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- Hey, y'all, it's me, Paula.
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And I don't get very many occasions where I say,
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okay girls, y'all can go in the other room
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'cause I wanna talk with y'all's men.
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So today is one of those occasions,
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and I am just coming in to say thank you.
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Thank you for everything that y'all do as a father.
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Your role in a child's life is so very,
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very important because you're looked up to
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from your children and you can guide them and take them
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into wonderful places as they move into adulthood.
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I just want you to know just how important y'all are.
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And it's sad to see so many homes that are fatherless.
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And so an extra shout out for y'all that are involved
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in your children and doing such a great job.
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Everybody thanks y'all.
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And then I have some in my family
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that I would like to thank.
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Michael, Michael being one of 'em.
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Michael has been a wonderful,
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wonderful father to Michelle and Anthony.
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And those kids adore him.
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I've never seen anything like it.
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If he told them, jump off that bridge over there,
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They have that kind of trust in their daddy.
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And the next Happy Father's Day
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would go out to Anthony, Michael's son.
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Anthony is a wonderful father as well.
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He's very involved with his two children,
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with Bennett and Maddie May.
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He has no problem changing diapers
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or mopping the kitchen floor or taking the kids off to play.
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Wonderful, active father.
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All right, so that's Michael and his blood's side.
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I'll move on to mine.
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I want to send out Happy Father's Day to y'all.
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And I would also like to include Brian
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in those Father's Day wishes,
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because all three of y'all
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are so active in your children's lives.
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when I was raising Jamie and Bobby,
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it wasn't like that so much.
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The fathers went off to make a living
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and the mothers were left to do it all.
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But times have certainly changed over the years
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and it's a good change
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because the fathers have realized just how
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important their role is in raising their children.
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And they've all got on board.
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I said Jamie Deen with his three boys,
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if he could have nursed them, he would have.
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That's how active he is in his children.
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And Bobby is the same way.
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Jamie was a father a little earlier than Bobby was.
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So you can imagine Bobby's shock
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at almost 50 being told, well,
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your wife is pregnant with triplets.
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You can imagine the shock that that threw him into.
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But he's a great dad, great dad.
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And something's wrong if he doesn't have one
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up here on his shoulders, and one here in this arm,
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and this hand holding the third one.
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And certainly y'all, last but not least.
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Michael's girl child is so important
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in a family from the father's perspective.
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He's very, a father is very particular
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about who he passes his daughter on to.
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Well, Michael and I could not have handpicked
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a better son-in-law than Daniel Reed.
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We are so proud of Daniel.
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And he and Michelle have been together forever.
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They were, when Michelle was in high school,
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And Daniel didn't have a lot of, I don't wanna say guidance,
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but he didn't have a lot of drive
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of something he wanted to be.
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And Michael knew if he was gonna pass his daughter
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onto another man, that that man better get his act together.
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And Michael brought him down to the docks
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and he started off on the tugboats.
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He made captain and now he is finishing
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up everything that he needs to have to be a harbor pilot.
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So he is doing exactly what his father-in-law has done
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So he has special favor in Michael's eyes,
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and he tries to do it all from making the living
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to helping Michelle and to raising two incredible young men.
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out there that have been wonderful fathers.
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And to all of y'all, I wish a Happy Father's Day,
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but especially to you out there that maybe I've never met
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but have watched and supported me through the years.
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Just know that in my heart, y'all have a very special place.
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Y'all have a wonderful, wonderful, Happy Father's Day
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and God bless and give them love and best dishes.
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Dads, remember that, love and best dishes.
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Hey y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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