AQUARIUM IN ATLANTA. TOO CUTE!
TOO CUTE! >> Jason: HIS NAME IS PAUL
WHITE, BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT WWE WRESTLING OR ANY OF
THE WW’S, YOU LIKELY KNOW HIM
AND HE IS A DAD OF THREE
DAUGHTERS IN THE "BIG SHOW"
SHOW.
SHOW. >> I WANT TO GET IN AS MUCH
FAMILY TIME AS I CAN.
>> AND MY CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.
>> YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL!
>> ARE YOU TALKING TO ME OR THE
BELT?
BELT? >> YOU.
>> YOU. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY, YOU TWO TALK.
>> WAIT, I LOVE A GOOD SISTER
FIGHT.
FIGHT. [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS] >> I THINK I BLACKED OUT FOR A
SECOND.
SECOND. >> Jason: THE BIG SHOW HIMSELF
JOINS US LIVE FROM MIAMI.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
HAVING ME. >> Jason: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ACTING WITH KIDS ON A
SITCOM AND PERFORMING IN THE
SQUARE CIRCLE FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SCREAMING FANS?
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA
COMPARE THE KIDS TO MY OTHER
COWORKERS, AND I WAS GONNA SAY,
THE KIDS ARE MUCH MORE
PROFESSIONAL.
PROFESSIONAL. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> IT’S A COMFORT FOR ME BECAUSE
I’M USED TO DEALING WITH LIVE
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. AND DOING LIVE COMEDY MULTI-CAM
IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE
HELPED ME FIND RHYTHM AND
TIMING.
TIMING. THE WRITING HAS BEEN A
TREMENDOUS BLESSING, AND MY
COSTARS, ALLISON MUNN WHO PLAYS
MY WIFE, SHE IS THE POWERHOUSE
WOMAN RUNNING HER OWN CAREER,
MANAGING A GIANT AND RUNNING
THREE DAUGHTERS AT THE SAME
TIME.
TIME. AND MY GIRLS ARE ALL DISTINCT
INDIVIDUAL LITTLE POWERHOUSES
WHO HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONALITIES
AND THE ONE THING ALL 4 OF THEM
LIKE TO DO IS RUN DAD CRAZY.
SO THERE YOU GO.
>> Jason: SO WHEN YOU’RE AT
WICHITA STATE IN THE EARLY ’90s
AND YOU WERE WALKING ACROSS
CAMPUS AT 7 FEET TALL, 380-SOME
POUNDS, DID PEOPLE GET OUT OF
THE WAY?
THE WAY? LIKE DID YOU PART THE SEA, AS IT
WERE?
WERE? WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU WERE
AMONG THE SHOCKERS?
>> IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
I’VE ALWAYS STOOD OUT.
I WAS LITERALLY THE BMOC, THE
BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.
BUT AT 12, I WAS 6’2", 220.
SO I HAD TO DEVELOP A GOOD SENSE
OF HUMOR AND NOT TAKE MYSELF SO
SERIOUSLY, AND TO INTERACT AND
MAKE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE IN MY
PRESENCE, AND THAT’S SOMETHING
I’VE WORKED VERY HARD FOR TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW I’M A
NICE GUY.
NICE GUY. OH, I’D HATE TO ME NEW A DARK
ALLEY!
ALLEY! WHY, I MIGHT HAVE A FLASHLIGHT.
I COULD BE HELPFUL.
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE COVER
OF THE BOOK.
MY WRESTLING CAREER, SURE, I WAS
THE GOLIATH AND A LOT OF DAVIDs
HAD TO SLAY ME.
BUT I GET A CHANCE TO BE A
FATHER AND INTERACT WITH MY KIDS
AND DIFFERENT PERMITS AND DEAL
WITH THE STRESSES WE ALL DEAL
WITH AS PARENTS BUT AT THE CORE,
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO KEEP
AT THE CORE OF THE SHOW, IT’S A
GOOD FAMILY YOU WANT TO BE A
PART OF.
PART OF. >> Jason: HOW MUCH OF YOUR
EXPERIENCE AS A DAD COMES
THROUGH IN THE SHOW?
>> 110% OF ME BEING A DAD IS IN
THAT SHOW.
THAT SHOW. BECAUSE I’M THE GOOFY DAD THAT
WILL EMBARRASS MY KID ANYWHERE I
CAN FROM SINGING IN GROCERY
STORES TO, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN TO
GO TO THE SAME MOVIE SHE GOES ON
A DATE WITH AND COUGHING REALLY
LOUD IF SOMEONE GOES TO PUT HIS
ARM AROUND HER, TO BEING THE
TYPE OF DAD THAT LITERALLY WILL,
YOU KNOW, PUT MY KID ON MY KNEE
AND TALK TO ’EM.
I LIKE TO INTERACT WITH MY KIDS
ON A REALLY EYE-TO-EYE LEVEL.
I NEVER YELL.
I’M NOT THAT LOUD PARENT THAT
EVERYBODY THINKS I WOULD BE.
I’M A PRETTY CALM PARENT.
AND THAT’S THE THING, TOO, LIKE
WITH THE WHOLE DAUGHTER DATING
THING, I’M NOT THE GUY THAT IS
GOING TO BE STANDING AT THE DOOR
READY TO SCARE OFF THE
BOYFRIEND.
BOYFRIEND. I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO HAVE A
NORMAL HEALTHY SOCIAL LIFE.
HAVING ME AS A FATHER IS ENOUGH
OF A CURSE
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> Jason: THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
AND PLEASE STAY SAFE AND THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.
>> Jason: YOU, AS WELL.