Former “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe spoke out on Mother’s Day to pay a beautiful tribute to his mother as well as to all mothers everywhere.

“She’s the ultimate essential worker,” Rowe said of his mother while appearing on “Fox & Friends Sunday.” 

Rowe’s mother Peggy appeared on the show as well to promote her book “About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known,” and she had some advice for moms across the country when it comes to celebrating their special day in the age of coronavirus.

“This is really a strange time, and I would suggest that every woman out there sit down and write something about her mother,” Peggy said. “We all had mothers, and that’s how I began my writing career. I sat down and started writing about my mother, and what better time than Mother’s Day to do that. Even if it’s not published, it will give you great satisfaction.”

“She’s annoyingly modest,” Rowe said of his mom. “I don’t know why she isn’t telling you that two years ago, her first book about went straight to the New York Times bestsellers list, and now, her second one has been there for nearly a month.”

“The woman is 82 years old. She completely reinvented her life at 80 and when she tells the country that they ought to sit down and write, the country ought to listen, because it’s transformative,” he added. “There’s never been a better time in the history of our country to sit down, take stock and put your thoughts on paper.”

“My mom just happens to do it better than most,” Rowe concluded.

Rowe has been taking issue with the fact that many workers have been labelled “nonessential” during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that all workers are “essential.”

“In the age of COVID, when you’re talking about the economy, I think that it’s kind of a crazy distinction to make,” Rowe said. “You just told 35 million people who are unemployed, we just collectively told them in no uncertain terms that they are non-essential. That’s not good. It doesn’t make sense and if anybody doubts it, I think all we have to do is look at the economic impact of arbitraging that many people out of the workforce to see that, in fact, they are essential.”

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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