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Dylan Sprayberry is a new dad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The Teen Wolf <\/em>star welcomed his first child with wife Pruette Karl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Sprayberry posted a close-up snap of his newborn to announce the exciting news<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Dylan Sprayberry<\/a> is a new dad.<\/p>\n The Teen Wolf<\/em> alum welcomed his first child with his wife, Pruette Karl, sharing the news on Instagram<\/a> Wednesday, July 22. Sprayberry, who starred as Liam Dunbar in the popular supernatural series, posted a close-up snap of his newborn\u2019s fist holding onto a shirt.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018As written.\u2019 #longlivesprayberry<\/a>\u201d he captioned the post.<\/p>\n The new dad first revealed that he and his wife were expecting a baby together on Instagram<\/a> back in April. After sharing several snaps of himself enjoying an outdoor walk, Sprayberry posted a snap of his wife holding a flower with her growing baby bump on full display.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat would you guys say if I told you I am going to be releasing new music VERY soon?? And what would you say if I told I\u2019M GOING TO BE A DAD!?!?\u201d he captioned the post.<\/p>\n The news comes one week after the Baby Blue<\/em> star announced that he converted to Scientology three years ago during his sobriety journey.<\/p>\n \u201cLately I\u2019ve been posting some really cool informational videos from the Scientology Instagram accounts and some of the Scientology affiliated accounts on my Instagram Story and there have been some people who have been curious and they\u2019ve been asking me like what\u2019s that all about,\u201d he said in a video shared to Instagram<\/a> on July 12. \u201cAnd so I thought I\u2019d come on here and fill you guys in. I am a Scientologist. I\u2019ve been a Scientologist for three years now.\u201d<\/p>\n Dylan Sprayberry\u2019s wife, Pruette Karl, as seen in April 2026Credit: Dylan Sprayberry\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cThe original reason I got into Scientology was because I\u2019ve been sober now for five years, off of drugs, clean and sober, which has been amazing,\u201d Sprayberry added.<\/p>\n While he noted that he\u2019s been sober for five years now, the 28-year-old shared that early in his journey he started to think back on his life decisions and fully understand why he started using drugs.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was a teenager, I was experiencing tons of anxiety and depression, and it was becoming more and more crippling with time, and so that\u2019s kind of why I started I guess what you would call self-medicating,\u201d he explained. \u201cI realize now that I was trying to handle that anxiety and that depression with these drugs, and now that I\u2019m sober, I can tell that it\u2019s still there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just suppressed and that was something I really had \u2014 it was tough \u2014 but I had to confront,\u201d he continued. \u201cI realized that, like, I was using those drugs to try to handle that stuff, but all it did was make the anxiety and depression worse because I had ignored it and numbed myself to it for, like, 10 years, and so I really put myself into a difficult game there, and anyways, I was looking for solutions, and I was lucky enough to meet some amazing Scientologists.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n