A funny clip of a West Virginian toddler joking with his dad during potty training has earned the family viral fame.
Greg politely inquires about his son’s progress while Matt, still seemingly in the middle of his business, claims in a hilarious voice, “I didn’t poop!” in a funny voice, as Greg tries to keep a straight face.
The diligent dad asks his son about his number twos several times over. Each time, Matt’s response becomes more comical and more insistent, “I didn’t poop, I peed!” he exclaims.
Before long, Greg can no longer hold it together and starts crying with laughter. The sensitive toddler clocks his father’s tears, reaches out to comfort him, and asks, “Are you sad, Daddy?”
Greg quickly pulls himself together, wiping away his tears of laughter for his sweet son’s benefit before telling him, “You’re funny, you’re a really funny guy.”
The father and son, possibly never having guessed that potty training would be so much fun, share an enthusiastic high-five at the end of the clip. To date, Dani’s video has amassed over 29 million views on Facebook alone.
Dani added that her young son uses “the voice” with regularity since watching the now-viral footage with his parents, “but it’s not a normal occurrence by any stretch of the imagination,” Dani said.
Dani and Greg habitually use Facebook to keep in touch with loved ones and “share our kid with the world,” the mom explained, as they have friends and family in various different locations. Viral fame, however, has taken the couple completely by surprise.
Matt’s potty-training antics were even picked up by a number of celebrities and shared further on social media. Dani called the experience “absolutely unreal.”
“I feel like I’m living somebody else’s life,” she said. “Every time I think that it’s starting to slow down, something else happens. I think Kristen Bell shared it overnight, and then I was getting screenshots of Alyssa Milano sharing it ... It’s just unreal.”
As for how famous he’s become, Dani thinks her young son has no idea. “I tried to tell him that Anna from Frozen thinks he’s funny,” she said, “and he just agreed that he was funny. He’s a funny kid.”
Matt’s parents, however, haven’t let viral fame go to their heads. Good parenting and getting their wise-cracking tot through toilet training remain their top priorities.
Sometimes, a funny voice and a little toilet humor can go a long, long way!
