Aziz said that Ramesh, his TV-dad-played-by-his-real-dad Shoukath Ansari, was a “toned down” version of his IRL father, and that Ramesh’s immigration story was very similar to his own father’s.
In a new Instagram post, Aziz gave us all the feels with his heartwarming caption about his dad, saying:
“Tonight after we did Colbert together he said: “This is all fun and I liked acting in the show, but I really just did it so I could spend more time with you.” I almost instantly collapsed into tears at the thought of how much this person cares about me and took care of me and gave me everything to give me the amazing life I have.”
“I felt like a total piece of garbage for all the times I haven’t visited my parents and told them I wanted to stay in New York cause I’d get bored in SC.”
“Not to beat a dead horse here and sorry if this is cheesy or too sentimental but if your parents are good to you too, just go do something nice for them. I bet they care and love you more than you realize.”
Umm, BRB. We’re ugly-crying for a hot minute over here.
You know what, we’re done for the day. Read the whole post, we’re gonna go call our parents.
