Aziz Ansari Facebook Tribute to His Dad Goes Viral
Yesterday Aziz Ansari wrote a post about his dad that has gone full speed viral. Aziz cast his real parents to play his parents in his new Netflix series “Master of None” and Ansari Sr. has been a huge hit. He took his dad on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this week, and after the show, Ansari Sr told told his son that he did it all to be able to spend more time with his son. Aziz went all Niagara Falls and posted a personal love letter to Facebook to let the world know he feels like a grade a heel. Get a tissue and then call your Dad.
My dad took off most of his vacation time for the year to act in Master of None. So I’m really relieved this all worked…
Posted by Aziz Ansari on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
My dad took off most of his vacation time for the year to act in Master of None. So I’m really relieved this all worked out. Tonight after we did Colbert together he said: “This is all fun and I liked acting in the show, but I really just did it so I could spend more time with you.” I almost instantly collapsed into tears at the thought of how much this person cares about me and took care of me and gave me everything to give me the amazing life I have. I felt like a total piece of garbage for all the times I haven’t visited my parents and told them I wanted to stay in New York cause I’d get bored in SC. I’m an incredibly lucky person and many of you are as well. Not to beat a dead horse here and sorry if this is cheesy or too sentimental but if your parents are good to you too, just go do something nice for them. I bet they care and love you more than you realize.
I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to the Parents episode of our show. What’s strange is doing that episode and working with my parents has increased the quality of my relationship to my parents IN MY REAL LIFE. In reality, I haven’t always had the best, most open relationship with my parents because we are weirdly closed off emotionally sometimes. But we are getting better. And if you have something like that with your family – I urge you to work at it and get better because these are special people in your life and I get terrified when my dad tells me about friends of his, people close to his age, that are having serious health issues, etc. Enjoy and love these people while you can.
Anyway, this show and my experiences with my parents while working on it have been very important in many ways and I thank for you the part you all have played in it.
