Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey’s Daughter Had This Relatable Reaction to His Viral ‘Matlock’ Dances (Exclusive)

Jason Ritter could have long gone viral for his enthusiastic dances set to the unique Matlock theme music, however his daughter used to be not up to inspired.

The actor, 45, spoke with PEOPLE at CBS Fest 2025 on Wednesday, May 7, the place he printed how his circle of relatives reacted to his dance strikes. According to Ritter, his 5-year-old daughter, whom he stocks with spouse Melanie Lynskey, had an excessively relatable response to her dad dancing on TikTookay.

“My daughter, anytime she sees a video of me, she says the same three words,” Ritter jokes. “Most embarrassing person, but she also says it with a big smile on her face.”

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Ritter, who stars within the new Matlock on CBS, posted a sequence of movies of dancing to the enduring theme track of the unique ’80s Matlock right through season 1. His dances may happen any place, together with at the stairs in his house. In an Instagram video shared on March 24, he danced (and slid) up and down the stairs, earlier than cautioning audience now not to take a look at his strikes at house.

“When no one’s home I can do my dangerous dances without inspiring a child or worrying a spouse! And NO ONE WOULD KNOW but then I post it for the world to see and potentially inspire and worry children and spouses and lovely people who are neither or both of those types of people and that is ON ME,” he wrote partly, earlier than including, “seriously don’t do the stairs thing.”

In April, Lynskey opened as much as PEOPLE about her dating together with her daughter. Calling her a “little angel person,” Lynskey shared how she assists in keeping their bond robust even if she’s away for paintings.

“She loves to write notes and receive notes, like little cards that say, ‘I love you so much,’ or if she gets upset about something, she’ll write out an apology card,” Lynskey stated. “It says, ‘I’m sorry for getting upset that I wasn’t allowed a lollipop,’ or whatever. So we have stacks and stacks of cards that we’ve written each other.”

Before a up to date go back and forth to London, “I cut little heart shapes out and left her little surprise notes, which she found within 24 hours. She went on a mission, she got so excited,” the actress endured. “So she’s like, ‘Where are the rest of my notes?’ I’m like, well you found them, you found 12 notes, but one was in her lunchbox and one was under her pillow and stuff like that. So that’s her favorite thing.”

In January, the three-time Emmy nominee defined why she used to be absent from the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, revealing that she used to be improving from COVID together with her daughter.

“So my little one came home from school on Friday and wanted to have a cuddle with mama. As we were cuddling and talking about her day, I noticed she was really warm. After the cuddles, we did a Covid test, and sure enough, she was positive,” she started a long caption on Instagram, which accompanied a candy drawing from her baby.

Later within the caption, Lynskey shared extra about her daughter’s drawing.

“To explain the picture- I did have a bit of a cry when my test came up positive, and was sitting despondently on the stairs when my daughter handed me this. One page says that she loves me, and the other page says that Dada loves me, and then there’s a mama snail and baby snails (???),” she wrote.

“Anyway. It reminded me of all that is important in my world. I would choose cuddling my feverish little one every time, even if it means missing a night like tonight. 💖💖💖💖💖.”