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KJ Apa’s summer 2026 plans include traveling to his home country of New Zealand with his young son
The Riverdale alum shares 4-year-old Sasha with ex-girlfriend Clara Berry
“It’s pretty simple,” Apa tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview about his go-to summer activities
KJ Apa is ready for some rest and relaxation with loved ones.
The actor, 29, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that his summer 2026 plans are low-key and involve traveling with his young child.
“I’m excited about going back to New Zealand to see my family, and I’m going to take my son with me,” Apa says.
He and his ex-girlfriend, Clara Berry, welcomed their now 4-year-old, Sasha Vai Keneti, in September 2021.
“It’s pretty simple,” the Jimmy star further explains of his go-to summer activities. “That’s what I’m looking forward to.”
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KJ Apa and son Sasha.
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Last year, while appearing on Andy Cohen‘s SiriusXM radio show, Apa opened up about becoming a father and how it helped him get sober.
“A lot of things that I realized I had to button up, I buttoned up, and I realized that there’s no other way for me to do it,” he said at the time.
Describing his young son as “being a gift that saved my life,” Apa continued, “I go, ‘I love you so much more than me.’ I have to sacrifice all these things for you. And that’s what a good parent does.”
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Previously, Apa, who lends his voice to the recently released Audible Original The Summer Oath, told PEOPLE that he had a bit of an identity crisis when Riverdale wrapped up in 2023. (His former costar, Charles Melton, is Sasha’s godfather.)
“When I finished that show, [I] went through a year of really having to re-gather who I was, like, re-remember who I was,” said the actor, who played Archie Andrews for all seven seasons on the CW series. “And I definitely had this crisis of identity with a whole lot of other things that I was going through.”
“[I was] being a dad, my son being one year old at the time, going through a breakup with his mom and navigating all of that while trying to pick up the pieces of who I was,” he added. “But I look back, and I’m so grateful for it because I asked for this life. I asked to be here, and this is what it all comes with. And I’m grateful for it. I’m glad I went through it.”
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