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Topher Grace is revealing how he got his nickname!

In a new interview with Anthony Anderson for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the pair discussed when Topher stopped going by his full name, Christopher, and started using a shortened version of his name.

“I was Chris when I was a kid… People would call me Chris and I wanted to go by Christopher,” he explained. “My mom’s name is Patricia and people only called her Pat so she always said ‘You should go by your full name.’”

“So I’d say ‘Hi, my name’s Christopher‘ and they’d say ‘Nice to meet you Chris,’” he said, taking a pause. “And I’d say ‘-Topher.’”

He continued, “And then when I went to boarding school I said it as a joke that I might use it as my name and the hottest girl at school said, ‘That’s cute!’”

“So that was it, it wasn’t like a Hollywood thing or anything,” he added.

Topher recently revealed that he once made a moviegoer cry – find out why!

Topher Grace is looking back at his 2010 movie Predators!

In a new interview with PeopleTV, the 42-year-old actor recalled the time that he made a moviegoer cry while at a local screening of his sci-fi movie.

In Predators, Topher plays a serial killer, and in one scene, he gets his foot stuck in a trap and starts to cry.

While watching the movie, one moviegoer who was sitting behind Topher wasn’t exactly thrilled with his performance.

“My character starts crying because his foot’s in a trap and you kind of have to feel for him and then it’s revealed that he’s a psycho,” Topher shared in his interview. “And so, I start crying. It was a hard day at work for me to like, get there, and also you’re playing two different characters, kind of.”

“So, I’m watching this film in the movie theater and this guy goes, ‘This guy’s crying like a little bitch!’” Topher recalled. “I turn around and I go, ‘What’s up now?’ And this guy’s mind exploded. He was like, ‘Oh my God! You’re here and you’re on the [screen].”

He added, “I think it was the most scared I’d ever seen someone in a movie theater because he, like, realized I was [the movie] serial killer and then I turned around in front of him…He started crying, it was great.”

Earlier this week, Topher shared some very exciting personal news!

Topher Grace is a new dad!

The 42-year-old actor revealed that he and his wife, Ashley Hinshaw, welcomed their second child together during quarantine.

“We had a kid during quarantine,” he told People while promoting his new series, Home Economics. “Then it was a lot of changing diapers.”

Topher and Ashley are also parents to Mabel Jane, 3.

He also opened up about the show and working with his 9-month old co-stars.

“Every day, I’m leaving my baby to come to work and work with two babies,” Topher shared. “In the script, it read very funny, and I’ve seen it now — it is very funny on-screen. But when I’m doing the scenes and my two scene partners are 9 months old, it’s challenging.”

Topher and Ashley are just one of many celeb couples who have welcomed children during the pandemic.

Check out the full list of who else is also due this year!

Home Economics premieres Wednesday, April 7 on ABC.

The Jimmy Kimmel vs. Matt Damon feud continues!

Topher Grace stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday (April 5) to discuss his new ABC show Home Economics and shared a story about seeing Jimmy at Matt Damon‘s house during a baby shower.

“Like I said, he’s your enemy, but you happened to be at a baby shower that we went to,” Topher said.

“I was told it was a going away party,” Jimmy joked.

“We had a mutual friend who was having their baby shower at Matt‘s house and I was sitting next to you and you told me this joke and I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever heard,” Topher explained.

He continued, “Matt gave a speech where he said ‘We’re so glad you were born’ to this baby. We were sitting there listening to this, ‘It’s really a wonderful day you were born.’ And you just learned over to me and you said, ‘He’s got to work Bourne into everything.’”

Jimmy laughed and added, “He’s very needy and he’s very desperate and I think he’s working as an extra on Marvel movies now.”

Matt and Jimmy also referenced their infamous “feud” in an episode of Jimmy‘s show this past summer. Check out the clip!

That ’70s Show actress Tanya Roberts‘ rep confirmed over the weekend that she died, but then retracted the statement on Monday when he learned she was actually still alive.

Now, Ashton Kutcher, who starred on the Fox sitcom, is speaking out on Twitter to tell his co-stars that Tanya is alive.

Topher Grace tweeted early this morning, “I was so sad to hear that Tanya Roberts has passed away. She was a Bond girl, one of Charlie’s Angels, and truly a delightful person to work with. I had never acted before and, to be honest, a little nervous around her. But she couldn’t have been kinder. We’ll miss you Midge.”

Ashton replied to Topher and said, “yo bro she’s not dead.”

Debra Jo Rupp tweeted, “Tanya had a big deep hearty laugh. She was all instinct and beauty. In the first season of 70’s we had a scene in the kitchen, drinking cocktails and laughing together. She laughed, spit her drink in my face, apologized profusely and did it 3 more times.I loved her. RIP beauty.”

Ashton replied to Debra and said, “dj she’s still alive.”

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Topher Grace has set his return to television in ABC’s Home Economics.

The 42-year-old actor will star alongside Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza and Sasheer Zamata in the single camera sitcom, which has been given a series order by the network.

Home Economics will center on three siblings — one a member of the 1 percent, one middle class and one struggling to make ends meet.

Topher will play the middle sibling and middle class role, and serve as an executive producer on the show.

Caitlin will play the eldest of the three siblings, a therapist for at-risk children who’s married to a teacher and whose financial status is often precarious. Jimmy plays the youngest and wealthiest sibling.

“I never thought about doing another show until I read Michael Colton and John Aboud’s amazing script,” Topher shared in a statement, via THR. “Both the characters they created and the amazing ensemble they brought together to play them are a family I just had to be a part of.”

The series marks Topher‘s return to television since leaving That ’70s Show in 2005.

That ’70s Show just recently left Netflix, but we have a list of where you can watch it now.

Happy news for Topher Grace and Ashley Hinshaw!

The married couple has welcomed their second child into the world, according to Us Weekly. Details on the baby’s sex, name, and birth date are not yet known.

Just a couple days ago, the couple was spotted walking around their neighborhood and pushing the newborn baby in a stroller.

Topher, 42, and Ashley, 31, revealed that they were expecting again back in January while attending the 2020 Art of Elysium Heaven Gala. At the time, she said that she was “nervous” and “excited” to have two kids.

The longtime couple started dating in 2014 and they got married in 2016. They welcomed their two-year-old daughter Mabel into the world back in 2017.

Topher got some pretty cool news back in February and it seems the project is moving forward despite the pandemic.

Congratulations to the happy couple on this exciting news!