Ed Helms struggles to keep his 3-year-old off TV
Ed Helms, in the virtual Ellen DeGeneres Show explained how he’s struggling with his 3-year old’s TV addiction.
The Office actor explained how it all began with 14-hour road trip he and his wife took, where they relaxed the usual checks on her TV time. “We can put an iPad up and it’s just like the greatest thing in the world to her,” Helms says.
“And actually, it kept her pretty chill for this extremely long drive,” he continues. “But it was also maybe a miscalculation because when a kid doesn’t get much TV and then gets this massive dose, it’s like heroin.”
Later in his chat with DeGeneres, 63, Helms also talked fondly of how her love of music is aligned with his. When asked if he can tell if his little girl is already musical, the actor says, “She bangs on the piano a lot,” as he mimics the movements his toddler makes with her hands.
The actor concluded by saying, “I sing a lot of songs to her, but then she always wants me to sing whatever’s going on in that exact moment. She wants me to narrate whatever’s happening,” he says. “So I wind up singing these dumb songs about, like, eating granola bars or playing with toys. They’re not good songs.”
