Overview

• Howard made the confession on July 2 during an episode of her QVC+ talk show Busy This Week hosted by Busy Philipps.
• Philipps noted that Happy Days also starred Henry Winkler, who is Howard’s godfather, and reacted with surprise to the revelation.
• Despite skipping her father’s landmark series, Howard said she enjoys watching The Andy Griffith Show, another sitcom featuring Ron Howard.
• Howard pointed out that her son Theodore, 18, is now older than her father was when he began on Happy Days in 1974.
• She credits her parents’ decision to bar her from child acting for shaping her unique perspective on her family’s early television work.