Meet Jason Batema’s Kids, Francesca and Maple

In 2018, when Bateman appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he opened up about one of his funniest and most memorable moments with Francesca, who decided to grill him with questions about certain holiday traditions after an Easter Egg hunt. Somehow, he managed to ruin the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus for Francesca in a single conversation.

Bateman recalled, “[She said,] ‘Daddy, here’s what I don’t understand. Bunnies don’t lay eggs, right?’ And I’m like, ‘That’s true.’ And she said, ‘So I’m having a hard time putting a couple things together here.’ And I said, ‘What’s the problem?’ And she said, ‘The Easter egg Bunny: Not real, right?’”

After failing to dodge the question, Bateman ultimately cracked and confessed that the Easter Bunny isn’t real. He added, “She made me pinky promise. And I said, ‘The Easter egg Bunny is not real.’ I can’t lie to the kid. I can’t break the pinky promise. She goes, ‘All right. That makes sense.’

Unfortunately for Bateman, Francesca used the same tactic to make her dad spill the beans about the Tooth Fairy and Santa. And when Bateman broke the news to his wife via text, she wasn’t too happy. Bateman continued, “She says, ‘That’s an 11-year-old single-member audience, you’re a professional liar and you can’t get through this?’ [Then] She said, ‘Make her pinky promise she is not going to ruin it for the 6-year-old.’”