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Adam Sandler is back as Happy Gilmore after almost 30 years, chatting with “Extra’s” Mona Kosar Abdi at the NYC premiere of “Happy Gilmore 2.”
Happy is married with kids now, and he spoke about how being a dad himself now gives him perspective.
Sandler explained, “I played roles before I was a dad that I had to be a dad in and I watch it and I go, ‘Yeah, that’s not a real dad move right there.’”
Adam went on, “When you have a kid, that’s all you think about. That’s you just think about their kids all day long, their ups, their downs. That’s all you want is them to get through it.”
Adam also talked about how much he loved getting to work with his wife Jackie and daughters Sunny, 16, and Sadie, 19, on the movie.
“They grew up on sets,” he said of his girls. “You’re nervous when you give them a job to do and you want them to do the best they can and feel confident and feel like they accomplished something and my kids did. My wife is always fun to do scenes with. We love each other. We like to make each other laugh. So that’s that’s a good thing.”
There are lot of cameos, including Travis Kelce, and Adam noted his wife and daughters were very excited about that as Swifties!
“Yeah, they love Taylor. I love Taylor. Travis is just nice enough. He wanted to do something. So, we wrote something for Travis. And when he said yes, yeah, my girls were very excited, including my wife. Everybody loves him.”
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Was there any talk of getting Taylor in the movie? He insisted, “We didn’t want to bother Taylor. We just let Taylor entertain the world like she does. I listened to ‘All Too Well’ three times in a row today with my
with my kid and she’s done a lot for our planet. So, we love her.”
Plus, on a sad note, Adam remembered Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who he knew very well in their youth.
“I knew him very well. We were young together. We hung out a bunch, went to lunch and dinner and parties and he was always a very down to earth special kid and very inclusive and made me feel special and was a superstar wherever he went. It was it was mayhem. He just meant a lot to the world and we’re going to miss him.”
“Happy Gilmore 2” opens July 25, 2025.
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