Kira J, a 30-year-old author, poet, and mom, had no idea she would be spending her Monday trying to convince her five-year-old, Nala-Joye, that she wasn’t an alien.
I mean, we’ve all had to do that right? …right?
My daughter found my passport today & she thought it was paperwork to show I’m an alien. Shoulda never let her watch MIB pic.twitter.com/blvBAHX2Zn
— Kira J (@IamKiraJ) September 20, 2021
How Nala-Joye Came to Believe Her Mom’s An Alien
As Kira relayed to Buzzfeed, Nala-Joye curiously spotted her mom’s passport and was flipping through the pages when she landed on one with a stamp that looked like a view from space.
Having just watched the 90’s film Men In Black three days before, there was only one logical conclusion for this imaginative five-year-old to arrive at—
Her mom… must be… an alien… and this little blue alien book was proof of it.
Initially, Kira played along, saying, “Yes, but it’s a secret, you can’t tell anyone,” innocently playing with her daughter, “But that’s what caused the meltdown.”
I can’t have kids fr bc I’d make her believe I’m an alien https://t.co/oFV4b04c2P
— vic (@viccs___) September 22, 2021
A Viral Five-Year-Old Meltdown
As this revelation—nay, this betrayal—washed over Nala-Joye, she processed the information the way one might expect a five-year-old to… she broke down crying.
Kira j filmed the moment, and all of its parental hilarity, and posted it on Twitter; where it easily soared to viral status with 2.2 million views.
She said “I GOT YO TEA!!” https://t.co/4cvYTIZWPV pic.twitter.com/poNaiOhJD7
— ceeitrus (@ceeitrus) September 21, 2021
Everyone found the meltdown, and the cause of it, as hilarious as Kira did.
Once the filming ended, Kira calmed her distraught daughter with knowledge, explaining what a passport is and what the stamps represent. She told her that just because some of the stamps had cows on them, that didn’t mean she was a cow.
Knowing full-well the dramatic antics of one Miss Nala-Joye, Kira said that the moment made for huge laughs amongst friends and family. It will, undoubtedly, be a story that Nala-Joye will be haunted with well into her thirties, just like the rest of our mothers do to us.
Does your mother have a story about you she loves to tell? Or do you have one about your daughter? Let us know in the comments below.