Alan Thicke gave a sitcom-like pep talk to rapper Gucci Mane before his performance at the ESPY Awards after-party at Club Nokia the other night. A witness reports Thicke, who attended with his son, R&B singer Robin Thicke, came backstage and encouraged Mane to have a good show.
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“Then Alan looked at him dead-on and said, ‘Are you ready to do this, Gucci?!’ Mane responded, ‘Hell yeah, you know it!’ ” When Alan walked away, Mane turned to his crew and asked, “Wait, was that the dad from ‘Growing Pains’? Wow!”