If you are on social media at all, you have likely seen something about Pedro Pascal being called 'Daddy'. The actor from the hit shows The Mandalorian andThe Last Of Us was all over social media promoting those projects and others while catching attention of men and women alike.
But Pascal's The Last Of Us costar Bella Ramsey is worried the whole trend has gone a little too far.
Ramsey touched on this topic in a recent Vanity Fairinterview, saying:
"I very much played into it at the beginning, but now I'm worried it's gone too far."
Highlighting that consent is always key, Ramsey added:
"I don't know whether he's still loving it; I need to ask him."
But the actor understood the hype about Pascal.
"He's a global phenomenon as he should be, because he's pretty spectacular."
In a Hollywood Reporter roundtable chat, Pascal gave his thoughts on the moniker.
"It seems a little role-related."
"There was a period where the Mandalorian is very daddy to baby Grogu, and Joel is very daddy to Ellie."
"These are daddy parts. That's what it is."
Pascal may not totally understand the meaning of "daddy" in this context.
He added he is a bigger daddy than Oscar Isaac.
"I'm older than [Isaac]. Although he's a real daddy. He's got kids and I don't."
"But daddy is a state of mind, you know what I'm saying? I'm your daddy."
Pascal may have just been being facetious based on this Saturday Night Live sketch.
As expected, social media had a lot of opinions.
Some people were very supportive of the 'Daddy' trend
\u201c@FilmUpdates I would be loving it if I was him\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates Well just look at him\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
However, most people didn't seem as amused by the trend.
\u201c@FilmUpdates the only time it was funny was in that vanity fair lie detector interview and that was literally more than a year ago.. i don\u2019t get why ppl still feel the need to say it every time???? it\u2019s so inappropriate and disrespectful.. \ud83d\ude41\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates yeah i feel like the \u201cinternet daddy\u201d thing has been overshadowing his real talent idk cause in each interview they always focus about that instead of his actual project\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates they do overdo it in the interviews like yes we know be creative and find new questions now please and thank you \ud83d\ude2d they did the same thing with henry cavill and chris evans with the sexual questions like plsss\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates Yeeeah... when you hear "daddy" every time you turn around, from people that you don't know.. I can see that feeling getting overwhelming and old pretty fast.\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates everyone say thank you bella, someone had to say it cause pedro is too nice \u2620\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates The round table \u201cdaddy\u201d comment was cringe af. I\u2019m ready to drop it and move on. He\u2019s definitely yummy but we\u2019re ready to move on from that.\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates Indeed...it has literally gone too far...!!\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
\u201c@FilmUpdates the media has ruined it\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1685621788
Whether the internet or media are ready to move on remains to be seen.
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