--- ---  # Listen to Vin Diesel Read an Adorable Text From His 7-Year-Old Daughter  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 15, 2015 2:42 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 01: Actor Vin Diesel helps his daughter Hania Riley leave a thumbprint during Diesel's hand and footprint ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 1, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 01: Actor Vin Diesel helps his daughter Hania Riley leave a thumbprint during Diesel's hand and footprint ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 1, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)Jason Kempin—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 15, 2015 2:42 PM UTC On _The Tonight Show_ Wednesday night, Vin Diesel read aloud a gushing text that his seven-year-old daughter texted from her iPhone where she said she loved him and missed him. (Also: a seven-year-old kid has an iPhone?!) The actor, famous his role in _Fast & Furious,_ visited Jimmy Fallon’s show to promote his upcoming horror film, _The Last Witch Hunter_, out in theaters October 23\. Despite the enthusiasm for her father, Fallon pointed out that Diesel wouldn’t even be able to take her to see the film because it was too scary. Vin Diesel Shares Text from Daughter for Jimmy Fallon ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4074895/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4074895/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/"},"headline":"Listen to Vin Diesel Read an Adorable Text From His 7-Year-Old Daughter","datePublished":"2015-10-15T14:42:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:01.547Z","description":"He is promoting his upcoming film The Last Witch Hunter","url":"https://time.com/4074895/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f0b56854bf0c442/69886876e20a87df8ca8dc2e/gettyimages-468285518.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f0b56854bf0c442/69886876e20a87df8ca8dc2e/gettyimages-468285518.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vin Diesel Immortalized With Hand And Footprint Ceremony","caption":"Vin Diesel Immortalized With Hand And Footprint Ceremony","creditText":"Jason Kempin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4074895/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/","name":"Listen to Vin Diesel Read an Adorable Text From His 7-Year-Old Daughter"}}]}] ```