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Dallas Cowboys linebackerMicah Parsonsis having an extraordinary week.
Not only did his team advance to the divisional round after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but Parsons, 23, became a father for the second time on Saturday, whichScott Van Peltbrought up while interviewing the NFL player following the Monday Night Football victory.
“Hold on, did you just have a daughter two days ago?” he asked Parsons.
“Yeah!” the linebacker-turned-defensive end replied enthusiastically.
“Man, who cares about this football stuff, man,” Van Pelt said, switching gears to talking fatherhood. “Being a girl dad, there’s nothing like it, man. Just wait, you think you are in love now, just wait.”
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“Man, I already know,” Parsons — who is also dad to a 5-year-old son, Malcolm — replied.
“Every time she cries, I play my favorite artist, Rod Wave, and I sing it to her. She’s got me wrapped already,” he shared. “I can’t wait to get home to her. I can’t wait to get back to just lay with her.”
“You got no shot!” Van Pelt said of raising a little girl. “You got no shot! Wait until she says, ‘I love you daddy.’ There’s nothing better.”
After missing practice ahead of the matchup to be with his wife for the birth, Parsons took to Twitter to announce his daughter’s arrival to the world.
“First person I’ll hug is my Mom,” Parsons said, anticipating the moment he’d be drafted. “Since I was four years old, I told her that ‘I didn’t want to live like this,’ and I was going to go to the NFL.”
“I know she’s going to be the person smiling the most, I can’t wait to embrace it, but he’s all going to be worth it. Her and My Dad,” he continued. “They’re the ones who got me there.”
source: people.com
