Hayden Christensen shared a rare comment about his only child while attending the D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in California.The Star Wars star, 45, shares daughter Briar Rose, 11, with his ex Rachel Bilson.At Friday’s event in Anaheim, he was asked about his favorite TV shows.’I have a young daughter, and I love watching shows with her,’ Christensen told MTV UK.’Her favorite ones right now are Liv and Maddie and Henry Danger, so I enjoy getting to watch those with her.’But when I’m on my own, I recently got into a show called The Agency with Michael Fassbender. It’s really good,’ he added. Hayden Christensen made rare comments about his 11-year-old daughter Briar Rose Christensen (pictured in 2025), whom he shares with ex-fiancée Rachel Bilson The Canadian 45-year-old was attending D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California last Friday when he was asked about his favorite TV showsChristensen’s only child made her first televised appearance by his side singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch of the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field in Illinois one year ago.’We get along really well,’ the 44-year-old OC alum revealed on the Let’s Be Honest podcast in January.’We have been able to keep it very copacetic and nice for [Briar]. We weren’t ever married so we figured out our own way, our own path.’Bilson added: ‘I’m really close to his family and it’s been almost 19 years or something, which is a long time [ago]. It feels like [water under the bridge]…’She is so loved by both of us and that’s all you really need to make sure what happens.’The Golden Globe nominee and the Broad Ideas podcaster ended their decade-long on/off romance in 2017 amid rumors she discovered incriminating text messages between him and his Little Italy leading lady Emma Roberts.Christensen and Bilson originally met playing love interests in Doug Liman’s caper Jumper and they went on to co-star in the 2009 rom-com anthology New York, I Love You as well as Sarik Andreasyan’s 2014 drama American Heist.The 6-foot action star will next reprise his breakout role as Force Ghost Anakin Skywalker in the eight-episode second season of Dave Filoni’s Mandalorian spin-off Star Wars: Ahsoka, which premieres January 20, 2027 on Disney+. ‘I have a young daughter, and I love watching shows with her,’ Christensen told MTV UK. ‘Her favorite ones right now are [Disney Channel sitcom] Liv and Maddie and [Nickelodeon sitcom] Henry Danger, so I enjoy getting to watch those with her’ The Cannes Chopard Trophy winner’s only child made her first televised appearance by his side singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch of the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field in Illinois one year ago ‘We get along really well,’ the 44-year-old OC alum revealed on the Let’s Be Honest podcast in January. ‘We have been able to keep it very copacetic and nice for [Briar]. We weren’t ever married so we figured out our own way, our own path’ Bilson added: ‘I’m really close to his family and it’s been almost 19 years or something, which is a long time [ago]. It feels like [water under the bridge]…She is so loved by both of us and that’s all you really need to make sure what happens’ (pictured in 2024) Christensen and the Broad Ideas podcaster (L, pictured in 2013) ended their decade-long on/off romance in 2017 amid rumors she discovered incriminating text messages between him and his Little Italy leading lady Emma Roberts[embedded content] The Golden Globe nominee will next reprise his breakout role as Force Ghost Anakin Skywalker in the eight-episode second season of Dave Filoni’s Mandalorian spin-off Star Wars: Ahsoka, which premieres January 20, 2027 on Disney+ ‘As always, it’s such an honor to play Anakin Skywalker,’ Christensen said onstage during the Disney Entertainment Showcase. ‘Anakin continues to advise Ahsoka, he challenges her and pushes her to answer the most important question in her life, “Are you or are you not a Jedi?”‘Join the discussionShould celebrity parents share personal details about their children or keep family life private?What’s your view?’As always, it’s such an honor to play Anakin Skywalker,’ Christensen said onstage during the Disney Entertainment Showcase.’Anakin continues to advise Ahsoka, he challenges her and pushes her to answer the most important question in her life, “Are you or are you not a Jedi?”‘The Actor Award nominee hasn’t had an acting role that wasn’t Skywalker since portraying war veteran Kurt in Rodrigo H Vila’s 2019 VOD sci-fi flick The Last Man, which received dismal reviews.The Daily Mail has reached out to Christensen’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Hayden Christensen makes rare comments about his daughter Briar Rose, 11, with ex Rachel Bilson
Hayden Christensen shared a rare comment about his only child while attending the D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in California.The Star Wars star, 45, shares daughter Briar Rose, 11, with his ex Rachel Bilson.At Friday’s event in Anaheim, he was asked about his favorite TV shows.’I have a young daughter, and I love watching shows with her,’ Christensen told MTV UK.’Her favorite ones right now are Liv and Maddie and Henry Danger, so I enjoy getting to watch those with her.’But when I’m on my own, I recently got into a show called The Agency with Michael Fassbender. It’s really good,’ he added. Hayden Christensen made rare comments about his 11-year-old daughter Briar Rose Christensen (pictured in 2025), whom he shares with ex-fiancée Rachel Bilson The Canadian 45-year-old was attending D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California last Friday when he was asked about his favorite TV showsChristensen’s only child made her first televised appearance by his side singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch of the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field in Illinois one year ago.’We get along really well,’ the 44-year-old OC alum revealed on the Let’s Be Honest podcast in January.’We have been able to keep it very copacetic and nice for [Briar]. We weren’t ever married so we figured out our own way, our own path.’Bilson added: ‘I’m really close to his family and it’s been almost 19 years or something, which is a long time [ago]. It feels like [water under the bridge]…’She is so loved by both of us and that’s all you really need to make sure what happens.’The Golden Globe nominee and the Broad Ideas podcaster ended their decade-long on/off romance in 2017 amid rumors she discovered incriminating text messages between him and his Little Italy leading lady Emma Roberts.Christensen and Bilson originally met playing love interests in Doug Liman’s caper Jumper and they went on to co-star in the 2009 rom-com anthology New York, I Love You as well as Sarik Andreasyan’s 2014 drama American Heist.The 6-foot action star will next reprise his breakout role as Force Ghost Anakin Skywalker in the eight-episode second season of Dave Filoni’s Mandalorian spin-off Star Wars: Ahsoka, which premieres January 20, 2027 on Disney+. ‘I have a young daughter, and I love watching shows with her,’ Christensen told MTV UK. ‘Her favorite ones right now are [Disney Channel sitcom] Liv and Maddie and [Nickelodeon sitcom] Henry Danger, so I enjoy getting to watch those with her’ The Cannes Chopard Trophy winner’s only child made her first televised appearance by his side singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch of the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field in Illinois one year ago ‘We get along really well,’ the 44-year-old OC alum revealed on the Let’s Be Honest podcast in January. ‘We have been able to keep it very copacetic and nice for [Briar]. We weren’t ever married so we figured out our own way, our own path’ Bilson added: ‘I’m really close to his family and it’s been almost 19 years or something, which is a long time [ago]. It feels like [water under the bridge]…She is so loved by both of us and that’s all you really need to make sure what happens’ (pictured in 2024) Christensen and the Broad Ideas podcaster (L, pictured in 2013) ended their decade-long on/off romance in 2017 amid rumors she discovered incriminating text messages between him and his Little Italy leading lady Emma Roberts[embedded content] The Golden Globe nominee will next reprise his breakout role as Force Ghost Anakin Skywalker in the eight-episode second season of Dave Filoni’s Mandalorian spin-off Star Wars: Ahsoka, which premieres January 20, 2027 on Disney+ ‘As always, it’s such an honor to play Anakin Skywalker,’ Christensen said onstage during the Disney Entertainment Showcase. ‘Anakin continues to advise Ahsoka, he challenges her and pushes her to answer the most important question in her life, “Are you or are you not a Jedi?”‘Join the discussionShould celebrity parents share personal details about their children or keep family life private?What’s your view?’As always, it’s such an honor to play Anakin Skywalker,’ Christensen said onstage during the Disney Entertainment Showcase.’Anakin continues to advise Ahsoka, he challenges her and pushes her to answer the most important question in her life, “Are you or are you not a Jedi?”‘The Actor Award nominee hasn’t had an acting role that wasn’t Skywalker since portraying war veteran Kurt in Rodrigo H Vila’s 2019 VOD sci-fi flick The Last Man, which received dismal reviews.The Daily Mail has reached out to Christensen’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.