Percy Jackson Star Walker Scobell's Dad Pete Goes Viral After GMA Camera Pan: Fans Say He Looks Like Poseidon
This week, 17-year-old American actor Walker Scobell appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to promote season three of his Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. During the interview he described his character Percy as a regular dude, and host Rhiannon Ally picked up on the line, saying that to his family he is just Walker, before greeting his father in the audience and saying he must be so proud. The camera then panned to his dad, Pete Scobell, standing in the audience, and those few seconds quickly went viral on social media.
According to Just Jared, one viral post on X wrote that nothing prepares you for what appears after the presenter says hi to dad. Many fans said Pete looks like Poseidon, Percy's father and god of the sea in the series, and some fans are petitioning for Pete to make an appearance on the show. Pete was not part of the interview, yet he became the most widely shared part of the segment.
According to Just Jared, Pete Scobell is a former member of the United States Navy SEALs who launched a country music career in 2015 and is now an executive at Datavault AI. Walker Scobell was born on January 5, 2009, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and grew up moving between states including California and Colorado because of his father's military career.
Season three of Percy Jackson and the Olympians premieres on November 20 on Disney+ and Hulu with two episodes. Walker came on the show to promote the new season, and his father's brief appearance in the audience unexpectedly stole the spotlight, giving the series an extra wave of buzz before it returns.
Source: Just Jared
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Photo: Walker Scobell本人资料图（2025年摄于San Diego Comic-Con，Gage Skidmore摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经Wikimedia Commons）
