Aziz Ansari has one of the most popular series on Netflix this week after the November 6 premier of "Master of None."
The show, with 10 episodes in the first season, tells stories of a 30-year actor in New York, played by Ansari. The second episode, “Parents” has the two main characters discussing how their lives are shaped by the sacrifices of their immigrant parents.
Ansari's father, Shoukath, plays the father on the show, and Tuesday night both appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
After the show, Ansari’s dad shared something with his son.
“This is all fun and I liked acting in the show," he said, "but I really just did it so I could spend more time with you."
In a Facebook post that has been seen by thousands, Ansari wrote that he “almost instantly collapsed into tears at the thought of how much this person cares about me and took care of me and gave me everything to give me the amazing life I have.”
Here is a link Ansari's Facebook post, and the full text is below:
"My dad took off most of his vacation time for the year to act in Master of None. So I'm really relieved this all worked out. Tonight after we did Colbert together he said: "This is all fun and I liked acting in the show, but I really just did it so I could spend more time with you." I almost instantly collapsed into tears at the thought of how much this person cares about me and took care of me and gave me everything to give me the amazing life I have. I felt like a total piece of garbage for all the times I haven't visited my parents and told them I wanted to stay in New York cause I'd get bored in SC. I'm an incredibly lucky person and many of you are as well. Not to beat a dead horse here and sorry if this is cheesy or too sentimental but if your parents are good to you too, just go do something nice for them. I bet they care and love you more than you realize."
"I've been overwhelmed by the response to the Parents episode of our show. What's strange is doing that episode and working with my parents has increased the quality of my relationship to my parents IN MY REAL LIFE. In reality, I haven't always had the best, most open relationship with my parents because we are weirdly closed off emotionally sometimes. But we are getting better. And if you have something like that with your family - I urge you to work at it and get better because these are special people in your life and I get terrified when my dad tells me about friends of his, people close to his age, that are having serious health issues, etc. Enjoy and love these people while you can."
"Anyway, this show and my experiences with my parents while working on it have been very important in many ways and I thank for you the part you all have played in it."
