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Gianmarco Soresi's custody questions meet a mother's simple comeback

A crowd-work exchange about splitting weekends leaves the comedian admitting he overlooked one possibility: parents who talk to each other.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 602,528 views a day, 7.5 times a normal first day on this channel (80,512).

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What did you think?

Gianmarco Soresi sits down on his stool to consider an audience member's custody schedule. She and her ex divide the week and split the weekends, swapping on Saturday night or Sunday morning. He has concerns.

"I don't think that's good," he says, before asking whether the weekend handover makes trips difficult or causes stress.

The woman has a straightforward answer: "No, because his dad and I talk to each other."

That leaves Soresi looking startled, then turning the joke on himself. "I never even took that into consideration as a possibility." The title, "Projecting on stage," neatly supplies his own diagnosis of the exchange.

The Short passed half a million views within 18 hours, already well beyond his usual full-day audience for the format. Its comment section was also almost eight times as busy as a typical first day.

Viewers pick out the mother's emphasis on talking and Soresi's moment of realization. Others share their own memories of moving between homes and discuss how weekend handovers affected time with friends. The conversation stretches beyond the punchline, but Soresi's admission keeps the joke pointed at his assumptions rather than making the audience member defend her family.

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What viewers say

  • The way she emphasized the "no because his dad and I TAALK to each other" was glorious 😂
  • The "ohhhh" says so much.
    Lol yea you were projecting very much.
    @dayanson6920See it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
1,520,000
Channel views, last 7 days
6,319,462
Channel views, pace per day
1,748,873 (on a normal day: 947,979)
Video published
November 13, 2026
Video views so far
533,580 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
602,528

The numbers

The Short had already drawn far more views and comments than Soresi's usual first day, with several hours still to go.

the video's first day
usual first day here
80,512
this video
602,528
subscribers
1,520,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,876,303,182
views per day
1,748,873
typical day: 947,979
the video
views
533,580
likes
36,337
comments
696
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Ali Siddiq
1,660,000
As of November 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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