Seth Meyers Explains Why He's 'So Happy' He Didn't Tell His Kids They'd Appear on Late Night Show Before Viral Interview
- - Seth Meyers Explains Why He's 'So Happy' He Didn't Tell His Kids They'd Appear on Late Night Show Before Viral Interview
Hannah SacksFebruary 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Seth Meyers and his three kids
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Seth Meyers is sharing why he's happy he didn't tell his three kids about their late night interview ahead of time
Meyers also revealed what was the best part about having his kids on his show
Last November, the comedian's three kids joined him on an episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers for an impromptu interview
Seth Meyers is grateful he didn't tell his kids that they were going to be on his show ahead of time.
During a Q&A with his audience, Meyers was asked by a fan what it was like having his three kids — sons Ashe and Axel, and daughter Adelaide — on his show a few months back. The comedian's kids went viral in November after they joined their dad on stage during his show Late Night with Seth Meyers.
"I’m so happy about the instinct not to tell them ahead of time so they had no time to be nervous or overthink it," Meyers responded. "And it was really sudden. I literally was like, ‘Okay, you guys are gonna come out. I’m going to talk to you real quick.’"
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"And I didn’t know how they’d react in front of an audience. And even my oldest, who is the shyest, I’m like, ‘You guys are gonna come out.’ He’s like, ‘I don’t want to go out.’ And Axel was like, ‘Here we go!’ And then Ashe was like, ‘All right, all right, I’ll go,' " recalled the dad of three.
Looking back on the interview, Meyers said the best thing about seeing his kids on stage was watching them be "authentically themselves."
"I love that an audience did not shake them from who they were, which was a really special thing to see because I’m like, I don’t think I have that as a performer," he said. "But it was really funny, when it was over, they were walking and my son, the oldest one who was nervous, he literally grabbed my hand and was like, ‘We should do this again soon.’"
Meyers' three kids charmed viewers when they appeared alongside their dad during an episode of his show. As the host chatted with his kids, the conversation jumped from Christmas card pictures to their recent trip to Pennsylvania, where they attended a Pittsburgh Steelers game. However, it was the kids’ unfiltered answers that drew the biggest laughs from the audience.
When Meyers asked his kids how they’d arrived at the studio, his sons confidently answered “car,” while his daughter insisted they had taken the “subway,” catching her father — and the audience — off guard.
And when he followed up to see whether she enjoyed the ride, Adelaide delivered a line that brought the house down: “The subway smelled like diarrhea.”
But the adorable chaos didn’t stop there. Adelaide went on to declare Ashe her favorite brother, labeling him the “sweet” one and Axel the “rough” one. When Meyers asked if she loved her brothers overall, Adelaide made her feelings clear. “I love this one, but not that one,” she cracked, while hugging Ashe.
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