It's a sewing machine!
Wait, what kind?
It's a Singer!
(laughter)
Thank you.
You got your own sewing machine, bud,
right at home.
Thank you! Thank you!
Are we liking that?
Yes! Yes, I am so liking it.
Sam, what do you wanna be when you grow up?
Do I just pick one?
Dude, what a fish!
Thank you.
Sam is certainly one of a kind.
He is so outgoing, he's so empathetic, so compassionate.
See you later, bud.
He's just a wonderful kid who really
doesn't hold back on his personality
and that's a rare and beautiful thing.
What would be good to make with that?
Pocket square?
Now, this isn't the first time
that Sam's been at the center of a viral story, right?
No, it's not.
He's always at the center of something.
Almost four years ago, he painted his nails
because he loves bright colors, because what kids don't?
And when he went to kindergarten, he got bullied for that.
At the end of the day when we picked him up
he just collapsed into MJ's arms.
And he was so sad.
And so I wrote a Twitter thread
saying how unfortunate it was that that happens.
How kids aren't born thinking that that's a bad thing
for boys to wear nail polish.
That's learned, That's learned behavior, and it's a shame
and it limits boys in what they can do and think.
And so I put that out there
and it went really, really crazy viral.
And it only snowballed from there.
And that's it.
Between that and the video of Sam
with the sewing machine, you have received so much praise
for being so incredibly supportive,
but you weren't always so open minded.
I definitely did not start off this way.
Grew up in a small suburb of Boston.
There was not a lot of diversity.
I distinctly remember my oldest, who was, he's now 14
and when he was born, MJ put pink socks on him.
And I had a visceral reaction to that.
I thought they're gonna think he's a girl
or they're gonna, you know, maybe they'll think he's gay.
And I remember she looked at me and said,
"Are either of those two things bad?"
And I, it just stopped me in my tracks.
I had no answer for that, because of course they're not
We have gay friends, we have gay relatives.
So why was any of that bad?
I had no answer.
And from that moment on, when you know better, do better.
And that's what I've tried to do.
MJ, how has it been to see your man
grow into this incredibly supportive, wonderful father?
It warms my heart because he's become a better man for it.
And he celebrates other men and other women too
to make sure that their boys are being raised.
I think it's important for parents to just love your kids
for who they are no matter what
because if you're not gonna be their biggest supporter
then nobody is.
As a dad, I mean, everything should be
about wanting to see your kid happy.
If a kid's gonna get bullied,
I'd much rather Sam get bullied
for being who he is and being his authentic self.
That's really the key for me.
So Sam, how did you get into sewing?
It's kind of a family tradition, I guess.
My aunt taught me how to sew.
I would do little projects with her.
What excites you when you do it?
Hearing the sound of me stitch
and looking at the thing that I'm making
saying to myself I accomplished something good.
What kind of things do you make?
I make little designer bags.
Isn't that a lot of work?
Well, I make the straps with the pockets.
I can't really do a zipper yet though.
Shall we surprise the designer?
I think we shall.
Okay, you you go start getting stuff.
I'll go over here.
Okay. So we wanna keep you sewing.
So our friends at Singer sent over
a ton of sewing accessories.
(audience clapping)
This is all from Singer.
Oh my.
And our friends-
Oh my god! Yes!
And our friends at Simon
heard you live near the Wrentham Village Premium Outlet.
So they sent a bunch of swag and gift cards
including a $1,000 Simon Shopping Card.
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.
(audience clapping)
Day's work's done. Are you psyched?
Yeah.
Yeah!
(audience applause)