Brianna LaPaglia

So whenever I was in those dark moments or in interrogation, I'm hearing my dad's voice, which was awesome.

So

Yeah.

I mean, I think just growing up, he was...

always, he didn't really look at our relationship as a one-sided thing where when I would open up to him, he would open up to me.

And I think at a young age, it made me realize that, you know, when we look at our parents, sometimes we glamorize them and we don't realize that they're also people.

So from a young age, I realized that

you know, our parents are doing life for the first time too.

They make mistakes.

He was always honest and open about things he struggled with with me and taught me to also be honest about the things that I struggle with, not to be ashamed of them.

I think it was, you know, creating that relationship where it's like, hey, I'm your dad, but I'm also human and you're going to experience the shit that I experienced one day.

I'm not this like superhero.

I'm your friend.

I'm your mentor.

And at the end of the day, like,

I'm going to kick your ass if I have to.

But I think it's that open relationship where they're honest about how they feel as well.

Oh, my dad, for sure.

Yeah, my dad, for sure.

He doesn't really know how to work a phone or anything.