. >> reporter: her famous father, rob snider, is listening to.a surprise message. >> i love you. i'm so proud of you and i'm so excited. >> reporter: it's a relationship that's evolved in the years since childhood. when she first made a cameo alongside him in "deuce bigelow." >> what are you watching? >> reporter: how has your relationship with your father grown and developed over the course of your childhood and then now adulthood and career? >> well, my dad was following his dreams for a long time. we kind of met in the middle and we were like, let's drop all that [ bleep ]. i love you. we look alike. i don't know. my dad just showed up for me in such an incredible way when i was really needing him, and we have just become best friends. my dad was pretty big, you know, when i was a kid. >> huge. >> reporter: and everywhere we go, my dad's still, like, whoa, you can do it. every show, someone shouts, you can do it or rob schneider at me. there's a really lovely and warm encouragement that comes from both ends of us that he just wants to see me s