Carson Daly revealed he talks to his teenage daughter more through Snapchat than face-to-face.
Daily candidly talked about having a difficult time communicating with his 13-year-old-daughter, Etta, on “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle” Monday.
“I have a 13-year-old, Etta, who is doing great, who I never speak with,” he joked. “Do you speak 13-year-old? Cause I don’t.”
“The Voice” host then showed a picture of he and his wife, Siri Pinter, with Etta at her Confirmation ceremony at a Catholic church.
“There she is, Confirmed … so, she’s in God’s hands now,” he commented while the audience laughed.
But he explained he has a much easier time talking to her through Snapchat — the app that lets you send messages that disappear.
“You ever hear that phrase, ‘You’ve got to meet kids where they are?’ You hear it in business a lot, right? They want to advertise, get in front of them,” he explained.
“I’ve taken a page out of that and six months ago, I did join Snapchat,” he continued. “I have literally communicated with my daughter, in particular, more via Snapchat than I have in real life.”
Daly shared a sample conversation he and Etta have.
“I can say, ‘Are you okay?’ And then I’ll put some stupid emoji,” he said. “And she’ll write back, like, ‘LOL,’ and all these little things are flying all over the screen.”
He added, “As silly as it is, I am connected a little bit.”
Daly and Pinter also share son Jackson, 17, as well as daughters London, 11, and Goldie, 6.
On Monday’s episode, Daly, 52, also shared his deal breaker for his children’s future dates.
“The only reservation I would have for my kids would be, like, a vegan or something like that maybe,” he said.
After producers laughed backstage, he asked, “Is that bad to say? Am I gonna get canceled for that?”
Daly explained that food was an important part of his family.
“If we didn’t have food, I wouldn’t talk to my wife about anything. It holds us together,” he said.
“I’m just saying it would suck if they came into the house on a Sunday, and we were going do like a big Daly feast, we make pizzas, and they were like, ‘I can’t eat anything,’ I would just be like, ‘He’s a loser. Dump him.’”
