Dakota Johnson’s Boyfriend Role Model Says His Dream Is to Be a Single Dad to a Daughter

Role Model already has a name ready for the daughter he dreams of raising by himself. It’s Winnie.

The 29-year-old singer, born Tucker Pillsbury, shared the wish on the Thursday, July 16 episode of Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast.

“My dream has always been to be a single father, and to have a daughter, and to raise a daughter by myself would be really fun,” he said, adding, “Her name’s Winnie.”

He said he’s open to a surrogate to make it happen. “I want a daughter that’s ideally mine, and then I thank whoever had it for me.”

Role Model acknowledged the plan might be “destructive for the kid,” but explained the pull for him. “I just want to raise a child by myself because then you can kind of just, like, mold them into your best friend.”

He’s been linked to actress Dakota Johnson since the end of 2025, and was in a public relationship with Emma Chamberlain from 2020 to 2023. In a June Rolling Stone interview, he described his upcoming album Chuck Timely & The Hourglass as the product of a two-year stretch of being single, dating, then not dating.

“I’ve spent most of my life single,” he told the magazine. “The part I like is being on your own time and really only having to worry about yourself selfishly. It’s a nice thing, but also, that can only go so far.”

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