Carson Daly Jokes His 15-Year-Old Son Jackson’s Jaw ‘Hit the Floor’ Seeing All the ’Young Ladies’ at the VMAs

Mar. 15, 2025

Carson Daly and son Jackson.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty

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Carson Daly’ssonJacksonhad a great time at the VMAs — especially when he got to go backstage.

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Later during the show, Daly spoke more about his time with his son, saying that Jackson knew just how cool of an experience it was.

“It was so fun. Here’s Jack’s jaw,” Daly said, mimicking it dropping down. “And it just hit the floor. It was like, the girls walking around…I left for a second to go present an award and there’s seat fillers, and they’re all just like, young people. And he was getting chatted up. He was hanging out.”

Daly shares Jackson, as well as his daughters, Etta, London and Goldie, with wifeSiri.

Back in July, Daly spoke with PEOPLE about how exciting it was to see his sonJackson interview golf legend Tiger Woodsfor a May episode of NBC’sNightly News: Kids Edition.“It was ridiculous,” Daly said. “I interviewed Tiger live on the air, and Jackson got him before that forNightly News Kids. I mean, it was early in the morning, he was asleep in the car on the way toTheToday Show, but he rallied and he wrote his own questions, and he had a great sit down with him.”

The proud dad said that the weekend after the interview, he and Jackson got to see Woods, 48, again in Las Vegas.

“I was hosting a thing for him, and he saw Jackson, and he just looked at Jackson and went, ‘Oh, you got your haircut, huh?’ " Daly shared. “Jackson’s like, ‘Hey, Daddy, he knows me. He noticed I got my haircut.’ So they’re like best friends now.”

source: people.com