- I brought my father to read him a letter
that I wrote for him.
"We met when I was a baby,
and you raised me like I had been your son since birth.
You did so good that I didn't even realize you
weren't my biological father until I got older.
You were just dad to me."
(soft music)
- Hi.
- [Interviewer] Hi.
- I'm Zena, and I brought my dad.
- I brought my grandpa.
- I call him my stepfather because it annoys him.
(stepfather laughing)
- [Interviewer] When did he come into your life?
- I was nine.
- When I was one years old.
- My parents were divorced, and,
I would spend time with him a lot growing up.
- [Interviewer] So your grandpa is a father figure to you?
- Absolutely.
- He's not blood related,
but he raised me since I was born,
alongside my mom.
- [Interviewer] He and your mom still together?
- They broke up when I was eight.
- [Interviewer] Was it hard?
- Very, very hard.
- [Interviewer] What have you got in your hand there?
- I wrote a letter to him.
(paper crinkling)
- What? (soft music)
(woman laughing)
- Dear dad,
- Dear Papa,
You're probably wondering why I've invited you today.
To put it simply,
it's dedicated to show my appreciation towards you,
and how much you mean to me.
- You make me question my sanity on a daily basis.
- That's my job.
- You are a wild and unpredictable man.
- You know it.
- I was nine I had nothing else but my mom for guidance,
and I stupidly made her promise me to never find someone.
And she did promise me.
And I'm so sorry for that.
But she found you and I'm happy she didn't listen to me.
- We met when I was a baby,
and you raised me like I had been your son since birth.
You did so good that I didn't even realize you
weren't my biological father until I got older.
You were just dad to me.
- I remember when I was around eight or nine,
and you would practice braiding my hair for school,
and I hated it.
You tried so hard and you were so happy.
So, I just pretended to like them.
(father laughing)
- You've taught me how to work hard as a man,
to never be ungrateful,
and also taught me a thing or two with the ladies.
(grandfather laughing)
- You were the dad that showed me intelligence is power,
the dad that taught me to be myself,
the dad that supported me unconditionally,
and the dad that became one of my closest friends.
- You've taught us to be strong, hard working women.
You told us no man is worthy of us,
unless he works for us to be with us.
You show us daily how a man should treat a woman.
I wanna thank you,
for everything.
For choosing us when you could have walked away,
you pushed past my wall,
and found a little girl who just needed her dad.
(father exhales)
- We're in this together.
Even when bad things happen,
we're a family.
You're my family.
Signed, Bug.
- Do we have a box of tissues or something? '
Cause I got tears in my face.
- Thank you for not letting me grow up without a dad.
And as far as I'm concerned, we are blood.
- Everything you've done has made me the man I am today.
Thank you for being my inspiration.
- I love you so much, Papa.
Happy Father's Day.
- Love, your favorite daughter.
(father laughs)
- [Interviewer] You wanna invite him in?
- Yes,do you wanna come out here, Dad?
- I love you.
- I love you - Aww.
- Oh man.
What a surprise.
(man laughs)
- [Interviewer] Was it hard for you to fill this role,
to be that father figure for him?
- Well, not really because it comes natural.
If, if it's your grandchildren,
you care about your grandchildren,
you will do for them what you did for your kids.
- Do you think you'd be more attractive,
if you were my biological son?
- No. (father laughs)
- No, we kinda already look alike!
(father and daughter laugh)
- Oh, (beep) that! That's wrong.
You cannot get more attractive than this.
God forbid she came from my genes,
she would look like a freak!
And you know how I know?
(interviewer laughs)
That's how I know.
- What does it mean to be a father?
- To be responsible.
Fatherhood is kind of hard,
because you have to make sure that your family is fed,
that your family is guided accordingly.
- From my perspective,
I like to,
kind of have the kid lead the way,
and I just support.
- Which I feel like you definitely did.
- I want your honest opinion
on the choices I've made in my love life.
- So I didn't even know you dated,
until I helped you move.
Basically, when I lifted the bed up,
there was wrappers underneath it.
What kind of wrappers?
Condom wrappers.
(father and daughter laugh)
But, obviously, you were mature and.
- Wrappers? At least being safe?
You're being safe and mature.
- 'Cause you're always pushing me to be like better,
and you always make me see like different perspective
of things, even when I don't wanna see it.
- Do you think we missed out on anything,
not being biologically related?
- Not really.
It like put into my mind that that those type
of things don't really matter.
Like the color you know of the skin or anything like that.
It was just the relationship that you had with someone.
- You were supposed to be my dad.
- Yep and I am.
(woman sniffling)
- Happy Father's Day Dad.
- Thank you Zana.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
- Happy Father's Day, I love you.
- I love you.
(up-beat music plays)
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Loved it.
Had a blast.
Did not stop laughing.
(man laughing)
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