James Van Der Beek broke down in tears while his wife was in labor.
The former Dawson's Creek star's wife, Kimberly Brook, gave birth to baby Olivia in September and James admitted there was one point when his wife's 15-hour labor proved to be too traumatic for him.
The 33-year-old actor said: "It's not easy to watch the person you love go through that. At one point... I had to excuse myself and secretly take 20 seconds in the bathroom to break down, wipe my eyes, beat my chest and man up for her. There's a reason they don't let men give birth."
Kimberly—who started dating James in July 2009, one month after he separated from first wife Heather McComb—admitted the labor was so difficult, there came a stage when she thought she was going to faint.
She told Britain's OK! magazine: "Once we got to the hospital, it took 15 hours before [the baby] arrived. It was the four-and-a-half hours of pushing that was the hard part. I got to the point where I thought I might literally pass out while my body was uncontrollably pushing."