Andy Cohen enlisted the help of some of his daughter’s toys to help reinforce a life lesson, but it didn’t quite go according to plan. He shared the cutest new video of the moment with his 2-year-old daughter Lucy — and he gets points for trying!
“Attempting to turn this Daisy-logue into a teachable moment,” Cohen captioned a video on Instagram on Tuesday. “Who knows if it worked.”
First, a little background for those not caught up in the Cohen-verse. The Bravo TV host is referring to a moment he shared earlier this week, where his daughter randomly told him that Daisy Duck is “mean.” He was brushing her hair during the conversation and immediately came to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse character’s defense.
“No, she’s not mean!” Cohen says with a laugh. “She’s nice! She’s Daisy Duck. They’re all nice. Mickey Mouse, all of them. And Daisy Duck, too. Why do you think she’s mean?”
“Because the road is taken,” Lucy responds.
In the comments, people decoded the toddler’s logic, referring to a specific episode that justified the “mean” descriptor. “The commenters are right. She saw Daisy Duck in some show that involves a road, and Daisy’s very bossy,” Cohen said in an Instagram story update. “I need to start listening to my children. That’s what I need to do.”
Now that you’re caught up, Cohen has taken some time for reflection and decided he’s going to broach the subject with Lucy again. After all, it’s 2025 and we don’t associate “bossy” with “bad” anymore.
“Daisy’s so mean,” Lucy reiterates in the new video.
“No, she’s not mean, OK?” Cohen responds, holding up a Daisy plush doll. “Daisy’s nice.”
He added, “Daisy knows what she wants, OK? Just because Daisy knows what she wants doesn’t mean that she’s mean.”
Lucy wants to make sure that her Minnie Mouse plush is included in the lesson, and Cohen says, “Minnie’s nice too.” “But I just want to teach you that just because you know what you want, doesn’t mean you’re mean, OK?” he continues, holding the Daisy doll in his arms.
It sounds clear to us, but for Lucy? She’s still distracted by what’s going on with Minnie. “Minnie’s sad,” she says in the cutest toddler voice. Explaining that “Minnie wants Daisy.”
“Minnie wants Daisy? Well come here Minnie, give her to me,” Cohen says, bringing Minnie into his arms too. “OK, now she has Daisy. Now she’s happy.”
“But do you understand?” he asks again. “Daisy is nice. She just knows what she wants, which is a good, important thing. OK?”
People praised his willingness to attempt this empowering lesson. “Cute 🥰,” Paris Hilton commented.
One person wrote, “I love that you’re teaching them that a girl knowing her own mind doesn’t make her mean. Good daddying, Andy 👏👏👏”
“The girl dad! Love this so much!” someone else said. “Just because she knows what she wants doesn’t mean she is mean! More dads need to tell their daughters that ❤️”
“Good job, Daddy! ❤️❤️ Tomorrow’s lesson … finding where Donald gets the audacity,” someone else said. “Daisy is tired of Donald’s Bullsh!t,” another quipped.
Hey, at least Cohen tried! We’re all just doing our best out here, and we love seeing Cohen try (sometimes unsuccessfully) just like we do.
Before you go, check out these celebrity dads who have the sweetest bonds with their daughters.
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