If you go to any major sports event, look towards the press gaggle. Look for a kid in a navy suit with a yellow-tipped toy mic, and the dad clearing a direct path to his son’s next interview subject. Here’s kid reporter Vedant Gupta making his way.Vedant with Baltimore Ravens running back Mark Ingram, holding the signature microphone.
One day, he could lead a movement, his dad says. But before all that, it's just Vedant and his dad. Watching sports at home in suburban Michigan, studying up on sports’ biggest stars. "He was really cute when he first covered the NCAA Tournament in March of 2018," Vipul says."That was kind of his first foray into everything.""I guess in a sense it is," Vipul answers."Because, when you say 11 or 12, you still think a little bit more of 'kid.' And when you say 13, you might be thinking 'Well, they’re almost 14, 15.'"
"Just doing what I needed to do," Vipul says."So, yeah, pretty much I just wasn't making anything — just like right now. But that's OK. We just strive hard and hope that success will come when it comes." People weren’t shy about telling Vipul to his face that he was being too much of a helicopter parent. He says he’s not. What he is, he says, is a fighter jet pilot: doesn’t hover around as much and is strict — but adventurous.
Back when Vipul was working Bollywood, people would say things to him like,"Come out to Los Angeles next week, and we’ll talk." When I tell Vedant he sounds just like his dad, he says,"Thanks!" Not in a tone that older people use when they’re secretly spinning into existential dread, but like,"Thanks, my dad is great." It’s genuine.
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