Daniel Stern has been removed from the ABC pilot do you want kids in the midst of his prostitution solicitation scandal.
According to Deadline report published on Thursday, January 15, Stern, 68, will no longer be part of the comedy that will star Rachel Bloom i Rory Scovel. Stern’s role will reportedly be recast, according to the outlet.
Stern was announced as a series regular on the single-camera comedy in December 2025. The show will follow couple Rosie (Bloom) Alex Zilbalodis (Scovel) who have a baby in one universe and are childless in another. The plot focuses on how the fundamental decision of whether or not to form a family affects his life. In the show, which was co-written by Bloom and her real-life television writer husband And Gregor, Stern was to portray Patriarch Zilbalodis.
Us Weekly ABC has been contacted for comment.
Stern’s reported departure comes several days later the alone at home the star was loaded with a misdemeanor of solicitation of prostitution.
Stern was formally charged with “engaging and agreeing to engage in prostitution” in Ventura County, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 12, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly. His appearance was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 13, but will now take place on February 6, according to reports. TMZ. The actor faces up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 if convicted.
The actor was in a hotel in Camarillo, California, on December 10, 2025, when law enforcement issued her a summons for soliciting prostitution, according to police documents obtained by TMZ on January 9 According to the report, Stern was not detained or arrested in connection with the incident.
Daniel Stern.
(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SBIFF)“From what I understand, he was cited on the spot and released,” attorney and spokesman Joey Buttitta he said people at that time.
Us Weekly Stern’s representatives were previously contacted for comment.
Stern is known for his turn as a “wet thug” alongside Marv Joe Pesci i Macaulay Culkin in the 1990s alone at home and its subsequent sequel, 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Home Alone launched Macaulay Culkin’s career, and three decades later, fans are still citing the iconic 1990s Christmas movie. “Christmas is my time of year,” Culkin exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2019. “I get recognized 10 times more between November and January. I have no idea why.” The (…)
talking with The Hollywood Reporter in November 2015, Stern talked about how appearing in the iconic films affected his life in a good way.
“What a way for me to go through my life when people lose themselves to me like this,” she told the network at the time. “It changed my life; it opened the doors to people who connected with me, who wanted to tell me about the experience they lived in their childhood and pass it on to their children, how they celebrate Christmas, how it made them laugh.”
In 1980, Stern married his wife, Laura Mattos, and the couple recently renewed their vows in a surprise ceremony during a 2019 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Stern and Mattos share three children: daughters she i Sophie and son Henry Stern, who is a California state senator.
The wonderful years alum made headlines in October 2025 when he was hospitalized for an undisclosed medical emergency. TMZ reported that after being evaluated by firefighters at his California home and then transported to a nearby hospital, Stern was eventually released and a rep confirmed that the actor was in good health.