Grace O'Malley Brings Her Mom to Tears After She Surprises Her with Tickets to Her Dream Vacation: 'I Cannot Wait'

Mar. 15, 2025

Grace O’Malley at iHeartRadio z100’s Jingle Ball 2024 (left); O’Malley and her mother embracing (right).Photo:Marleen Moise/WireImage; Grace O’Malley/Tiktok

Grace O’Malley attends iHeartRadio z100’s Jingle Ball 2024 Presented By Capital One

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Mele Kalikimaka, from Grace O’Malley!

The stand-up comedian surprised her mom on Christmas Day with tickets to Hawaii, revealing in an emotional video onTikTokthat the tropical destination has always been her dream, but the pair never thought they’d be able to visit.

The content creator showed off a homemade card that read, “We’re going to Hawaii (first class flat seats!).” Then, she called her mom in for the surprise.

Grace O’Malley at Netflix Is a Joke Fest on May 5, 2024.Monica Schipper/Getty

Grace O’Malley at Netflix Is a Joke Fest on May 5, 2024

Monica Schipper/Getty

“The most deserving lady in the land, love you dearly mummy I cannot wait. Lots of hugs and happy tears going on here today. Happy holidays guys,” the social media star captioned her TikTok post.

The continued with a scene that showed O’Malley dressing her mom up with a coconut bra, while someone asked her how she felt about the surprise vacation. “My heart is full of aloha,” the smiling mom replied, while her daughter gave her another hug and they laughed.

“I was bawling my eyes out,” O’Malley told her mom, who praised her work on the decorations. “What a presentation!” she said in disbelief before the video concluded with the mother-daughter duo dancing the hula and screaming, “I’m going to Hawaii!” while decked out in leis.

Elsewhere in the comment section, O’Malley thanked her fans — who have been supporting her amid her stand-up comedy tour — for helping her make the vacation happen.

“Also just wanted to say, I’m feeling so incredibly stoked and grateful to be able to do this for my mama. Never in a million years did I ever think I’d be able to,” she wrote.

In a reply comment, O’Malley added, “Just wanted to thank everyone who bought tickets to my shows last year & all the upcoming shows this year. Just feeling really happy. Love you guys dearly.”

“((P.S. been saving up points all year to put towards this, I don’t officially have it like that yet hahahaha))” she wrote in a third comment.

Grace O’Malley shows off her home decorated in Hawaiian-themed decor on Christmas.Grace O’Malley/Tiktok

Grace O’Malley shows off her home decorated in Hawaiian-themed decor on Christmas

Grace O’Malley/Tiktok

On Dec. 23, O’Malley uploaded a TikTok video revealing that she hasn’t started any of her holiday shopping and was about to start the night before Christmas Eve. “Oh Grace, why do you look like a mess?” she said in the clip.

“Oh cause I don’t know, I’ve been really sick and also just going, going, going, going, going,” she said in the video. Meanwhile, she also overlayed the clip with text that ready, “Some may say … UNWELL.”

Fans caught on to the cryptic messaging and are theorizing it’s a subtle nod to O’Malley’s predicted appearance on Alex Cooper’s podcast,Call Her Daddy, in the wake of thecomedian’s departure from Barstool SportsandPlan Bri Uncut, which she cohosted withBrianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.

Cooper, 30, is the founder ofUnwell Network, which she launched with her now-husband,Matt Kaplanin 2023. They signed O’Malley on Dec. 19, who joined the ranks of previously signed influencers likeAlix Earle, 24, andMadeline Argy, 24.

Grace O’Malley attends the 2024 People’s Choice Awards.Monica Schipper/Getty Images

Grace O’Malley attends the 2024 People’s Choice Awards

Monica Schipper/Getty Images

One day before the announcement, the media powerhouseteased a collab with O’Malleyon TikTok. Cooper shared a screenshot of her recent call history with the comic and addressed fans in the caption: “You can stop tagging me, I know what needs to be done,” wrote Cooper.

O’Malley started working with Barstool in 2022 as cohost of thePlanBri Uncutpodcast with LaPaglia. On Dec. 16, the comedian revealed that she was leaving Barstool on her Instagram Stories, shortly after she confirmed that her time onPlanBri Uncutwas coming to an end.

“I wanted you guys to hear from me first that this is my last day at Barstool. I’m so grateful to everyone at the company and to Dave for taking a chance on me. I’m just as surprised as you are there are no typos in this statement,” read the text over a photo of O’Malley.

News of her Barstool departure came less than one week after LaPagliashared her side of the storyregarding their friendship amid rumors of a rift between the pair on theBFFspodcast.

source: people.com