{"id":147184,"date":"2025-07-27T08:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/mjf-praises-adam-sandler-after-happy-gilmore-2-like-a-father-to-me\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:10:14","slug":"mjf-praises-adam-sandler-after-happy-gilmore-2-like-a-father-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/mjf-praises-adam-sandler-after-happy-gilmore-2-like-a-father-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"MJF Praises Adam Sandler After &#8216;Happy Gilmore 2,&#8217; Like A Father To Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">AEW&#8217;s MJF<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I Love Adam Sandler<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; &#8216;Like A Father To Me!!!&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-27T00:50:02-07:00\">July 27, 2025 12:50 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-0aac17ab9c521b6f687fd8d07ce40df0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-fcb31865-3faa-4200-b918-6717033b2df7-1689447058-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-fcb31865-3faa-4200-b918-6717033b2df7-1689447058-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1b\/16by9\/2025\/07\/21\/1b944cdd0cfe43b69e6988f91e665992_md.jpg\" alt=\"maxwell-jacob-friedman-kal-07-21-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0aac17ab9c521b6f687fd8d07ce40df0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-86ca88460aa8f15a50bfffc776577203\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/adam-sandler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adam Sandler<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>had nothing however good issues to say about <strong>MJF<\/strong>&#8216;s efficiency in &#8220;Happy Gilmore 2&#8221; &#8230; and the love&#8217;s definitely mutual, &#8216;trigger the AEW star tells <strong>TMZ Sports <\/strong>listening to the reward from his on-screen pops &#8220;completely&#8221; will get him excited.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-86ca88460aa8f15a50bfffc776577203--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ab51cbb7e45bff0b2de42013df1efb56\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We caught up with MJF &#8212; who performs Sandler&#8217;s son within the sequel to the 1996 basic &#8212; out in New York City earlier this week &#8230; and he described it as a dream to work alongside the Sandman.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ab51cbb7e45bff0b2de42013df1efb56--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34778c7a23fe8b5ffdd9259873b15fc3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-34778c7a23fe8b5ffdd9259873b15fc3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3cc20caf50cbe2f7bbd48de5b5d628f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s actually like a father to me at this level,&#8221; 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