And, you know, in the end, it hasn’t really affected my life that much. I mean, I’m ON the show, obviously, but I made it clear to everyone that I wasn’t gonna have my own camera crew and that I was only gonna be a part of it when I could—like, I was only gonna show up on the show when I was over at their place—and they were all pretty cool with that. Every once in a while, the producers will bug my manager about it or text me and be like: Hey, you haven’t gone over to your mom’s house in a while … But I’ve been able to make it work for my schedule.

And, I mean, it’s actually been kind of exciting, you know, because Bob has been pouring his whole soul into this thing. Like, he’s honestly not even writing that much anymore. I think he’s really started to see it as the next step for him, the next logical frontier for the kind of work he’s been trying to do. In all the time I’ve known him, I’ve never seen him so dedicated to anything.

And my mom in her own way seems really excited about it too. I mean, it’s actually kind of cute, because at first it was clear that she was really uncomfortable in front of the cameras—I mean, she’s not like me or Bob, you know? She’s never been a public person—and so the team actually had to work with her a lot just to get her to chill out and be herself, but I think she’s been settling into it really well over the filming of the first season. Every time I go over there and hang out with them, I can tell that my mom is relaxing a lot more and having a lot more fun, and it seems like she’s gotten really chill with the camera people and the producers.

And Bob, I mean, in a way it’s like the show is the perfect platform for him to express himself, you know? Something I’m hoping the show is gonna do is just let people see what it’s like to hang out with Bob, just shoot the shit. Honestly, more than anything he’s ever written, that’s always been what’s important to me. I’m hoping the show will sort of open people up to him and make it easier for them to let him into their lives and look past all the shit they think they know about him. I mean, obviously, when the show was first announced, there were a lot of people being like: Why would you support this guy? Why would you give this guy a platform? But I’m hoping once people start actually watching the show, they’ll see the same Bob I see: the goofball Bob, the generous Bob, the Bob who’s never been anything other than an amazing husband to my mom and an amazing dad to my brother.