A Song for Women Who Look More Like Their Dads - Esther Povitsky - Hot for My Name

Esther Povitsky questions why she didn’t inherit her mother’s genes and instead got her father’s features. (Contains strong language.)
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Esther Povitsky: Hot for My Name
Original airdate: July 17, 2020
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[@CLB30ROX]

As a female version of my dad, this one hits me right in the feels

[@vintagearisen]

Girl same

[@luvLins]

yeah this one hurt, but like I also feel seen? idk man im upset

[@alphawolfsquadronthe3rd218]

😫me too

[@notaperson9831]

Sammmmeee

[@availanila]

I'm the female version of my dad and ..... 😭😭 Why me??

[@s.a.m.francis]

I feel like they tried really hard to convince us that an attractive person was actually not attractive.

[@TvTink]

Facts

[@scoop2448]

or esther doesn't think she is

[@nathanmendelsohnbjj7964]

Exactly, Esther is hot I was like what?

[@nathanmendelsohnbjj7964]

• Marzly • says marzly the ladies man!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Future_Imperfect]

@Billy Jack Ha, I see wasn't the only one that thought that back in the 90s

[@Ihiva89]

When grandma said “It’s not as if you’re unattractive to men, you’re just a little bit uglier than you should’ve been” I FELT that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lorieharris2776]

My whole life. Didn't hurt my younger sister was the spitting image of our mom. The whole blonde, beautiful, tall beauty queen thing.

[@jazzynys]

The grandma is like horrifying

[@Combfish]

my nana used to say 'you are JUST like your father'

[@boobooismine1]

My moms mom ALWAYS roasted me about how masculine I was.

[@kurbaga6041]

I got my dad's eyebrows and my mom's depression

[@tay2944]

Double threat

[@ninalove3044]

Same🥺🤦🏻‍♀️

[@corlonbowser620]

Xu

[@indigoriviera]

Oh my god dying

[@Axxxel_in_Harlem]

@@tay2944 Double trouble

[@dumbofass]

Some of y’all don’t realize the way toxic family members get into your head and it shows. I have a friend just like this girl, she’s incredibly beautiful to me but because she “looks more like her dad” she got immensely teased by all her family members growing up giving her incredible body image issues.

[@hamnchee]

"Some of yall don't/didn't/never _______ and it shows."

[@dinodino5602]

+

[@jillyjollyjelly]

Man thats sad

[@cammiex7238]

"Don't say I look manly because I resemble my dad Stanley" - not sure if that's a lyric yet but it works lol

[@KellyClement]

If Mad magazine did it, it would work.

[@lordbrianrobertofevans5239]

Literal LOL...

[@auroraborealis13579]

I’m stealing that because that’s my Dad’s name.

[@frankinsaneandmyrrh1202]

people who know my parents meet me for the first time and go "oh, she looks like her dad..." as if disappointed. and I've also heard, "wow, your mom's so pretty... you look like your dad, huh?" -___- thanks.

[@Shri100percent]

THATS TERRIBLE LMAOOOO

[@frankinsaneandmyrrh1202]

@@Shri100percent IKR HAHA

[@dangitgrandpa5156]

Ugh I get the second one all the time

[@frankinsaneandmyrrh1202]

@@dangitgrandpa5156 sad high five, girl. (I'm assuming girl given my comment and the vid lol)

[@dangitgrandpa5156]

@@frankinsaneandmyrrh1202 yeah I am a girl lol

[@deaf-tomcat]

i feel so attacked right now, it's not fair lol. (also yes she's not that ugly, but hollywood has this weird problem with average or "less attractive" women so...

[@Zaftique]

But for a Y chromosome, I would look *exactly* like my dad. While I appreciate inheriting his grandmother's hefty german bosom (and I don't mind the family chipmunk cheeks), I also have stubby german man hands, an enormous forehead, and my hair is thinning on top. x_x Meanwhile my mom has long elegant fingers, a huge mane of thick silver hair, and not one damn wrinkle at age 76. SO UNFAIR. (That said, glad I didn't inherit her heart & eye problems and high risks of various cancers, so.... plus side?)

[@dookies2332]

"Not that ugly" lolololol sorry its hilarious how it sounds even though we all mean shes pretty attractive at least above average. But it comes out "not that ugly" lolol

[@sosam2000]

I wonder if those are actually her parents because she does actually look a bit like her dad. I know they’re probably all actors but they cast it pretty well tbh

[@justincoleman3805]

What does Hollywood have to do with it? She’s the one that wrote it and starred in it.

[@perseagratissima]

Zaftique What is a German ass/ what are German hands? 😂 Have you been to Germany? People have all kinds of hands and asses there, just like everywhere else. That’s such an American thing to say 😂

[@lunark4511]

So everyone's grandma really destroys your self-esteem and then say "oh sweetie but I love you just the way you are 😉😘☺"

[@Lifeishard237]

RIGHT LOL

[@begemotowa]

Mine grandma actually says that I am pretty without trying to destroy my self-esteem. But usually she accentuates as the most attractive parts of me or ways of highlighting my beauty that I don't find nice or fitting. It gives really strange feeling.

[@Kelly404029]

I get “it’s ok that you’re not pretty like your sisters, you’re so funny!” 🤯

[@lunark4511]

@@Kelly404029 that's kinda harsh as well , I'm sorry 😭

[@lunark4511]

@@begemotowa well you're lucky! Show her as much love as you can, my grandma is testing me I swear 😅 but I'm trying to express my love any time I can

[@direcircumstances]

I feel this except with personality traits - I got my dad's anger issues, hyperactivity, immaturity, etc. Meanwhile my mom is super well-adjusted and people just naturally like being around her.

[@meerchlocxk]

That sounds more like adhd

[@direcircumstances]

@@meerchlocxk Yes, I do have ADHD.

[@lurategh]

Relatable. I feel like I got the worst features from my parents, and their good ones are the ones I did NOT get.

[@missmolasses5111]

SAME.

[@randovids2381]

My dad always gets insulted. He says "what's wrong with looking like me?!". Nothing, if you're a MAN!

[@aceofpentacles2k]

Fucking same

[@champslim]

THIS HURTS

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Ugh I feel that way too much. Yeah, this prominent chin, wide face and Thick fucking legs (including the ankles!!!) are fine for a guy, but they really make life hard as a woman. :(

[@kothar6159]

@@singenstattatmen5096 Just my two cent woman with thicker legs are hot

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

@@singenstattatmen5096 I don't know my sister, me, and my brother look like both so I don't get it.

[@meinoly809]

The “big forehead” part hit a little too close to home

[@geriatricmillennial.5160]

😄Same! I grabbed my forehead and asked "Did I just get read?"

[@shiprakumar5968]

Samee

[@SquidRain]

Esther Povitsky: gets called the unattractive sibling/daughter by her family *makes a music video about it* Internet: you’re not ugly enough to complain about your looks. lol y’all are just as judgmental as the family. i get that some of the comments are trying to reassure her or something but she’s just making this about her experience with how her family thinks and how she compares to people in her family. also it’s a comedy sketch lol

[@videovoidtv]

I was actually just wondering where the comedy part is... this is not a joke it’s a sad song by a grown woman with low self esteem.

[@DeathnoteBB]

VideoVoid TV It’s funny for people who relate

[@cruzhatesyou]

You and videovoid should get together and just complain about stupid shit lmao

[@lorgarspersonalchair]

Delilah Queen these might be actual comments she’s received. Lord knows how many untrue unwarranted comments I’ve gotten from weird family members or even strangers!

[@justincoleman3805]

A. It wasn’t funny. B. The premise doesn’t make sense. 3. It wasn’t funny because the premise doesn’t make sense.

[@ananananabop]

This is so funny, and I love Esther’s voice. The poor dad just smiling through it all, hahaha! Got her dad´s looks and her mom’s mood swings 🤣 That’s genetics babey! 🎲 🎲

[@pinkopat]

I feel seen, I have my dad's face and my mom's family history of mental illness

[@BluBerryPi]

Are we the SAME PERSON?!!!?

[@carbsandhotsauce]

It meeee

[@vmoonbeam6571]

I have my dads face and my dads mental illness lol

[@pinkopat]

@@vmoonbeam6571 you really hit the jackpot

[@mihayuli]

same :))

[@sparklingdaisy3169]

I feel you. Everyone says I look more like my dad than my mom. I get sad that my sister looks more like my mother because she passed when I was way to young to understand and I dont remember what she looks like. It got sad at the end.

[@rudegirl4153]

People always say I look like my mom. She is Italian with a strong nose, dark eyes and olive skin. I am fair with hazel eyes and a very small nose. (More like my dad) I never saw the resemblance and felt like maybe they think I am unattractive. Bitchy I know. But what I realized is I inherited her beautiful smile that lights up a room and that's what people see. My mother is the sweetest, kindest person I know. I wish I was more like her. She is beautiful!

[@volo455]

Wow they put a lot of work into this I relate to the family gatherings where there's one person shut away on their phone

[@LunaSangre]

Usually me

[@rzafra1213]

ah yes...thats me

[@edwardknowles2214]

Raising hand emoji

[@julienmark7810]

"- I have my dad's hands... -NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK!"

[@ChestersonJack]

Small hands

[@Alsyoutubeaccount]

Where does she mention his hands or even show them? I see him holding a drink once but that’s it?

[@mfenn7325]

j0eycans it’s a reference to the male actor’s role in It’s Always Sunny

[@pheniellanz5271]

I love how everybody in the comments says she’s actually beautiful. I agree too ☺️

[@palomajune1863]

My dad's a tall athletic guy, my mom's a short (4'10") dancer... I'm 5'2" with a football player's shoulders... deadass the looks like my father thing really hit me hard...

[@MrJMB122]

For some reason that sounds hot.

[@KattReen]

Geez, when someone finally dedicates a song to me it's a callout

[@andreeaLnedelea]

I've been waiting for this song for my entire life

[@Axxxel_in_Harlem]

You're pretty tho.

[@andreeaLnedelea]

@@Axxxel_in_Harlem the picture is small and it's all in the filters 😄😄

[@Axxxel_in_Harlem]

@@andreeaLnedelea You should say thank you, instead, buttercup.

[@andreeaLnedelea]

@@Axxxel_in_Harlem 😄😄😄 sure

[@things_i_say5951]

This is what we as women get brainwashed into thinking. It's the same with men thinking they're not manly enough. And attacking them makes them worse. So, you know, let her know she's hot (........................and will feel better with a good therapist).

[@tessinderbitzin]

This is the most relatable song I’ve ever heard

[@thereforeiam2908]

LOL, I look exactly like my dad, and I feel it's an unspoken and underrated subject even tho there are a lot of women looking like their dad, so thank you for picking the glove Esther! Always loved you, now I love you more😊

[@racoonzattack]

I can’t wait to show this to my daughter. She’s 5 now but soon. When the time is right.

[@cirqu3859]

This hits me right in my big nose that I got from my dad

[@marykozielski3655]

Can confirm. I’m as hairy as my father and look identical.

[@Crescentknight8189]

Hey, be proud. Because of his genes, you will always survive winter! That’s warrior genetics! 😂

[@sixteeeeeen]

"big forehead" hit me in the heart 😭

[@chrissioufi925]

I don't see anything wrong with her dad, except maybe his hands... If she could just put hers on top of his... his hands look pretty small on the screen. You would think the camera would add 10 lbs to his hands.

[@marvinhicks2016]

I love this

[@MrJimjah]

Hahaha top comment

[@CarynDPrescott]

NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK!

[@imamharahap1227]

Underrated reference 👏

[@XAVR_]

Hold on, fellas. I'm Jack Kelly. I'm a lawyer.

[@milybu78]

This is akin to a size 2 friend complaining about her "fat thighs" to me, a size 16 lady with fat thighs.

[@jordansunix-basedmachine5222]

Everything is relative. Everyone is capable of feeling insecure.

[@xanfus]

Things don't get interesting till you hit size 14, as far as I'm concerned! Just live your life! ❤️

[@littlewyzard]

Girl I feel you the struggle is real

[@ToryIsCooliest]

Especially when the setting is a ritzy party in a mansion

[@joelapraiz8245]

Just lose some weight bro

[@akybb3124]

She's a father's daughter daughter...is a very beautiful line...I'm one too

[@brianna094]

"Big forehead"... 🤣 I feel personally attacked

[@jortsofficial173]

“I look like the daughter with no lines from Fiddler on the Roof” HFKAFHKSKVKAKDJLAPAODIPAA OH MY GOD

[@Hotpotatogal]

Esther! She's one of my favorite comedian-actors!!!

[@user-no9gb2ul7j]

um?? is that like,, discount andrew rannells over there holding the martini???

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Daaaamn! Totally! Especially before th song starts, one could seriously mistake this guy for Andrew. 😳

[@aulap8828]

This was beautiful

[@user-ni3ur4es8b]

ooh she’s the tiny mouse voicebox girl from crazy ex girlfriend!

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Fuuuck how did I never realize!

[@passdabluntcuz9992]

Yup 😁

[@peterthx]

Maya

[@SkyP1e]

I lost it at "big forehead"

[@ChestersonJack]

I’m apparently the perfect mix of my dad and mom.... and my sister looks like neither of them. Apparently she looks like my grandma Betty from my mom’s side and my great great grandma cordelia from my dad’s side... (Italian and Mvskoke Creek Native American). Because of that, even though we’re both white with white parents, people often ask my sister “what she is” and often gets assumed to be East Asian or Pacific Islander. It was weird growing up and getting constantly told by my peers that one of us had to be adopted bc we looked nothing alike.

[@Iroxinping]

As a dad of a 22 year old daughter.... this song makes me happy cry.

[@MissBoquin]

Jack Kelly finally settled down haha

[@DrRiq]

It just hit me! She's in that CAKE BROWSER KZbin AD!!!!!!!!!!

[@DrRiq]

And her mum's in SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH HOLY SHMOKES

[@lennertverschoren2027]

I feel like many people don't get it. It's not like Ester isn't pretty, she just has a dynamic with her mom where her mom is the pretty one. Growing up hearing someone else is the pretty one can really destroy your self-esteem, even when you yourself are also pretty.

[@DoomerDarling]

i got my fathers face and my mothers unhinged emotional state

[@ayanavilmenay1800]

Winner winner chicken dinner 😍

[@maddie9125]

Me who doesn’t look like either of my parents: 👁👄👁

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Ester is the best woman there. She’s not annoying.

[@annaverena2415]

I love it so much. Ita already in my head

[@AmberAmber]

Oh - she's singing my existence. I also got my dad's AUTISM!! Yippee!!

[@otakudanieru]

The end slayed everything 🤣🤣🤣

[@kristiningridshalini4772]

the 'receding hairline' was a physical punch to the gut

[@SimplementeCli]

Too relatable!

[@rosiearts7199]

My mom is 5’4 and was really popular and dated a lot when she was in high school. My dad is 6’4 and was somewhat popular and dated in high school. They also both had incredible metabolisms, and were as skinny as tooth picks. I’m 5’10 (exactly in between them), was the opposite of popular, went on 1 bad date as a senior in my entire high school career. And I’ve been over weight since I was 12. I got my dad’s wide shoulders, long face, cheek bones, and large nose. And I got my moms eyes and big boobs. We’re all decently attractive people, but they did not pass on their social capabilities to me.

[@milo.ibrado]

That last line 😂

[@flawlessangela]

It so freaking true .I am in tears now((

[@acientfrogman7094]

beautiful song

[@marionzemel3933]

I love her

[@madelinej.gaudet2410]

wow thanks for this song just for me

[@Kaefilms]

This is the song I've always needed. I recently shaved all my hair off and I look so much more like my dad than I ever thought I could. It's a tragedy.

[@hyalinecoccyx1203]

I really enjoyed this. Like im really happy for the father caus he's happy

[@lafreyaya9629]

OHMYGOD A SONG ABOUT ME I've never related more to any song out there haha thank youuu

[@mcw9740]

this hit hard on another level.

[@humongouslyentertained]

This entire stand up is SOGOOD

[@muhkdoomali]

Ahh. She's like the real life version of Meg from family guy.

[@rudegirl4153]

She's a "Jan". Ironic since the actress playing the mom played Marcia in the Brady remake movies!

[@cassidy9703]

Relatable as hell.

[@KABZProductions]

2:08 I wonder if she has tiny hands just like her dad too.... *NOBODY LOOK*

[@DanielGarcia-uq7vu]

Really, no one noticed the sunny reference

[@ridikipicklepeckinpuff583]

Nice lol

[@xpledgeturnprestigex]

omg uncle Jack! didn't recognise him without his real hands

[@chasingpirates1]

We're lawyers!

[@kiaraharris5767]

The side burns line hit me deep 😭

[@chocobeast]

Lol!! The editing and lighting effects are great!

[@EternitysSlave]

What the mom said at the end made me laugh so hard!

[@camillawilson368]

This is so true!! I've got all the bad things my parents have

[@thepixel5]

...yes but and also great writing and music. Beautifully directed and performed.

[@VickiWattz]

Yay there's a song for us now 😂

[@wonderfulsarah1708]

Girl me too relatable

[@jobellecastro1508]

The mom isn’t even a real blonde, those roots don’t lie

[@CandygirlThe120]

i came to have good time, not be personally attacked in my own home

[@ReliableInsider]

I love Esther but you’re funny, too 😂

[@StyleM49]

I live Esther dancing vignettes lol!!

[@CuntFuckerPrime]

Loved Esther in CEG !!!!

[@wailingalen]

My vietnamese mom always said that a girl who takes after her dad is going to be beautiful and vice versa (son taking after his mom). My whole life ive been told i look like my mom and she alwAys compliments a pretty girl while saying she looks like her dad. I would marry Esther in a heartbeat! She is incredibly beautiful

[@maggiebuchanan4279]

At last a song I can relate to😂

[@gracetheresiaa]

I felt this shit hard 🤣 I have 2 older sisters, one is prettier(the 2nd one) and people always say "Hey, your sister is so pretty. Ah you look like ur first sister eh." Yey nice

[@CarlyBoothheartsmovies]

I felt this. I look like my dad wearing a woman’s wig.

[@bucksteingold4334]

I'm 52 and watched "Fiddler on the roof" for the first time a month ago...so, I know who you're talking about. I was deeply moved by the singing and story. I have always kinda wished I was born Jewish. P.S. You are a stunner Esther!

[@kimberlee9608]

In this moment I’m so thankful my father is such a pretty man. Kinda like Liv Tyler getting Steven Tyler’s lips.

[@arnbrandy]

I heard it at a 1.5X velocity (because I'm a very efficient procrastinator) and the song sounded even better.

[@nyankepi]

I was not expected to get such a thorough and customised attack. Thanks, I hate it!

[@ChestersonJack]

I was reading the comments and was like “haha, yeah she is pretty” and then I saw the dad is the same dude who plays uncle jack in its always sunny and I sorta just lost my shit

[@tena2sweet]

Yup I can relate.

[@hanaeelgha]

This made me laugh

[@rockstarnailbomb1]

Haha! Sent this to my mom and dad

[@lukel.5815]

I don’t know what their talking about. Her dad is the hottest one there

[@mostfrozenburrito]

I can relate. I got my Dad’s bone structure which means I have - knocked knees - scoliosis - crooked fingers - and some of the most jacked up teeth of all time, thank god my dentist declared it a medical emergency so our insurance would cover my braces I also got his soft spoken voice and his humor which is actually pretty fun

[@elyt9437]

The flat ass got me😂😂😂

[@adalovelace521]

painfully relatable

[@joylynch5204]

Haha. I came to the right place. I have struggled with this my whole life :( I had so much anxiety and trouble with and still do. Mostly my mother is small and waif-like thin and my Dad is hefty and “cro-magnon”. A little bit of a stomach he has too. One part I like is I am taller like him. I don’t have much of a stomach because I watch it. Or I feel I have to anyway. In my youth I made the mistake of dieting at a young age because my friends were doing it and I thought I needed it. I had pudgy cheeks. Yep, my Dad has those too. Ended up turning into eating disorder :( I hope I can get over it. The eating disorder never got severe but it definitely hurt my bones I think since I wasn’t getting enough calories or protein. Motto: just be thankful for what you have been given. I am 39 and I’m finally making peace with it and now my goal is to eat til I’m full, with a well rounded unrestricted diet and exercise until I feel satisfied (not until I am depleted or exhausted). So far my almost full cheeks came back but I have more color in them then when I was thinner and I noticed my bones are getting stringer. I don’t care what I look like as long as I feel healthy. At almost 40 years old, I am starting to feel our bodies have their limits so just love yours since it is simply here to help you get done everything you need to do. Take care of it.

[@marisadurham4736]

Sending you love and light! A bit late but still…

[@yinginbg]

I look exactly like my dad, but he is a beauty! 😄

[@AshishGupta-ql9lq]

It's a bop

[@magical_michelle_]

Oh crap. This hits

[@ShakeyBox]

A song about being ugly when in reality you're the most attractive person in the room.

[@joylynch5204]

Yep!