Inside Coco and Ice-T's Daughter Chanel’s 8th Birthday

Coco Austin just revealed what your Instagram feed has been missing every holiday season, and you'll never be able to un-see it.

Or un-dream it, that is, because apparently none of us will ever get to actually see it.

Because while Coco and daughter Chanel, 8, don their matching sleep apparel to get into the Yuletide spirit, man of the house Ice-T has made a tradition of not joining in. And his reasoning is hilariously on brand.คำพูดจาก เล่นฟรี เกมใหม่ล่าสุด

"Every single year I've tried to get him into these stupid pajamas," Coco told E! News' Francesca Amiker in an exclusive interview. "Like, 'Can you just put 'em on for the picture?' And he's like, 'No, pimps don't get into that type of stuff.'"

And now we all have visions of Ice-T in candy-cane-striped long johns—or last year's navy PJs with a Christmas light pattern—dancing in our heads. But he's the one missing out, because pretty much every other member of the family takes part, including the rapper's grown kids, daughter LeTesha Marrow and son Tracy Marrow Jr.  

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"I always try to get everybody in the mood," Coco continued, pausing for a hard eye roll at the thought of her "party pooper" husband of 22 years rejecting the PJs. "I want people to always be festive—not just for Christmas, but all the time. I'm a loud personality and it doesn't die off in different seasons."

She added with a laugh, "So it's Christmastime always for me."

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That's especially true when it comes to matching outfits—Coco needs no reason other than being awake to twin with Chanel—and celebrations. Which, for the most part, Ice-T does not poop out on.

The Law & Order: SVU star was all smiles when, after a birthday trip to Disneyland, they further rang in Chanel's big 0-8 with a Hello Kitty-themed bash back in New York earlier this month (though he unsurprisingly passed on wearing pink). In a video Coco shared of Chanel taking it all in, from the massive balloon arrangements to the colorful multi-tiered cake, the sweetest part was the child heading over to her beaming dad for a hug. 

"It was still 100 people," Coco said of what was ostensibly a lower-key party than some of their daughter's previous birthday celebrations. "Even bringing it down a notch was still a lot, but it was amazing. It was off the chain."

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But making each other feel special is pretty par for the course for this family—though Chanel admitted that being on the receiving end of a present makes her feel strange. 

"I love giving gifts," she said. "Receiving gifts, I feel weird. 'Oh, you really didn't have to do this—but here's my present!' I don't know what that is."

Needless to say, she puts a lot of thought into picking out gifts for others, including her hard-to-shop-for husband. Her secret, however, is keeping track of what Ice is into at any given time, "like a pair of tennis shoes he's looking for secretly," and making a note of it.

And since he won't go to the mall to buy those kicks, they make a perfect gift. But all year round it's important to stay in tune—especially when the going gets crazy.  

She and Ice are "constantly bickering about schedules," she noted. Even with Coco managing her husband's calendar, "there are not enough hours in the day."

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With Chanel in school, "I can't be bouncing around like I used to do and it's hard keeping it together." In fact, she added, "The scheduling has been the hardest complaint out of our whole entire marriage. But we figure it out."

In addition to the date nights she dresses up for, because she knows he likes it when she does ("Night out flavor… ICE Style – COCO Style," he captioned a shot of his sneaker-clad foot next to Coco's red stiletto and pretty pink pedicure), they make a point of checking in with each other as much as possible.

"You must constantly involve each other in things," Coco explained. "When you're with each other for so long, you have your thing going on and he has his, and your lives start separating. And it just naturally happens, it's not like people fall out of love."

So in their case, to avoid an irreparable divergence, she and Ice remember what the other likes and apply it.

"We are regular human beings," Coco said, "we're working all the time, we have a daughter to raise. But we always have to take a moment to do us."  

Keep scrolling for more sweet scenes from Ice-T, Coco and Chanel's family world:

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