Legendary Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock Ed Helms recalled being "nervous" to have his "conservative" parents see 2009'sThe Hangover, a raunchy, R-rated comedy "That's not what they raised me to do, to be in a movie likeThe Hangover,"joked the actor He said his mom ended up loving the movie, and to have her "be all in on it, it meant so much" Ed Helmshad to brace himself for his parents' reaction to his R-rated comedyThe Hangover. The Officealum starred in the 2009 movie, about a Las Vegas bachelor party that goes overboard, withBradley Cooper,Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong and Justin Bartha. In aninterviewwithTed Dansonon SiriusXM'sWhere Everybody Knows Your Namepodcast, Helms, 51, recalled worrying about his mom and dad seeing the movie and not approving of the raunchy subject matter. He explained that he "grew up in a repressed, Southern home" that was "politically, very progressive, but still a very socially conservative kind of environment." Helms added with a laugh, "The Hangoveris nuts — that's not what they raised me to do, to be in a movie likeThe Hangover." "At that point they'd seen me do crazy stuff onThe Daily ShowandThe Office,so there was some sort of acceptance already," he said. "But, still, I was nervous for my parents to seeThe Hangover. I was like 35 when that movie came out, and I'm still nervous about my parents." "They came to the premiere, and I'm sitting next to my mom and, you know, there's just so much insanity. And the movie ends and there's huge applause, and I'm looking at my mom, the lights come up, and she's crying. Like, tears streaming down her face," he recalled. "For a second, I'm like, 'Did I just break my poor mom's heart?' She says to me, 'That was so funny,' and just a big hug. I'll just never forget. That was such a special moment." Helms added thatThe Hangoverwas "such a pivotal moment in my career, in my life," so to have his mom "be all in on it, it meant so much." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Kevin Winter/Getty Images The Hangoverbecame a box office hit, and Helms returned for two equally-as-vulgarHangoversequels, released in 2011 and 2013.The actor, who hosts the podcastSNAFU, has said he'd return for more installmentsif his costars also signed up for it. In 2022, Helms opened up aboutdealing with a "tornado of fame" after the success ofThe Hangoverin 2009, calling the attention "very overwhelming." "One of the craziest things about a massive jump into fame like that — and what I think people who have never dealt with that or been close to it just can't understand — is the just total loss of control of your environment," he said on theNeeds a Friendpodcast at the time. He added that he and costars Cooper, 50, and Galifianakis, 55, were "going through it together": "If it wasn't for those guys, I don't think I would've stayed sane. But we all had each other to kind of commiserate and measure ourselves … and I think we kept each other [from] drifting too far, and being too unprofessional." Read the original article onPeople