Greg Rikaart is a brand new dad

Greg Rikaart is a brand new dad

Congratulations go out to Greg Rikaart and his husband, Rob, on the birth of their first child.

Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher) is a brand new dad. The Emmy-winning actor revealed on Instagram that he and husband Robert Sudduth are the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy.

"We fight hate, fear, bigotry, homophobia and injustice in the world with love, intellect, and enlightenment," Rikaart wrote on Instagram. "In the truest and most pure definitions of the latter words, it is with full hearts that Rob and I take great pride in introducing our son, Montgomery Argo Rikaart-Sudduth."

Montgomery was born June 12, 2016, in Roseville, California.

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"He is light and love and magic," Rikaart added. "Monte, Rob, myself and Marcela, our trooper of a surrogate, are all doing fantastic."

Rikaart and Sudduth were married in May 2015.

Rikaart's costars were quick to share in the celebration.

"I'm so incredibly happy for this new family, the love they give is tremendous & so shall the love they receive," costar Camryn Grimes (Mariah Copeland) said on Twitter.

"CONGRATS!!! So incredibly happy for you," added Hunter King (Summer Newman).

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