Young SheldonStar Montana Jordan on His Wedding Plans — and Why He Won’t Copy George Cooper (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Montana Jordan as Georgie Cooper on ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’.Photo:Robert Voets/CBS via Getty; Nicola Gell/FilmMagic

Robert Voets/CBS via Getty; Nicola Gell/FilmMagic

Montana Jordan is ready to ring the wedding bells.

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Warner Bros Television Press Day on Thursday, Jan. 30, the actor, 21, revealed that he won’t be taking on any marriage lessons from hisYoung SheldonandGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriagecharacter George Cooper.

Cooper announced hisengagementto fiancéeJenna Weeksearlier this month.

“None, because he’s always in trouble,” Jordan tells PEOPLE. “He’s always in trouble with the wife and I don’t like to be in trouble.”

The star, who played the role of George Cooper onYoung Sheldonfrom 2017 to 2024 before reprising the role in the spinoff series with actress Emily Osment (Mandy), also opened up about his wedding plans.

“That’s not my department. That’s her department,” he jokes to PEOPLE. “She’s doing great at it and yeah, she’s been doing some planning, so it’ll happen.”

“I mean I’m pretty easygoing, so whatever she wants," Jordan adds. “I want her to be happy and that’s just what it is. I want her to be happy, so anything she wants.”

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Jenna Weeks and Montana Jordan attend the 2024 CMT Music Awards at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 7, 2024.Christopher Polk/Billboard/Getty Images

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“I mean it’s crazy how it’s working out,” he says. “It’s crazy how life works. It helps you realize what is going through.”

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“If I had never had a kid, I would never know what Georgie is going through,” he continues. “So that does help me play that on the screen and just bring authenticity to the screen and it’s really nice.”

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriagefollows the life of young husband and wife, George and Mandy, as they take on the role of being young parents.

The series, which is set in 1994, first aired on October 17, 2024, on CBS.

source: people.com