It makes me feel good.
It keeps me connected. (air whooshes)
Hi, Rob.
The one thing I admire most about you
is the love you have for your family and your two boys.
I also have two boys, 18 and soon to be 16,
consider myself pretty close with them.
And I'm wondering what things you do
to continue your bond as they grow up
and as they've grown up into adulthood.
I don't have the capability to go surfing with mine though.
I live in Minnesota.
(Rob and Rachael laugh)
So, Steph, thank you for that.
You know&, it's funny, you get what you invest, you know?
And the fact that I still have
that I'm so connected with my boys, I think,
is a function not only of what we do together,
but what we've done together, you know?
For whatever reason, I was lucky enough
to get really early on that the more I am there for them,
the more they'll be there for me as we get older.
And that's absolutely turned out to be to be the case.
And I think for me,
it's just being interested in their lives.
You know, I know all their friends.
I know their friends' lives.
I know where they work.
I know what they're doing.
I know who they're dating.
You know, I know I 'cause I'm in that world with them
because it makes me feel good.
It keeps me connected.
I learn things.
And by virtue of having that history, it pays off
now that they're actually grown men.
They happily still wanna hang out with Dad.
You know, (audience applauds)
I think that that's a great about all of our relationships,
not just you with your kids.
I love that point.
You reap what you sow.
You get out what you put in. Yes.
I love that, and it's a great way to live.
I love that. (claps) (audience applauds)
All right, Maggie is next.
Let's check out Maggie's tape.
Hi, Rob, so psyched to ask you a question.
If you could be in real life,
one of the characters you've portrayed,
which one would it be?
Thanks.
How cute she with snowflake?
So cute.
I know. Yeah, who would you be?
It's probably easier to say who would you not be?
There was a lot of bad guys. (laughs)
Yeah, yeah, I've played some good bad guys in my day.
I mean, listen, I might go with Owen Strand on "Lonestar."
I mean, because they write (audience applauds)
such a great character for me. You wanna be
a hero, right? (audience applauds)
Because what I like about him
is sometimes heroes on TV can be a little boring.
(Rachael giggles)
And you know, they've got their halo.
They're just so square and straight.
And Owen is, you know, he's funny, he's quirky.
They write that character so well for me
that I get to do so many different things beyond just being
Yeah, he doesn't get as boring.
the traditional hero. Right, exactly.
Yeah. He's got some pizazz.
Okay, we actually have a guy, Jared,
sent in a question as well, Jared.
(audience applauds)
I'm a big fan of "Parks and Recreation."
Because I've always watched the show,
I wanted to know since Chris Traeger is really into fitness,
what is your exercise routine like at home?
Thanks.
I did a movie many, many, many, many many years ago
called "Youngblood" and I had to play a hockey player.
(audience applauds)
I remember "Youngblood."
Right. (Rachael giggles)
Yeah, and that was the first time
I ever had to train for a movie.
It might've been one of my first times ever in a gym
and I hated it. (Rachael laughs)
But somewhere along the way, something magical happened,
and I love training now, and I have for years.
And if I have an hour free in my day
and I could do anything,
I'm gonna go hike, run, get out, surf.
So being physical comes naturally to me.
And it's something that gives me great comfort
and peace of mind beyond
the physical. It's about mental health.
Yeah. You know, I don't do as much as you do,
but I run, no seriously, because it helps your brain.
You get so much out of it mentally
when you move and it's fun, you know?
It's super fun. It's just fun.
And I like any iteration of it.
If you wanna play tennis, I'm down.
You wanna play one-on-one basketball,
you wanna go lift in the gym.
You know, my newest obsession is eFoiling.
Most folks probably don't know what that is yet.
You'll know soon, but it's a mini surfboard
that has a stanchion on it and then a wing.
And when it's powered by a jet,
Shut up! (audience laughs)
And when you're in the water,
it rises up out of the water and you fly above the water.
It looks like a hover board,
but you wear a helmet.
Yeah, so eFoiling, that's my new thing.
(audience applauds) (wind chime music)