Jude, brother.... (I think you're a brother LOL, if not, then "sister" and my apologies)....
Perhaps Helen Hunt just stumbled the thread and chose to reply. It does happen -- I'm here because of it.
I don't know if Helen Hunt is Southern or not, but as a lifelong Southerner, I'll vouch that saying something like "I'm gonna have a talk with your daddy about that" is a fairly common Southernism. HH *may* be a retread, who knows. We'll find out soon enough.
Is it when she actually pings him?