41JUST THE FACTS
Birthday: May 17
Hometown: Woodland Hills,
CA (“I’m a Valley boy”).
Girl Power: McLaughlin is
the proud pop of 8-year-old
daughter Nico. “I wanted a girl,”
he beams. “Boys are cool, but
we’re kind of stupid. She’s won-
derful.” His fave daddy/daughter
activities? “We do a lot of hiking,
we do a lot of mani/pedis, we do a
lot of movie nights.”
Boys’ Club: The actor was intro-
duced to his best friend, Shaun
Benson (GH’s former Steven
Lars Webber), by an ex-girl-
friend, actress Danielle Harris.
“The first night we met, that
was it. My girlfriend always
jokes, ‘How’s your boy-
friend?’ because Shaun and
I talk every day.” He is also
close with Erik Valdez (GH’s
ex-Trey Mitchell). “We’re
both car fanatics. Between
the two of us, we’ve prob-
ably had over 100 cars.”
Cowboy Boot: Because
of his commitment to GH,
he’s taking a break from
his band, The Cowboy
Killers. “I had to make a
choice and the choice
was this.”
Dream Team: “I’m
dying to work with Jon
Lindstrom [Kevin/Ryan]
and Maurice Benard
[Sonny]. I see them and
I’m like, ‘Oh, man! I
wanna chew the scen-
ery with these two.’
They’re great.”S
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(Shiloh
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