit,” he admits. “I am excited to lean into that with my wife. Like I said, if I didn’t have a partner that I fully believed in and trusted and loved, I’d be probably freaking out. But I’m like, I think this is going to make us stronger as a couple, and it’s going to give us a whole new story to tell and a whole new story to build.”

The formerBachelorstar and his wife first announced theirexciting pregnancy newsin August with a heartfelt Instagram Reel.

source: people.com