In July 2024, Megan Park welcomed a son with “One Tree Hill” solid member Tyler Hilton, an occasion that helped the Hallmark star address a private tragedy. When “The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager” alum was two weeks from her due date, her beloved father died unexpectedly. The dichotomy of the occasions left Park grappling with attempting to reconcile the ache of dying with the exhilaration of giving life. In the end, the delivery of her son helped her navigate her grief.

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“Dropping my dad at 38 weeks pregnant was…. horrific. However I feel the universe knew candy Benny can be a light-weight to assist us by,” she captioned a July 2024 Instagram put up. Regardless of her painful loss, Park additionally revealed that she and Hilton had been over the moon with the brand new addition to the household. “We’re head over heels in love. He’s probably the most unbelievable present,” she added. Park and Hilton additionally share a daughter, Winnie, whose delivery they introduced in February 2020.

Their eldest took her new position effectively, with Park and Hilton sharing the identical photograph of Winnie holding her brother’s tiny hand in hers. “Winnie and I had been dying to satisfy him… and he did not disappoint,” Hilton famous in his Instagram put up. Park and Hilton saved each pregnancies below wraps. In actual fact, Park not often shares perception into her private life, dedicating her social media pages principally to work-related content material. This uncommon private replace means that giving delivery whereas grieving her father’s dying hit her actually exhausting.

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A month earlier than saying the delivery of her son, Megan Park shared the information of her father’s dying together with her followers. “My dad handed away on saturday. after a really transient and sudden sickness,” she captioned the June 10, 2024, Instagram put up. The accompanying image featured Richard Park standing within the again as Megan and Winnie interacted with Santa (seen above). “I selected this photograph as a result of it sums him up so effectively. joyful to face within the again, holding somebody’s coat with a smile, completely adoring his granddaughter,” she defined.

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Richard had been shut with Winnie, proof of which Megan noticed whereas going by his belongings. “When i went to his home in the present day, i discovered a drawer the place he had saved each stick, each dried flower, each stone and each blade of grass winnie had ever given him. it stated all of it. maintain your family members tight,” she wrote. Richard, a dentist and college professor, died from COVID-19-associated encephalopathy, in accordance with his obituary in The London Free Press. 

Making the scenario much more sophisticated, Park gave delivery throughout a busy time in her profession. “@megan_park was an absolute hero carrying him whereas she did put up manufacturing on her new film @myoldassfilm plus press and journey to Sundance Movie Fest for the premiere!” Hilton gushed in his Instagram put up about Benny’s delivery. “My Outdated A**” is the second movie Park has directed. The primary was HBO’s “The Fallout,” a movie that gave “Dance Mothers” star Maddie Ziegler her breakout position and earned Jenna Ortega extensive acclaim. 

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