A family affair!
Carson Daly attended the 2024 MTV VMAs with his 15-year-old son Jackson by his side. For the event, Jackson wore a pair of sneakers, a blue blazer and black trousers that matched his top. As for Carson, he wore a black suit with sneakers. On the red carpet, the two were smiling from ear-top-ear.
On Instagram, Carson posted a picture of them together at the event and said it was a "full circle" moment.
"That’s my son Jackson btw — we’re having a blast," he said.
In the comments, people said they couldn't believe how much Jackson had grown.
"Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was working with you from home for your TV segments during the pandemic -he looked like such a little boy then?!!!" one fan wrote.
Another said, "This warms my heart but also makes me feel really old 😂 . Carson is a legend!"
A third added, "Wow Carson, he is really growing up! Mini Me!"
Daly shares Jackson and his three daughters, Etta, 11, London, 9, and Goldie, 4, with his wife and cookbook author Siri Daly. In October 2023, Jackson made another public appearance with his dad when he attended the inaugural gala for Project Healthy Minds with him.
Jackson, who wore blue pants, a white T-shirt and black jacket, smiled as he posed for photos with his mom and dad.
At the event, Carson delivered a speech about his own struggles with mental health and his experience with anxiety.
While he is a father to Jackson, Carson has described himself as a “proud girl dad."
“I braid hair, I paint nails, I do it all,” he told TODAY.com.
As for Jackson's striking likeness to him, Carson gushed, “He’s my mini-me. I get that everywhere I go.”
Like his dad, Jackson could also have a long career in the media. He has appeared several times as a correspondent on "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Kids Edition."
Carson got his start as a radio DJ and then rose to fame as the host of MTV's "Total Request Live." In 2002, he started producing and hosting the NBC late-night talk show "Last Call With Carson Daly," where he met Siri.
The ever-busy Carson has also hosted the NBC singing competition "The Voice" since it debuted in 2011.
In 2022, Jackson shared on TODAY that he’s picked up pointers from watching his dad conduct interviews with famous figures.
“I learned that you always have to be prepared and just act like you’re having a conversation,” Jackson said. "(Celebrities) are just regular people … Don’t overthink it.”
Read on to to learn more about Carson and Siri’s children.
Jackson, 15
In 2009, Carson and Siri welcomed a 7-pound, 8-ounce baby boy named Jackson, or “Jack,” as Carson affectionally calls him.
“He’s really an old soul, and mature beyond his years,” Carson told TODAY.com.
Jackson was a toddler when Carson began hosting and executive producing NBC’s reality music competition “The Voice.”
“He’s been in a lot of adult situations. I mean, he grew up backstage at ‘The Voice,’” Carson explained. “Jackson is good in any room."
Carson said Jackson is a “natural interviewer,” a skill he gets to show off on "Nightly News Kids."
“Jack is just a really good egg,” Carson gushed. “He’s a sponge. He loves to come to work with me — he watches what everyone is doing. I keep telling him, 'Just keep being you. You're good.' He doesn't need much direction."
Etta, 11
The first word that comes to Carson's mind to describe Etta is “independent.”
“Etta was the first kid of mine to go upstairs and put herself to bed,” he said. “She loves fashion and puts her clothes out for the next day.”
Etta, who started middle school in the fall, is also a talented singer, dancer and actor, and attends theater camps and workshops.
“Anything having to do with the performing arts, she loves,” Carson said.
He noted that Etta is the most "reserved" of the four children.
"All my kids are so different from each other — and I'm glad they are," he said. "It's so much more entertaining."
In January, Carson shared on Instagram a photo of Etta decked out in bright blue New York Islanders gear.
"It’s bring your oldest daughter to a @ny_islanders hockey game night!" Carson captioned his post. "Love my time with the kids at these games."
London, 9
London is known as “Chungy” in the Daly family.
“It’s a nickname that comes from a meme where Bugs Bunny turns angry,” Carson shared. “She’s volatile — but in a funny way. She’s like a comedian. She loves to entertain and make people laugh."
London “marches to the beat of her own drum,” and does “not feel peer pressure to wear the cool things,” according to her dad. For example, Carson said she will head off to school dressed in loud leggings paired with neon sneakers and “some sort of silly T-shirt.”
“She has a Super Mario Bros. red hat and then she bedazzled it with cheap rhinestones that she bought on Amazon,” Carson said. “London is truly one of a kind.”
Goldie, 4
The Dalys' pandemic baby, who arrived in March 2020, is “just coming into her personality,” Carson said earlier this year.
At the moment, Goldie is very into swimming and making silly faces. She’s also “very verbal,” thanks to her older siblings.
“She hears her brother and sisters talking and she picks up a lot,” Carson said. “So when you talk to Goldie, you can ask her, ‘How was your day today?’ And she’ll give you a real response.”
Goldie — or Go-Go, as Al Roker calls her — has a special bond with Jackson.
“He just had 10 friends come to swim after school — you know teenage boys who thinks they’re so cool and macho — and Jack went and got Goldie and took her outside to swim with them,” Carson recalled. “And I love to see that. He doesn’t care what his friends think.”
Goldie made her debut on TODAY in April 2020, when she was 12 days old.
“She is the pot of gold in our family rainbow and she came obviously in a much-needed time with what’s happening in our country,” Carson shared during the segment. “She’s been a wonderful distraction.”
