Damon Wayans Jr. Pursued Acting After ‘Accidentally’ Opening Item of His Dad’s

Comedy may be in Damon Wayans Jr.‘s blood, however he virtually pursued a completely totally different profession path.

During an look on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Feb. 6, the New Girl alum, 42, appeared again for the time being he knew he needed to observe in his well-known household’s footsteps and change into an actor.

“I needed to be an animator rising up for a very long time,” he defined. “I used to attract on a regular basis after which someday I unintentionally opened certainly one of my dad’s checks and I used to be like, ‘I need to do this! That’s rather a lot higher.'”

When host Stephen Colbert requested the second his family members realized he was humorous, Wayans mentioned, “Everybody’s humorous within the household… it is identical to, who needs to go on this journey?”

“You ever seen [the movie] 300, the place they take a look at the infants after which kick them off? That’s type of what they do within the Wayans household,” he joked. “If they are not humorous, they’re like, ‘Make me snigger!'”

Wayans and his father Damon Wayans Sr. star in Poppa’s House, which debuted on CBS in October 2024. The sitcom follows on longtime radio host Poppa [Wayans Sr.] as he navigates adjustments at work, challenges at house and continues to guardian Junior [Wayans Jr.], who’s studying to lift a household after he strikes subsequent door.

On Late Night, Wayans Jr. revealed that there was “DNA from our [family] tales” in each episode of Poppa’s House.

“There’s one the place he is attempting to show me the right way to be a greater disciplinarian for my son as a result of my son calls me by my first title,” he defined. “Which he does in actual life, my precise son calls me by my first title and it would not hassle me but it surely bothers everyone else.”

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“I’ve six youngsters so he cuts via calling me Damon,” he mentioned, including that his son likes to name him by his first title as a result of everybody else calls him Dad. “He will get my consideration each time.”

The actor joked, “I pull him to the aspect now, I’m like ‘Dude, after we’re exterior, do not freaking name me Damon trigger individuals get mad!'”