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Vin Diesel Says Paul Walker Was the “Guide Into Fatherhood” for Him: “It’s Kind of Beautiful”

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker
Vin Diesel opened up about Paul Walker guiding him into fatherhood during an extended pre-taped interview with the Today show on Friday, Mar. 27 — watch the video

His friend, costar, and confidant. In part two of his pre-taped interview with the Today show, Vin Diesel opened up once more about his friend Paul Walker. The late actor, who was killed in a tragic car crash in November 2013, became somewhat of a role model to Diesel in more ways than one.

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"[Walker] went into fatherhood a lot earlier than I did. He took on that role of kind of being the guide into fatherhood for me. It's kind of beautiful," Diesel told Today co-host Natalie Morales in a new clip on Friday, Mar. 27.

"The one thing Paul always wanted me to do was be present at my child's birth," he added. "He was so adamant about it."

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Walker welcomed daughter Meadow, now 16, with ex Rebecca Soteros when he was 25. While filming Fast 5 in 2010, the late star stopped production when he heard that Diesel's girlfriend Paloma Jimenez had gone into labor with the couple's son Vincent Sinclair.

"We were in Puerto Rico doing the [last] scene. Paul Walker and I came out of the car and [we found out] her water broke in New York. My son was being born," Diesel recalled to Morales. "He was like, 'We can film later. You have to go now.' And he was right and I did."

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Walker clearly had a huge impact on Diesel's life. Earlier this week, Diesel revealed to the Today show that he and Jimenez named their third child Pauline in honor of the actor. The couple, also parents to 6-year-old daughter Hania, welcomed Pauline this month.

"There's no other person that I was thinking about as I was cutting this umbilical cord," he said. "I just thought… I knew he was there and it felt like, you know, a way to keep his memory a part of my family and a part of my world."

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