--- title: Internet on BBC Dad Kids Video description: The Internet was disappointed after Robert E. Kelly (better known to the world as the "BBC dad") gave an interview sans his adorable family. canonical: https://time.com/4709020/internet-on-bbc-dad-kids/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-22T15:43:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:07.099Z og:title: The Internet Still Wants BBC Dad's Kids to Crash Interviews og:description: Sadly, no unexpected visits this time og:url: https://time.com/4709020/internet-on-bbc-dad-kids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ba275d18011c61/6988be5686f68e85c86e3d7d/robert-kelly-bbc.jpg?branch=production&width=1118&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1118 og:image:height: 629 og:image:alt: robert-kelly-bbc og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Still Wants BBC Dad's Kids to Crash Interviews twitter:description: Sadly, no unexpected visits this time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ba275d18011c61/6988be5686f68e85c86e3d7d/robert-kelly-bbc.jpg?branch=production&width=1118&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Disappointed that the BBC Dad's Family Didn't Crash His Latest Interview > Sponsored content. 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Kelly, the Pusan National University professor of political science [affectionately known to the world as “BBC Dad,”](http://time.com/money/4697929/kids-interrupt-live-skype-interview-bbc-funny/) is back to give political commentary on-air — but unfortunately for viewers hoping to catch a glimpse of his kids, he’s locking his office door this time. Kelly earned his noteworthy moniker after [his achingly cute children (4-year-old Marion and 8-month-old James) crashed a live interview](http://time.com/4701257/bbc-dad-robert-kelly-family-kim-jung-a-interview/) about the [impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye](http://time.com/4697736/south-korea-president-park-geun-hye-impeached/) that he had with the _BBC_ about two weeks ago in a hilarious clip that instantly went viral. (The family later explained they usually lock the door to avoid interruptions.) But this time around, Kelly made sure to lock his door, something he let viewers know by poking some fun at himself. > [](https://twitter.com/Robert%5FE%5FKelly/status/844401059372126210) However, the Internet was wildly disappointed in the sad lack of the Kelly children. > [](https://twitter.com/annafifield/status/844418138821332992) > [](https://twitter.com/kestenholz/status/844417611349807104) > [](https://twitter.com/BuckTurgidson79/status/844401589242748928) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4709020/internet-on-bbc-dad-kids/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4709020/internet-on-bbc-dad-kids/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Disappointed that the BBC Dad's Family Didn't Crash His Latest Interview","datePublished":"2017-03-22T15:43:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:07.099Z","description":"Sadly, no unexpected visits this time","url":"https://time.com/4709020/internet-on-bbc-dad-kids/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","viral","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ba275d18011c61/6988be5686f68e85c86e3d7d/robert-kelly-bbc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ba275d18011c61/6988be5686f68e85c86e3d7d/robert-kelly-bbc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"robert-kelly-bbc","caption":"robert-kelly-bbc","creditText":"@WSJ/Twitter","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/4709020/internet-on-bbc-dad-kids/","name":"The Internet Is Disappointed that the BBC Dad's Family Didn't Crash His Latest Interview"}}]}] ```