Ray Romano Ranks His Four Children, Says No. 1 and 3 Have Flipped ‘For a Number of Reasons’

Ray Roman’s four children are switching places on his “favorites” list!

“My order of favorites has changed,” the “Everybody Loves Raymond” actor joked during the comedy set at The Event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fundraiser was held by NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal to benefit his foundation, The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation, and during his performance, Romano, 65, took the opportunity to joke about his offspring and how his position in relation to them has recently changed. .

“I thought it was locked. I meant [No. 4] he’s still four because he’s terrible. He’s not going anywhere,” the actor joked. “He’s happy. But one and three backfired for a number of reasons.”

Romano and his wife Anna Romano have daughter Alexandra (33), twins Matt and Gregory (30) and son Joseph (25).

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During the set, Romano said he and Greg, who was previously his third favorite, were in the kitchen when his wife started “screaming” about peeing on the bathroom floor.

“Greg looked at me and he saw the guilt in my eyes, and I didn’t ask him to do that. He just turned to the bathroom and said, ‘That was me, Mom,'” Romano said. “He took a bullet for his father. It’s No. 1. It’s the new No. 1. It jumped two spots.”

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Before that moment, Aleksandra was the apple of the actor’s eye. In fact, he found she was a favorite from the day she was born, and “rightfully so,” he said.

»She is smarter than [the other kids.] She works harder than them. But she wouldn’t do that,” the comedy legend said of the hilarious peeing incident.

“I mean, technically she couldn’t do that. She couldn’t convince my wife. No, my wife knew it was a man peeing all over the floor.”

Ray Romano and Shaquille O’Neal attend an event hosted by the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation on October 7, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Roman’s acknowledgment of the ranking came during a comedy set at O’Neal’s benefit for his foundation — which helps underprivileged youth in Atlanta and Las Vegas — and he didn’t miss the chance to playfully roast his youngest child, Joe, who he said had a place in the no. 4.

“I don’t know how to describe this kid. I can’t tell if he’s the dumbest kid in the world or if it’s the other way around. He might be the deepest kid,” Romano said. “All I know is he says things that I don’t know how to react to.”

Joe, who still lives at home, recently went to a party and came home at 6 a.m., the actor explained.

“I get out of bed, go into the hall and ask myself, ‘Joe, are you coming home at 6 in the morning?’ And he just keeps walking and goes ‘for now,'” Romano recalled.

Ray Romano attends an event hosted by the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation on October 7, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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“Ha? What? What? I went down into the hole. I fell into an existential black hole from two words out of this kid’s mouth. Oh, it was bad. I went into the bedroom and my wife said ‘Did you find out where he was?’ And I wonder: ‘Where is one of us? I don’t even know if I’m here.’”

Back in April, Romano spoke with PEOPLE about his family and how he thinks they inspire his work, including his directorial debut for his 2023 film. Somewhere in Queens.

“I think they like that I get creative inspiration from them,” Romano said. “They read rough drafts of the script. My wife, not as much as my kids.”

“I’ve been married to her for 35 years and I’ve been in business for about that long,” he explained. “So she supports me, but she’s not as on top as my kids are.”

However, he added that when it comes to family members, he is careful about what he reveals. “I never do it at their expense,” he said, adding that his children have never objected to what he’s wanted to include, but that his wife has said a few words about it in the past. “My wife, occasionally, when she was our TV show, we’d have an argument and she’d turn around and say, ‘I don’t want to see this on the show.’ And I’d say, ‘We’ve already done that episode.'”

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