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I really want you to cut this out, but I'm going to tell you.
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My son, he saw me that was peeing, and just the way he said it, he goes, Dad, can I touch your big penis?
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No one brutally humbles a celebrity like their own kids.
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What do you think about the work your mom does?
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What does she do?
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Kids don't care whether you're a billionaire or a global icon.
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They'll unintentionally roast you to your face with no mercy or filter.
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Meanwhile, Gordon Ramsay, the man who's made professional chefs cry on national television, was left completely defenseless when his own daughter embarrassed him on his own show.
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Welcome Matilda.
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Hello.
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What's it like having Gordon Ramsey as your father?
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Does he ever embarrass you?
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Yeah, because he runs around naked.
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And just when Gordon thought it couldn't get worse, his mini -me struck again with no mercy.
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My daughter's kind of envious of my boys at the moment.
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She came to me the other day, and she's like, you know, Papa, I want one of those things that Sasha and Tristan have.
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I'm like, what do you mean?
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She's like, you know, the things in between their legs that you have.
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I was like, oh.
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Oh, um, well, you see, you know, like, girls have breasts.
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I don't want breasts.
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I was like, okay, um, she goes, I really want one.
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I'm like, a penis?
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And she's like, I want a penis.
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I'm like.
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But perhaps nobody accurately described the brutal reality of having a teenage daughter better than Tina Fey.
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Having a teenage daughter is like having an office crush, because you just like always like, you're thinking about them a lot more than they're thinking about you.
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and you just like go up to their door
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and you're like a bunch of us are gonna eat dinner you're probably busy
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like some of us thought it would be cool to like put a movie nevermind
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and they just look you're like they're like looking at their
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phone like yeah can you just move on no I don't
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need more makeup I think I'm good I really have a
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feeling i'm good what i don't need blender i remember my
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son having a friend come over he was about 13
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and the guy was peppering him with wolverine questions over
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and there was my son nothing and i'm in the room next door
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and finally i hear this listen my dad is nothing like
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wolverine he is not tough he's not cool don't ask me
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any more about right jamie fox's nightlife was single -handedly destroyed by his own daughters proving
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that fatherhood and clubbing don't mix I hate going to the club in LA
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because I was going to 1 -0 and these girls pull up
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and I'm outside the club I'm about to go in the
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girls club oh my god Jamie Foxx I'm like what's up
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we go to school with your daughter are you going in the club no it's a it's a open house
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and I'm going to go see you
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I DJ and stuff like that so I was DJing at this club
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and these girls was by the DJ booth and they was just
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so young like i said what how are these i'm 22 i'm 23
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and oh my god she's ancient she's 27 i'm like wow yeah
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and the girl asked me how old i was
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when i told him how old i was you would have thought
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that i told him i had a terminal disease i said well i'm 49 oh my god
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In another hilarious moment, Dwayne Johnson's daughter flat out refused to believe
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that her own father is the actual maui despite his best efforts to prove it okay it's okay you're welcome
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because the world really wants to know is daddy maui no
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are you kidding are you serious that daddy is daddy maui no okay you want to see it again
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all right for the three thousandth time my five -year -old's
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so reactive the other day he goes like that
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and i was like what he goes you're a shithead mom's a shitbag and i'm an asshole
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and i was like you know what tomorrow you're not gonna
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have any treats you're gonna be able to watch any
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and he goes and then i've never heard this combination of words he goes you nervous
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kids have a sixth sense for the worst possible moment to
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make an entrance the question is how do democracies respond to those scandals
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and what will it mean for uh for the wider region
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i think of your children's just walked in i mean shift it's shifting um i would be surprised if they do
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the um pardon me my apologies what was this going to be for the region my apologies
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i was going on a trip as i was leaving she
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said daddy um i put a note in your backpack but don't don't read it until you're on the plane, okay?
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And I was just like, oh my God, my daughter.
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Like, that's the stuff you dream about when you have children, particularly a daughter for whatever reason.
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I just always wanted that sort of, like, love from her.
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And so I get on the plane and then I'm like, oh my God, this note, go into my backpack and I find it in the front pocket.
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There's this, like, post -it that's been folded in half and open it up and it says, you suck.
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I remember I think
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that was around the time one time like I was dropping him to school
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and he turned around and said to me mom don't forget
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that tomorrow it's like the parents teacher thing yeah
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and I'm like yeah sure I know he's like
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and then he was gonna close the door and he turned around
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and said don't forget to dress like a mom I was
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like I was like I don't even I'm like wait don't Despite being one of the greatest basketball players of all time,
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Kobe Bryant's daughter treated him like a weekend league dad and completely ignored his coaching advice on the court.
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It's like a little break into action.
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I'm like, hey, Mija, Mija, let me tell you, come here.
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Hey, when you get the rebound, you should do this.
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And she's like, but the coach said, I'm like, oh, God.
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John, what am I doing here?
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Shut up, dad.
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What the hell?
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You don't know nothing.
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Get out of here.
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You don't know anything.
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You know, I might not love your necklace or your outfit, but I'm just trying to support you because,
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you know, whatever you like, you know.
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Except she gets a potty mouth from you.
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Tell them what she said to you the other day.
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Am I allowed?
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Yes.
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We'll bleep it, but yes.
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Okay.
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I was in the getting ready to go out on stage, and she came in and she's like, I'm f*ing here.
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And I was like, I'm sorry, I can't, I don't.
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If I'm distracted doing something, and she's already said, mom, mom, mom, like the third time she'll go, Katy Perry.
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And I'm like, no, don't call me that.
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Yet no one was humbled quite like Matt Damon, who got publicly roasted by his own daughter, at his own premiere.
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Ashton Kutcher learned the hard way that kids repeat everything, especially the one word you desperately wish they wouldn't.
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What the fuck?
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We woke up one morning, and we had a new dog peed on the stairwell.
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And I'm, like, getting ready in the morning, and Mila's like, oh, Ricky peed on the stairwell.
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I'm like, Ricky.
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And I'm walking, and my daughter's right behind me, and all of a sudden, I just hear, Ricky.
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And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no. And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, Papa didn't say that.
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Papa said fox.
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Papa said fox.
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And then, so then, and then I was like, maybe I got off.
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And then she turns around
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and there's like a hole in the carpet where the dog would like shoot a hole in the carpet.
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And she just points at it and she goes, F* Ricky.
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Mama.
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What?
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Do you know how to read?
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Yes, I know how to read, girl.
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Que tu quieres?
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But there's no, there's no crabs.
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No, none of that shit.
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Anyways, y 'all.
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Y 'all go get my album, please.
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Oh, don't get your album.
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What you mean don't get my album?
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Girl, then you ain't gonna be able to buy shit.
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We're gonna live in the hood.
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How's your son?
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How's the older one?
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He's good.
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He's five now.
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He started to rip the piss out of me, which is fun.
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Yeah, I was driving to school the other day and he was in.. the back of the car, and I just heard this kind of, oh, isn't that a lovely field?
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Look at that lovely field.
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Aren't we lucky to live here?
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I was like, he's like, aren't we fortunate to live here?
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Oh, look at this.
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I was like, are you doing me?
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And he was like, my name's Daddy.
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I love him.
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This kid, I want to meet this kid.
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So I'm like, OK, I want to meet him.
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Do you want to hang out with him? i want to meet him
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and then you can hang out with him in a safe environment she's like what's a safe environment dad
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and everything is the attitude so all of a sudden this kid comes over
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and he one ups me he brings his mom
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the perfect scenario is to find one boy who she's with forever treat her like a princess
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but i don't know if she can hold him down
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but he did one up me i was like ready i
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had the whole thing i had a couple of my buddies there all of a sudden him
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and his mom come in i'm like hey even paul rudd
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the most likable man in hollywood got floored by the one audience he couldn't impress
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when i told my own son
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that i was going to be in a superhero movie he
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asked me what it was i said i would be playing ant -man
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and he said what he was not
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that impressed what he actually said was well i can't wait
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to see how stupid that'll be i swear to god that's what he said
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so what happens at this prayer teacher conference well the first
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one with my daughter went great great okay it's totally attentive was doing wonderful
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and then we walked across the way to rocco's uh parent teacher conference
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and it it start it started out slow then kind of
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petered out it apparently he has a trouble with knowing
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when it's appropriate to talk in
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and the content is a problem i see he'll raise his hand
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and the teacher knows like she's I can tell by the look on his face
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that he's gonna say something he's like raise his hand is this appropriate Rocco
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when I was born my head was so big
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that I couldn't come out the the natural way
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so I had to come out the other way she was looking to me for help
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but Naomi's my wife's reactions were so good I was just taking photos of my wife the whole time
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Sean Penn, one of the most intense actors alive,
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tried to threaten his daughter's date and failed miserably. for that moment.
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I'd been fairly permissive with her.
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She had a lot to trust.
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You know, going out with friends and so on.
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But this was not her night.
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This was my night.
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And so he came to the door.
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She was ready.
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And I said, Dylan, I will not let you go out with him if I don't get this moment.
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And went upstairs with a red face.
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And so then I went to the door.
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And, uh, I opened it quickly, you know, Mr. Penn, and I said, no, no, no, call me Sean.
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You're not going to drive drunk with my daughter, are you?
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He says, no, I won't drive with, good, good.
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Listen, I prefer you get her back early, but I want you guys to have a good time and all, but the main thing, whatever time you do get her home,
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whatever you do with her while you're out, I'm going to do with you when you get her home.
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Well, the thing was he laughed in what I thought was a nervous laughter with me, but it was laughing at me.
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He was three -time mixed martial arts champion of his age category in California, so he thought the whole threat was pretty humorous.
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Oh, damn it.
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Oh, damn it.
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My youngest has a real power move where she'll, like, here's an example
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but we got to work in France and so we went to the Louvre and we saw Winged Victory, we saw Venus de Milo, and we're standing in front of the Mona Lisa and she turns around and she goes, this museum?
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And I said, I said, why?
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And she went, because it is not good.
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Yeah, NG!
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We're both supposed to, you know.
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That's too loud, Daddy.
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I know.
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Hold on one second, okay? Be quiet.
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There's going to be stretches where.. you know he plays well
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and obviously he did that for his for his uh his team in the third quarter
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the support that you've given me as well um it takes a village to raise
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two beautiful she has a very specific way of talking
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that i realize she kind of sounds like a prostitute in
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like a vietnam movie she's like in a pocket she's like no you You know, give me cookie, I'll go with you.
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Like, you changed my diaper.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 214 sentences and 2344 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:11. The speaker talks at a natural 154 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| daddy noun | /ˈdædi/ | Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| pee noun | /ˈpiː/ | Urine. |
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| breast noun | /bɹɛst/ | Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males. |
| mercy noun | /ˈmɝsi/ | Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. |
| carpet noun | /ˈkɑɹ.pət/ | A fabric used as a complete floor covering. |
| teenage adjective | /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ | Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old. |
| humble adjective | /ˈhʌmbəl/ | Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. |
| apology noun | /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). |
| impress verb | /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ | To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably. |
| roast verb | /ɹoʊst/ | To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. |
| backpack noun | /ˈbæk.pæk/ | A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when… |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| meanwhile adverb | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| turn around verb | To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. | |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
| run around verb | To be very busy doing many different things. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was left · been folded · was humbled |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've never heard · that's been folded · you've given |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 100 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: sixth /sɪksθ/, booth /buθ/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, fatherhood /ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊd/, thousandth /ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: chef /ʃɛf/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, accurately /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/, desperately /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like daddy, sudden, pee.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.