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Jim Gaffigan Compares Being a Dad to Being an NFL 'Backup Quarterback': 'On the Team but You're Not the Star'
Jim Gaffigan jokes that being a father is like being a "backup quarterback in the NFL," saying that it's like being "on the team" but you're "not the star." Gaffigan is dad to five kids whom he shares with wife Jeannie.
Gaffigan, who shares his five kids Marre, 19, Jack, 18, Katie, 14, Michael 12, and Patrick, 11, with wife Jeannie, chatted with Clarkson about his upcoming Mother's Day plans. "Yeah, I mean the mother is the hero," Gaffigan says, as Clarkson quips, "Good answer." But the proud dad said that he thinks his kids enjoyed growing up in a big city while adding that a lot has changed.
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