Rich and Famous BMs

No type of Mother takes the brag to its most dramatic level with more skill than a famous Bragger Mom (BM).  Especially since it seems there’s a world full or people who seriously do want to hear what those Officially Recognized as Special (ORS) have to brag about.  And it turns out, just like regular BMs, famous parents (and parents of the famous) brag about their kids even better than they brag about themselves.

ORS BRAG OF THE WEEK

Ray Romano Bragger Update: The Punch Line Buries the Boast
Aware comic deftly covers DaughterBragging on Oprah by goofing on his sons

RR: My daughter, she started college. She went to Penn last year!

OPRAH: umm hmmm… (knows a brag when she hears one.)

RR: The boys um…the boys aren’t goin’ to Penn…No…
They’re goin to the state pen, I think, yeah, yeah!

OPRAH & AUDIENCE: Uproarious laughter. (Bragging is forgiven.)

In case you missed them:

MotherBragging Really Is Part of Her Job…

Talk show host Kelly Ripa doesn’t hesitate to make fun of her kids as part of her job requirements. But those MotherBrags are always bubbling just under the surface. Especially when her co-host Regis Philbin, gives her just enough rope to… climb.

Regis: Here’s a young high school senior named Jonny Strange, who is reaching heights that few adults can imagine.

He’s 17 years old, from California, and now the youngest person in the world to climb the tallest peaks on each of the worlds 7 continents… Started mountain climbing when he was 12 with his dad…

Kelly: You know it’s so funny, I see Michael and he…whenever we go hiking, or you known, we do our out West trip and we do a big hike, Michael scoots up the side of those rock formations so easily and so brilliantly, I always say he should take up rock climbing, because he’s so…doesn’t have that fear…
He’s very agile…he’s like a spider.

Went For the Joke, Missed the BO

Comic Actor Ray Romano was a little too understated when talking about his kids on the Today Show, but maybe it’s just part of his act.

Matt Lauer: You have 4 kids, I think, 18, twins at 16 and 11, is that right?
How do they feel about what you do for a living? Are they very proud of it, do they love the fact that you…

Ray Romano: I don’t tell them what I do…

Interestingly enough, my boys, they want to get into it, and they are like the shy ones.

My daughter, who is more out going, wants nothing to do with show biz.

She wants nothing to do with it unless there’s like, Justin Timberbake concert tickets she needs, then it’s like, Daddy, make a phone call.

More people come to MotherBraggers looking for This Woman and her Children than any other Search Item:

Celebrated for the way she guards information about her personal life, as much as for her acting, Gwyneth Paltrow spent 4 minutes of a 5 minute Tonight Show interview segment taking all of Conan’s Compliment Bait, and happily divulging details about her two kids. Here’s just the MotherBragger portion of O’Brien’s successful fishing trip:

CB: Your kids are absolutely gorgeous – beautiful…
GP: Thank you, thank you – they’re… (pause to acknowledge applause and smile appreciatively) Thank you.
Conan: They’re absolutely beautiful and they just seem like great kids.
Paltrow: I have to say they’re amazing kids – nothing to do with me – I don’t know how they turned out that way – but they’re brilliant. And they’re funny.
They’re really funny!
How funny are they?

Brad Pitt: “I’m really proud of this family.  I look at my sons and daughters… I feel rich being around them. Each one offers so much to the mix.”

Marge Simpson: “Maggie’s genius and creativity far exceeded that of the others – and I’m not just saying that because I’m her mother.”

Michael Phelps’ Mom: “The rest of the world thinks he’s a super hero. But to me he’s just my little boy.”