Moms of HBO Actors Recite Crude Dialogue From Their Shows in Fun Ad for Mother's Day

Give Mom some better dialogue this weekend

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If you’re Danny McBride’s mom, watching Vice Principals on HBO, you’ve … gotta be proud? Or are you cringing a little every time he opens his mouth?

In a fun Mother’s Day ad for the network, agency Mekanism assembled six mothers of HBO stars and had them recite reprehensible lines of dialogue that their offspring had to deliver on their HBO shows. Of course, the results are pretty great.

The featured moms include:

● Divorce star Sarah Jessica Parker’s mom, Barbara
● Crashing star Pete Holmes’s mom, Irena
• Vice Principals star Danny McBride’s mom, Kathy
• Insecure star Issa Rae’s mom, Delyna
• Ballers star Rob Corddry’s mom, Robin
• Veep star Tony Hale’s mom, Rita




Check out the spot here:

It’s great to see the moms get some screen time, even if means putting them in an even more awkward position than watching their beloved child run their obscene mouth on television....

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