Featuring a write-up on the Happy Gilmore sequel’s easter egg on Ms. Boyce’s Instagram, she shared that the pair had kept in touch before Cameron Boyce’s untimely passing in 2019. It was through those conversations that a long-discussed reteaming was hatched, with Libby Boyce confirming in the following statement:

Cameron Boyce ‘s mother, Libby Boyce, thanked Adam Sandler for the tribute to her son in “ Happy Gilmore 2 .” “Thank you [Adam Sandler] for honoring Cam’s legacy in ‘Happy Gilmore 2,'” she wrote in an Instagram post Monday,

"Adam always finds a way to keep Cam's memory alive, which warms our heart," Libby Boyce wrote on social media.