MUST WATCH! Jennifer Garner reads "Go the f*ck to sleep"

Hearing Jennifer Garner read Adam Mansbach’s expletive-filled children’s book Go the F*ck to Sleep will make your day.

She even ad libs a poignant line, adding, “I know you’re not thirsty, that’s bullsh*t, stop lying. Lie the f*ck down, my darling, and sleep.”

Watch the video and enjoy, knowing that you’re not alone in your expletive-filled nightly routine!

*Warning contains explicit language.

The mum-of-three (Violet, 10, Seraphina, 7, and Sam, 4) certainly has a good idea of what parents deal with every day.

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45 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 11 Sep 2021
    7:30 am
I love this so very much.

- - Beck1986 said
  - 04 Mar 2018
    11:12 pm
Hahaha I love this! Every mother or fathers feeling at bed time I believe.
She read it so well with actions included.

- - mom81879 said
  - 04 Mar 2018
    7:17 pm
Oh dear, so funny. Definitely not for reading to the kids, but probably conveys a lot of parents feelings at bedtime

- - taynik46 said
  - 03 Mar 2018
    1:09 pm
that’s awesome – I love this story – so many of us mum’s think it and know that it is true

For those saying they wouldn’t read it to their children because of the swear words ! That’s not the point of this book lol!
- mom93821 replied
  
  04 Mar 2018 , 6:48 am
  Thank you! It is for adults and not children for sure!
- - mom90758 said
  - 03 Mar 2018
    12:34 pm
I don’t like the language she uses at all.

- - mom206279 said
  - 03 Mar 2018
    8:50 am
I like the Sam Johnson version.

- - mom93821 said
  - 03 Mar 2018
    6:15 am
I have heard many readings of this book and of course it is for adults and not children.

- - Ellen said
  - 03 Mar 2018
    4:25 am
Think I read this article before.
Personally I wouldn’t read this to my kids, with all these swear words !
But sharing this with my friends will be good for some laughs.

- - rovermum said
  - 27 Mar 2017
    9:30 am
I’ve seen this a few times across different sites and find it absolutely hilarious.

- - mom101628 said
  - 26 Mar 2017
    10:29 pm
Very funny listening to this.

- - tessie said
  - 26 Mar 2017
    11:40 am
I love this book. It’s written with tongue in cheek to express how we sometimes feel when our little angels won’t go to sleep. Jennifer Garner is a Mum herself and knows the feeling I’m sure

- - rachel1970 said
  - 24 Mar 2017
    8:29 pm
laughed so much I almost wet myself. LOVE IT (especially Jennifer Garner reading it)

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 09 Nov 2016
    6:18 pm
Awesome we actually have a copy of that book. It’s great – it’s even better when you hear Noni Hazelhurst read it

- - ella12 said
  - 07 Nov 2016
    4:31 pm
Nothing like beating around the bush lol

- - rovermum said
  - 07 Nov 2016
    9:27 am
This is so funny. I just love Jennifer Garner and she has a reputation for being so sweet and pure, so her reading this way makes it absolutely OK!