Tony Goldwyn Recollects Moments from Daughter Anna’s Marriage ceremony

Tony Goldwyn opted for a non-traditional dance at his daughter Anna’s wedding ceremony — and it was a success!

Whereas selling his movie Ezra on Reside with Kelly and Mark on Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 64-year-old actor mirrored on his eldest daughter’s Aug. 17 nuptials, together with the speech he barely made it by means of with out crying and the duo’s vigorous father-daughter dance.

After co-host Kelly Ripa requested whether or not the pair did any choreographing forward of the particular second, the father of two revealed that they didn’t, as an alternative calling on their many years of historical past — Anna is 34 — as dance companions.

“Right here’s the factor: Anna stated to me, ‘Dad, let’s not do a standard, sluggish [dance]… let’s do one thing actually enjoyable,’ ” he defined. “And ever since she was little, I had taught her the best way to swing dance, just like the jitterbug, you understand?”

“So it’s simply one thing we at all times did when she was a bit of lady that was enjoyable and he or she’ll know all of the strikes and every little thing,” Goldwyn continued. “And so she needed to do this.”

For the soundtrack, the father-daughter duo chosen John Lennon’s “Rip It Up / Prepared Teddy,” a spin on a tune initially popularized by Elvis Presley — and the proper observe for his or her improvised jig.

“It actually bought all people on the dance ground for your entire time,” Goldwyn stated of the song-dance combo. “So the marriage was a hit.”

The Legislation & Order star (who shares Anna and daughter Tess, 29, with spouse Jane Musky) additionally revealed that he was surprisingly — a minimum of to his household — capable of make it by means of his speech on the nuptials with out shedding a single tear.

When co-host Mark Consuelos requested Goldwyn how he thinks he did on the wedding ceremony as a dad, the Scandal alum admitted, “I truthfully did nice.”

“For years, since my children have been little … I’m kind of the crier within the household, in order that they stated, ‘Dad, you’re by no means going to make it. You’re by no means going to make it by means of your wedding ceremony speech, you’re going to be a large number, we’re going to be humiliated,’” he recalled. “And I bought by means of my speech!”

“It was bizarre!” he added of the emotional feat. “I did, I stated what I wanted to say. It was stunning, yeah. It was actually an incredible expertise.”

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Information of Goldwyn making it by means of his wedding ceremony speech with out tears comes after the actor beforehand informed PEOPLE he would possible be “a large number” at Anna’s August ceremony — and have a tricky time strolling her down the aisle with out changing into weepy.

“That is what I am most nervous about, is having the ability to get by means of it,” he stated in Might. “As a result of I simply get very emotional concerning my youngsters.”