Elle King's "Ex's & Oh's" is sitting pretty atop Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart this week and her dad, comedic actor Rob Schneider, says she earned it all on her own.

Elle King Turns Heartache into a Hit

"She did it all on her own, she really did," Schneider said on The Meredith Vieira Show Wednesday. "That's why she wanted to have her own name, because it's tough being the kid of a famous person. But she did it on her own, I'm really proud if her."

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Schneider went on to describe an episode he described as "the cutest thing ever" where King paid for her dad's valet parking. His telling is, of course, more sentimental than that.

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