--- title: Aziz Ansari Instagram: Appreciate Parents description: Ansari took to Instagram to post about how much he appreciates everything his dad has done for him. canonical: https://time.com/4108677/aziz-ansari-parents-netflix/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T19:07:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:56.597Z og:title: Aziz Ansari Reminds Everyone to Appreciate Their Parents og:description: "Enjoy and love these people while you can" og:url: https://time.com/4108677/aziz-ansari-parents-netflix/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Aziz Ansari Reminds Everyone to Appreciate Their Parents twitter:description: "Enjoy and love these people while you can" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Aziz Ansari Reminds Everyone to Appreciate Their Parents > Sponsored content. 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After the 32-year-old actor and his father, Dr. Shoukath Ansari, [appeared on Tuesday’s episode](http://time.com/4108091/aziz-ansari-stephen-colbert-late-show/) of _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_, Aziz took to Instagram to post about how much he appreciates everything his dad has done for him. “My dad took off most of his vacation time for the year to act in Master of None. So I’m really relieved this all worked out,” he wrote. “Tonight after we did Colbert together he said: ‘This is all fun and I liked acting in the show, but I really just did it so I could spend more time with you.’ I almost instantly collapsed into tears at the thought of how much this person cares about me and took care of me and gave me everything to give me the amazing life I have.” He also spoke about how working on the show with his mom and dad, specifically on the “parents episode,” has improved his relationship with them. “I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to the Parents episode of our show. What’s strange is doing that episode and working with my parents has increased the quality of my relationship to my parents IN MY REAL LIFE. In reality, I haven’t always had the best, most open relationship with my parents because we are weirdly closed off emotionally sometimes. But we are getting better,” Aziz said. He ended the post by reminding everyone to be grateful for the time they have with their parents: “\[T\]hese are special people in your life and I get terrified when my dad tells me about friends of his, people close to his age, that are having serious health issues, etc. Enjoy and love these people while you can.” ## Transcript >> President of the United States that I will faithfully execute the office. >> Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. Closer you are to the source, the higher your property value. Centuries from now when people watch this footage, who will they see smiling just at the edge of the frame? >> So help me God. >> Congratulations. >> Sherlock! >> Just stop it. Stop this. >> Mr. President-- >> Uh- huh. >> We can't. We can't >> We can. >> Look around you. Look where we are. This can't happen. 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