For Mother’s Day, Jimmy Kimmel put a wholesome spin on his usual Mean Tweets segment to introduce Mom Texts, in which real Kimmel staffers read actual texts received from their mothers. The results were adorable, and in the interest of gender equality, Kimmel decided to do the same for fathers.
The resulting Dad Texts prove that moms don’t have a monopoly on oversharing—“Memaw is snoring like a f–king locomotive”—and that dads are just as adventurous when it comes to hip new technologies, like Bitmoji. (One message, an apologetic request for concert tickets, even comes from Kimmel’s father-in-law; Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, is co–head writer on the show.)
One thing the video can’t explain? Why so many dads feel a need to sign their text messages. She already knows it’s you, Bill.
