mama

“Why do you feel, as a man, you get to ask me those types of questions? Act like you have some manners. And your mama taught you, respect women.”

Yes, the heart-shaped lips and resting pout do some heavy lifting to pull off the baseball-loving mama’s boy, but Butler’s authenticity is irrefutable.

“And that beautiful little baby. God, I hope, whatever happened, she’s with her mama.”

We saw mama bears splashing around with their cubs, black bears fishing for salmon in the creek, one little cub napping in the sun, and so many birds I lost count.

Pratt flew home to Morgan City, La., “to see my mama and my homefolks,” he said.