Freddie Prinze Jr.'s son Rocky debuts a buzzcut at the racetrack, and fans say he's his dad's twin

A new haircut has fans seeing double. Rocky Prinze, the 14-year-old son of Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar, showed off a close-cropped buzzcut in family photos from a go-kart race weekend, and many commenters said he now looks just like his father did in the early 2000s.

The photos come from Gellar’s own Instagram post, shared Oct. 26 with the caption “Race weekend with my boys,” according to USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and E! News. There is no bigger news behind the moment: it is a family outing, a teenager’s haircut and a wave of friendly comments about a family resemblance.

What is Rocky Prinze’s new look?

Rocky traded the longer brown hair he had in recent photos for a short buzzcut. USA Today noted that in a birthday photo Gellar shared about a month earlier, he still had longer locks.

Prinze Jr. had already shown off the change. In a post nearly a week before Gellar’s, he wrote, “New day! New haircut! @rockyprinze #f1 #gokart,” as quoted by Entertainment Weekly and USA Today.

USA Today pointed out that the shorter style echoes the way Prinze Jr. sometimes wore his hair in the early 2000s, including while promoting Summer Catch in 2001 and when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 2004.

Why are fans calling him his dad’s twin?

Gellar’s carousel included a photo of her with Rocky in his racing gear and a selfie with her husband from the sidelines, according to E! News. Commenters quickly zeroed in on the resemblance. Entertainment Weekly quoted fans writing “Sarah’s genes didn’t even try,” “y’all shrank freddie” and “He could have been Freddie Prinze Jr Jr.”

The reaction was lighthearted. The couple’s history adds to the fun for longtime fans: E! News noted the two are both Scooby-Doo alums, and Gellar starred alongside Prinze Jr. in I Know What You Did Last Summer.

What was the race weekend?

The outing centered on Rocky’s go-kart racing, a hobby both of his parents have publicly supported. According to Entertainment Weekly, Rocky has documented his racing online with practice videos and behind-the-scenes photos. In an August post quoted by the outlet, he wrote that the first race of his season was complete and that he was grateful to have beaten his personal record on the track.

Gellar has spoken warmly about it before. In her birthday post for Rocky, quoted by E! News, she wrote, “I should have known from your speedy delivery, the excitement you would bring.” Entertainment Weekly reported that in the same post she said she felt lucky to watch him chase his dream.

The reports don’t give details about where the race weekend took place or how Rocky finished, and the family hasn’t shared results publicly in the coverage reviewed here.

How old are Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar’s kids?

• Charlotte Prinze is 17, according to E! News.
• Rocky Prinze turned 14 this fall. E! News said his birthday is Sept. 20, and Gellar’s birthday post noted he arrived “three years and one day” after his older sister.

USA Today listed Gellar’s age as 49 and Prinze Jr.’s as 50.

How long have Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar been together?

The pair are among Hollywood’s best-known couples. Gellar is best known as the star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Prinze Jr. for films like She’s All That, and they worked together on I Know What You Did Last Summer and the Scooby-Doo movies, as E! News noted. That shared history is a big part of why fans react so strongly whenever the family shares a rare photo.

Hello! magazine described the photos as rare, which may help explain why a simple race-day carousel drew this much attention. E! News referred to her as the Ready or Not 2 star.

A note on coverage

Rocky is a minor, and this story is entirely about photos his parents chose to share. Everything here comes from those posts as described by entertainment outlets. There’s no news about his health, schooling or private life, and none is implied.

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