Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and the Art of Mentoring [VIDEO]

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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If it wasn’t for Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, a trip to Footlocker could have ended Trevor’s career. Iglesias shares about his journey to become the headlining, stadium-filling comedian known to millions as Fluffy. The two pull the curtain back on the 2012 tour that introduced Trevor to stand-up in the United States, and Fluffy explains why mentorship comes naturally, as long as you surround yourself with the comedians who really make you laugh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.0	Are you're living out here now? No, I'm living nowhere. I'm a no mad Gabe. You know what's funny is I sold my house? I don't have an actual residence. Oh really? Yeah. My soul? They broke into it and I don't I didn't spend enough time in it. You know what, I don't need it.
0:15.8	Is there anything they didn't take that you hoped they would take?
0:19.2	Oh, for the sake of, uh...
0:21.8	No, like for me, I when i i used to have crocks
0:24.3	like back in the day but then my house got robbed
0:27.0	they stole everything all my clothes all my shoes
0:29.8	everything and then my friends we were all then we're like a
0:32.0	house god rob we're going to everyone's room because i live with my friends were all then were like, Ah, the house got robbed, the house got robbed.
0:33.0	We're going to everyone's room, because I live with my friends.
0:35.0	And then my friend was like,
0:36.0	Oh, they left your crocks.
0:38.0	Well, at least we know they had taste.
0:40.0	And I was not.
0:41.0	Ouch. Yeah.
0:42.0	Insult to injury.
0:43.0	Ouch.
0:44.0	This is what now?
0:49.0	This is what now with Trevanoa. Welcome to the podcast.
1:00.0	Gablele Iglesias.
1:04.0	Every time I'm going to have a conversation with somebody I know personally and intimately,
1:10.0	I have to think about how I would introduce that person to my audience.
1:15.0	I think you just did it.
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