--- title: Catfish Nev Schulman Makes Parental Leave Video description: Catfish host Nev Schulman and his fiancée Laura Perlongo teamed up to make a video about better parental leave policies. canonical: https://time.com/4505708/nev-schulman-laura-perlongo-parental-leave/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-23T17:29:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:26.736Z og:title: 'Catfish's Nev Schulman Says Dads Need Parental Leave Too og:description: Taking care of a child isn't just a woman's job og:url: https://time.com/4505708/nev-schulman-laura-perlongo-parental-leave/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt136c7f5918610512/6988a745fb4eac7cff88f38c/nev-schulman-laura-perlongo-parental-leave.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2083 og:image:height: 1172 og:image:alt: London Fog Presents A New York Special Screening Of THE DRESSMAKER og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Catfish's Nev Schulman Says Dads Need Parental Leave Too twitter:description: Taking care of a child isn't just a woman's job twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt136c7f5918610512/6988a745fb4eac7cff88f38c/nev-schulman-laura-perlongo-parental-leave.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Catfish_'s Nev Schulman Says Dads Need Parental Leave Too > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for London Fog) NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 16: Nev Schulman and Laura Perlongo attend as London Fog presents a New York special screening of 'The Dressmaker' on September 16, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for London Fog) Cindy Ord—London Fog/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 23, 2016 5:29 PM UTC Nev Schulman who is best known for his role as the host of MTV’s show _Catfish_, recently surprised fans and social media followers with the announcement that fiancée, Laura Perlongo, was pregnant. Shulman and Perlongo teamed up with [attn:](http://www.attn.com/) to make a video about [paternity leave](http://time.com/4214097/why-women-need-to-fight-for-paternity-leave/), which he [posted](https://www.facebook.com/nevschulman/?fref=ts) on Facebook. The video begins with playful music and a narrator saying, “Nev and Laura explain why you need time off work after having a baby.” While giving Perlongo an envy-inducing foot massage, Nev says, “America is really bad when it comes to [paid leave](http://time.com/4495728/tim-kaine-donald-trump-family-leave/) for moms,” after which the narrator explains, “The U.S. is the only industrialized country that doesn’t offer paid [maternity leave](http://motto.time.com/4495074/melinda-gates-unga-paid-family-leave/).” [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ Schulman cites statistics about [maternity](http://motto.time.com/4443746/ivanka-trump-paid-maternity-leave/) versus paternity leave time. He explains, “Globally, moms get an average of 106 days of paid leave for a new baby, while dads only get an average of seven.” Perlongo calls these statistics “totally sexist” because “it’s basically saying that taking care of a baby is a woman’s job.” Schulman and Perlongo also say time spent with young children can have positive effects later in life. 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