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‘I’m Getting My Nails Painted’ – Proud Father of Three Beautiful Little Girls, Hall of Famer Derek Jeter Talks About His Other Side of Being a Dad

Published 07/31/2022, 10:30 AM EDT

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A daughter’s first love is her dad, and the Yankees legend Derek Jeter is the first love of three beautiful daughters. As any other father, he is also sleep deprived, considering all three of his daughters are under 10.

His Twitter bio says, “Sleep-deprived father to three amazing girls. HOF Class of 2020.”

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Jeter and his wife Hannah’s mornings are early, days long, all by getting the three of them up, dropping and picking them from their lessons, as they’re not in school right now.

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That pretty much describes the legend’s life is what his bio says, the sleep-deprived father of three girls. All Jeter could hear was screaming, yelling, and crying all the time, and everything was just white noise for him when he talked about work.

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In the interview with ESPN, he said, “Encanto’s soundtrack is big in my house right now, and froze. I’ve seen frozen a hundred times.” Also, the Hall of Famer knows these songs’ lyrics as well. Looks like the baseball legend, in addition to doing other stuff, sings with his daughters. 

Additionally, he has said, “I’m getting my nails painted and makeup on my face, dresses. So there’s a whole other side to me.”

Nothing but a smile was on the face of this proud father while he was talking about his daughters. Two of his daughters were also present at the Hall of Fame ceremony when Jeter got inducted. 

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In the extended interview with ESPN, when Jeter was asked if his daughters were one of the reasons behind making this documentary, he said yes. 

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Since all three of his daughters are pretty young and don’t know much about what their father used to do, he wanted to make this documentary to let them know how his life was back then. 

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He wants them to know that he was told by almost everyone in his life that he won’t ever play for the Yankees. But he worked hard enough to fulfill his dream and proved those people wrong. 

The baseball legend wants his daughters to believe in themselves and not what other people say. He had his fair share of struggles. He wants his daughters to learn from them, and dream big, along with working hard enough to fulfill those dreams. 

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Have you seen this proud father’s documentary yet? If yes, what do you think about it? If not, what are you waiting for?

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