Patrick Warburton’s The work on “Seinfeld” and “Family Guy” won him a fan following around the world, but the actor’s respectful Catholic parents were not among them.
The 60-year-old actor played beloved David Paddy in the 90s sitcom “Seinfeld,” and the actor has voiced the paralyzed cop Joe Swanson since 1999 in Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Warburton explained that John and Barbara had always particularly disliked “Family Guy.”
“They don’t see it as satire. They see it as a blasphemous,” Warburton said. “So it was a conversation we really couldn’t have. We never looked at it. But yeah, they always hated that show.”
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Patrick Warburton revealed that his “very religious” parents disapproved of his work. (Castle Rock Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Warburton pointed out that his parents were “very religious” and he had moral objections to the animated series. The actor was a member of the Catholic Abbey, the monastery of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Bardstown, Kentucky, and his spiritual advisor was Thomas Merton, who described Warburton as “one of today’s most famous Catholic scholars.”
After passing in 2018, John spent three months at the monastery and decided to pursue a medical career before becoming a nearly monk.
According to Warburton, Barbara shared her husband’s strict adherence with them Catholic faith A fierce disapproval of his son’s most popular show.
“If mom might be worse than dad, she’s,” joking Warburton.
The 60-year-old actor played David Puddy’s beloved character in “Seinfeld.” (via Joey Delvalle/nbcu Photo Bank/nbcuniversal Getty Images)
Warburton previously shared that Barbara actively tried to air “Family Guy” despite her son’s role in the series. In an interview in April 2024 People Magazine At the Paley Fest event commemorating the 25th anniversary of “Family Guy,” Warburton recalls, “My mother belonged to the American Television Council and was about to cancel the show.”
“I was helping to support my parents with the money of a ‘family man’,” he added. “She tried to have me sign the petition. [to cancel the show]. I said, “Mom, if you don’t think I’m going to talk about this publicly, this is the biggest irony. You’re washing your money. You’re washing it to yourself.” They hate it more today. ”
Warburton’s parents also disapproved of his involvement in “Seinfeld” due to their religious beliefs. When he appeared on the November 2024 “Howie Mandel is Staff” podcast, Warburton recalled making his television debut as Jerry’s auto mechanic paddy in the 1995 episode Seinfeld’s The title is “The Fusilli Jerry.”
Warburton also voiced paraplegic cop Joe Swanson in Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy.” (Tommaso Boddi/Wireimage)
In the episode, Jerry Seinfeld, who played herself, gets frustrated when she discovers that she “stole” one of the sex moves used in Elaine Venez (Julia Louis Dreyfuss). After the episode aired, Warburton said, “I remember receiving a six-page letter from my father about how disappointed he was and the choice I had made.
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“So they had problems with not treating sexual activity as sacred,” Warburton explained. “Because, as we all know, sexual activity is full of holiness. It’s all about reproduction, and there’s nothing else.”
Puddy was originally intended to be featured in one episode, but he Instant fan favorites And a recurring character as Elaine’s on and off boyfriend during the show’s run until it ended in 1998.
Puddy was originally intended to be featured in one episode, but he became an instant fan favorite and recurring character, as Elaine (July Is Dreyfuss)’s on and off boyfriend through the show’s running until it ended in 1998. (Joey Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank)
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Warburton explained that his parents are always particularly disliked for “Family Guy.” (Castle Rock Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection)
While talking to Fox News Digital, Warburton recalled that Barbara’s religious beliefs led to another attempt to intervene in her My son’s job.
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“I remember the day we lived in Woodland Hills. My mother and father visited. And we were in the kitchen. My mother said, ‘Are you going to work on Seinfeld today?” And I said, “I, in fact.” And she said, “I have this dynamic videotape that changed my Jewish friend if I gave you that.
“So I was just standing there – my chin was on,” he continued. “Dad actually piped it up and said, ‘Barbara, leave enough alone.’ So, at least he still had that common sense about him.
According to Warburton, Barbara shared her husband’s Catholic faith and strict adherence to the intense disapproval of her son’s most popular show. (Patrick Warburton Facebook)
Warburton explained that his mother did not easily give up her goal of converting Seinfeld to Catholicism.
“A few years later, Jerry was like that performance [stand-up] In Pensacola, Florida, Warburton recalled. “And Mom and Dad wanted to go. And I’ll go, ‘I’ll hook you up.’ So I’ll call Jerry and get them a few tickets. So I spoke to my mother after the show, and I go, “Did you enjoy Jerry? And she goes, “He was amazing. I wrote him a lovely thankful letter.”
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“And at that point, it’s when the hair on the back of my neck rose to my feet, and I go, “You probably didn’t just leave a letter, you probably left the DVD,” she says, “I did,” Warburton continued. “I’ll go, ‘Do you know how rude it is?” And she said, ‘I am one man, the Lord, their actions.’
“Catholic guilt runs deep, but I believe God has a sense of humor,” Patrick Warburton told Fox News Digital. (Amy Sussman)
Warburton told Fox News Digital that he raised his mother’s unexpected gift when he later met Seinfeld in New York.
“We laughed, but yeah, I’m sure he didn’t see it,” he recalled.
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“As far as I know, he hasn’t converted yet.”
Warburton previously described himself as “bad Catholic,” but the actor told Fox News Digital that he had “absolutely.” His faith.
“Catholic guilt runs deep,” he said. “But I believe God has a sense of humor.”
