Adam Sandler’s Daughter Just Exposed His Weirdest Pool Habit On Live TV

Sunny Sandler is stepping further into the spotlight these days, and her latest talk show stop proved she has just as much comedic timing as her famous father. The 17 year old actress made her first ever late night television appearance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ this week, sitting down to promote her new Netflix film ‘Don’t Say Good Luck.’Sunny’s very first late night talk show appearance came on August 3, where she chatted with Fallon about her movie ‘Don’t Say Good Luck,’ but the conversation inevitably turned to her famous father.

Before the family stories started rolling, Fallon set the tone by crediting Adam Sandler with helping launch his own career. He told Sunny that Sandler was one of the reasons he landed on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ since his audition famously included an impression of her dad. That warm setup made what came next land even harder.

Sunny then dropped a story about her father’s pool routine that had the studio audience roaring. She explained that Adam wears socks in swimming pools because he struggles to bend down and remove them beforehand, so he waits until he is floating in the water to take them off. She and her sister Sadie used to mock the habit as kids, dressing up in his oversized clothes, carrying Diet Cokes, complaining about the air conditioning, and then jumping into the pool wearing socks just like him.

Fallon was not buying it at first. “That is not true at all,” he said, before adding, “He’s the funniest dude ever.” Sunny stood firm on her story and even walked Fallon through the logistics of the whole operation during their exchange on the show, which aired on NBC.

When Fallon asked for clarification, wondering if Sandler jumps in with his socks on and then floats his feet up to take them off, Sunny confirmed that was exactly right. “Yes, and then he’ll drain them,” she said, “and then you play catch with them.” It is a bizarre little ritual, but according to Sunny, it is a real one.

Fans online quickly went digging for proof, and while there is no verified footage of the real life pool socks, movie buffs pointed to a familiar scene. In the 1995 comedy ‘Billy Madison,’ Sandler’s character is shown relaxing in a pool while still wearing his socks and shoes, which now reads like an early hint at the habit his daughter just confirmed decades later.

Beyond the pool talk, Sunny used the appearance to reflect on her own growing résumé. She traced her first onscreen credit back to ‘Grown Ups,’ recalling that she had a fever as a baby during that shoot, and also discussed working alongside Melanie Lynskey on ‘Don’t Say Good Luck.’ She has since appeared in films like ‘Pixels,’ ‘Leo,’ and ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,’ along with a role in ‘Happy Gilmore 2.’

Whether or not Adam Sandler’s poolside sock ceremony is exactly as elaborate as his daughter described, it fits the offbeat persona he has built his entire career on. Do you buy Sunny’s story about her dad’s sock swimming ritual, or is Jimmy Fallon right to be skeptical of the whole thing?