"My dad told me early on, he said, 'Son, we're both ugly,'. I swear to God, he says it to this day. And he goes, 'You work on your personality. It builds character'" the singer, 46, said on Tuesday's episode of The Meredith Vieira Show.
Anthony, however, did not take any offence to his father's comments. "Absolutely not. I was born looking at his face - and he was right," he said jokingly.
