Club Shay Shay - Club Shay Shay - Gabriel Iglesias Part 2

Episode Date: March 11, 2026

Download the PrizePicks app today and use code SHANNON to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/SHANNON  Save the everyday with Amazon Comedian and global touring star Gabriel Iglesias joins for a candid and hilarious conversation about fame, relationships, comedy, and the moments that shaped his career. Gabriel opens up about the realities of dating and maintaining relationships while living a life on the road. As one of the most recognizable comedians in the world, he explains how constant fan interactions—sometimes happening every few steps in public—can create tension in relationships. Iglesias reflects on how fame complicates normal experiences like going out to dinner, and why partners have to understand the unique pressures that come with dating an entertainer. The conversation turns to humor and attraction, with Gabriel joking that while abs may look good, a sense of humor is what truly wins people over. Known for making audiences laugh his entire life, he shares how comedy became his greatest asset—but also admits that personal struggles, including weight and avoiding difficult conversations in relationships, created challenges earlier in his life. Iglesias then reflects on the moment he first discovered his comedic gift at just ten years old during a school talent show. Performing spot-on impressions of characters like Mickey Mouse, Ronald Reagan, and Pee-wee Herman, he stunned the audience and received a standing ovation—an experience that hooked him on performing long before he understood what stand-up comedy truly was. Growing up, Gabriel found inspiration in the raw comedy he watched on Def Comedy Jam and BET's ComicView. Without many Latino comedians in the spotlight at the time, he gravitated toward stars like Martin Lawrence and D. L. Hughley, whose performances helped shape his understanding of stand-up. He even shares the surreal moment of finally meeting Martin Lawrence decades later and expressing how much his work meant to him. Gabriel also talks about landing one of his early TV opportunities on ComicView and why young comedians should prioritize mastering the craft over chasing money or fame. For him, exposure and growth mattered far more than the small paycheck he earned at the time. One of the most memorable stories comes from his first trip to New York to perform on Showtime at the Apollo at the legendary Apollo Theater in 1999, hosted by Steve Harvey. Gabriel recalls how brutally honest the Apollo audience was—and how he had to follow a fellow comedian who had just been booed off the stage. After advice from co-host Kiki Shepard about changing his outfit, Iglesias took the stage in a simple white T-shirt and delivered one of the best sets of his early career, earning a standing ovation. He also shares the awkward aftermath of celebrating that huge moment while still sharing a hotel room with the comedian who bombed before him—and how even a second attempt at redemption at Carolines on Broadway didn’t go as planned. Closes with highlighting Gabriel’s incredible career milestones—from selling out arenas worldwide to historic performances at venues like Madison Square Garden, Sydney Opera House, and Dodger Stadium—cementing the legacy of the comedian fans know and love as “Fluffy.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah. Are sweets your favorite food? Or do you like the traditional is Mexican cuisine? You know what? With sweets, believe it or not, sweets are not my number one. I love more salty and sweet. So you fried chips.

So, yeah, I'm more of a, yeah, whether it's, you know, chips or just, you know, steak or whether it's a hot dog. My favorite food is a hot dog. You eat glissies like that? Oh, my God. That's, I think, that's why I love Costco so much. And, you know, and not just because it's a buck 50, but that is a legit, good hot dog. It is so good. So I know you love the Dodger dog because that Dodger dog.

Well, you don't got to go like that. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, put it in your mouth. No. But you know it's sticking out both ends? I mean, come on. Now, can y'all get a bundle just a little bit longer?

You can't have the glitz and sticking out on both teeth? You know. Yeah, no. I love a good hot dog. That's definitely my favorite. So what do you put on your hot dog? I'm so basic. I just want ketchup, mayo, mustard.

Mayo? Relax. On a hot dog? Well, that's a hot dog. Well, that's a good. A lot of judgment right there. That's a lot of judgment. Oh, no. Okay.

I've never heard of anybody putting mayo on a hot dog. Okay, mustard, ketchup, ketchup, onions, relish, chili, cheese, sourcrime. Mayo? Yeah. I'll put mayo

on a sandwich, so I like mayo on a sandwich, but for me, a hot dog is just, it's the same. It's just a different, you know, the meat is shape different, you know what I mean? You do realize that hot dog is not a sandwich, right? I we can agree

we can agree to disagree Shannon we can agree to disagree I'm just trying to so so at what age did you say you know what I want something different

I don't want ketchup I don't want mustard I don't want relish I'm gonna try mayo on a hot dog I think because of the fact that I always grew up eating mayo

so I would put mail basically on everything you know really? Yeah is that tip that was from a very early age And it's just, that was just something that I did.

I mean, once it caught on, it was like, all right. So, like, when I go to England, and they're like, oh, they eat their fries with mail, I'm like, cool. And I'm just like, yeah, I'll show you how to do it. Fridge fries with mail? That's what they do in England, yes. Oh, no, man, come on, bro. Are we still cool?

Yeah, yeah. So I'm just trying to, so now what do you put, I know you don't put mayo on a burger. You liked me more when I was just a Raider fan. Now I was like, oh, mail. That's what I draw the line right there. Gabriel, please tell me you don't put mayo on a burger. Yes, I put mayo on a burger. Oh, this man.

Oh, fucking Shannon, really? Oh, God damn. You do realize that mayo doesn't have to go on everything. You're doing so good. I swear, I've never heard of people putting mayo on a hundred. He's about to cancer you, boo-boo. So you like salty food. So at what point in time do you say?

So, for example, one of my favorite salty things to eat is spam, because I grew up on it. Okay, fried. Yes. See? Okay, I'm back. We're back. We're back. We're back. We're back. I'm nervous. I'm not, ma'am. How much about something I got to drink before Shannon gets in?

I mean, we're good. So you fry it? Yeah, on the pan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sam, I love spam. I already know you put mayo on it. Yeah. We were doing so good. I think you just pulled it back. But you know what? I'll give you that.

I mean, I think that's really the only way that you can eat, Spam. You got to have me on it. You got to have a new spell. But you still eat it. You know you don't have to, right? I know I don't have to. And, you know, I was having this conversation with someone earlier about how there's certain foods and certain restaurants that I still go to, even though I know the level, the caliber of quality of food that I'm about to, you know. Right.

But because of the fact that it ties into my, it's nostalgic, it ties into my childhood. It ties into my childhood. So I enjoy it because the taste and the flavor reminds me of, you know, when I would go eat with my mom and being a kid and stuff like that. So I do know that a lot of these restaurants, I'm like, mm, yeah, no, I've, you know, I've tasted Wagu. I know what A5 is. I know.

And so it's. I really have spam right about now, but okay, it's good. What's your favorite food? If you, if somebody said, okay, Give me your list. Your last. What's your favorite food? What's the one thing that, you know what?

Gabriel says, I got to have this. Grill cheese sandwich was spam in it. Grill cheese. If that's my last, I'm about to go to the electric chair. Grill cheese sandwich was with fried spam in the middle. Grill cheese? Yeah. Are you six?

I'm such a basic. Seriously, I grew up eating quesadillas. Like, my mom would make me a quesadilla. Not even like on the grill. Say it so. So we've been saying it wrong because we say cassadilla. Well, I'm saying it because I'm Mexican and I have an accent. You know what I'm saying?

So what is it? Kesa dia. Kesa dia. Kesa dia. Kesa dia. Yeah. It's okay if you don't say it right. No, we don't say it right.

It's all good. Hey, advertise, let me get the kastasillas. But it's the same thing. I grew up eating kesa diaz, very basic. It's just the tortilla, some cheese, you fold it. Sometimes my mom would put it on the, you know, on the stove, sometimes you just throw it in the microwave. Right.

But that's what I grew up on. So I'm very simple. My writer, when I do shows, like, you know, a lot of times entertainers have certain shit in their thing. They want them and them. I am so basic. I just need a George Forman grill or a microwave. Do you keep it?

No, no. I got one on the bus. I'm good. So I just need a George, former grill, a microwave, you know, some tortillas or some bread. Okay. And just some cheese. That's it. As a right, that's all you get.

And mail. And mail. So you like mail or do you like salad spread, salad dressing? No, no, no, no. Like, for example, people go, what about like miracle whipped? No, no, no, no, no. So you get helmins, huh? Yeah, Helmonds or, you know, what's the other name?

It's either Helmonds or not Kraft. What's the other name, guys? It's Helmins or we're talking about mayonnaise? Best foods. Best foods. So, see, the best food's home. It's the same brand, but. Yeah.

But see, this man says if his last meal, he's going on. My last meal, grill cheese and spam. And that's on record, because I've said this before. No, I'm going out with a bang. I mean, no, I'm getting wagoo. I want ribs. I want ox tails. French fries, yeah.

I eat all of that on the reg. Seriously. But as a writer, and people, what he's saying is that, like, him being who he is, he has a rider. So they'll ask you, what do you want? What type of water do you want? What type of soft drinks do you want? Do you want ice?

Do you want champagne? Do you want beer? No, I don't want ice. Really? I'll leave it at that. No. In my dressing room, there's always, there's Diet Coke's bottles of water. And usually what I'll do is when I have bottles of water,

I got like a kind of like a crystal-like type of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. you kind of mix it up. Bread. They'll usually provide deli meats. No matter where you go, they'll always have the deli trays. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

I just need it to be simple. Particular type of bread? You like brio? I like that artesian. Okay, yeah, okay. I'm a little bougie. Yeah, okay. I like the wheat artesian one.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And mayo. You mentioned that you were, you're almost, you know, almost five. And when did you realize that you know what guys? It's too big. I'm too big. I'm too heavy.

So when you're young, it's easier to carry around that weight. Yes. You know what I'm saying? So it's one of those things where everything's still functional. There's no issues. Nothing hurts yet. Yes. I was in my 20s and I'm pushing, you know, I'm pushing 450.

You know, my heaviest, I was, like I said, right around 439, 440. Let's just say 440. Okay. 439. Yeah. And everything's functional. Like I said, functional. Like, you know what I mean?

Yeah. I didn't need a pill. I didn't need nothing. And then it just got to a point where it became uncomfortable where I started getting panic attacks. I would wake up and I'm just like, I can't breathe right. I don't feel good. And I'd stand up and I'd have to go outside. I'd have to go outside and I have to take off my shirt and just stand there and just let the cold air hit me.

And I remember. I was in Washington, D.C., and I got hit with a really bad panic attack because I had a sinus infection, and I couldn't breathe right, and then I had that, and I just had to run outside, and it was snowing. And I'm outside, and I took off my shirt, and I'm standing outside. I look freaking, I looked like a homeless dude on the street because I'm just standing there in no shirt, but the panic attack was so... Hopefully, this is the pre-in-net. Nobody saw that. No, nobody saw that, but it was one of those things where it was such a moment where it affected me so much. And I still get panic attacks, but it really takes a lot for one to kick in. But back then, because of the weight, it was just like that.

And then I said, man, all right. So I started going to the gym, and I lost a little bit of weight, but it wasn't enough. And then I wound up meeting a gentleman by the name of Diamond Dallas Page, DDP. DDP. DDP. And he's got this program. And I met him. I was doing an interview podcast with Routy Routy Piper, the late great Routy Routy Piper.

And I met him at the studio and I talked to him for a little bit. And I said, hey, man, I met you in Florida. You were really cool. And you got this program. I'm interested. And he turned me on to it. And not only did he turn me on to it, he was checking on me every day. He was checking on me, hey, man, are you good?

Are you doing what you're supposed to do? And he helped me to lose almost 100 pounds. So I credit him for that. Wow. I stuck to his program, and it really helped change me because it's like I became flexible. I dropped all this weight. The panic attack stopped. And then I just plateaued.

And this is, you know, I've been at this weight since. But it's one of those things where it's like to carry that money. much weight, you know. A lot of times people were telling me, hey, hey, Ralphie Mae, how you doing? They would confuse me with Ralphie Mae. And, you know, I miss him. Ralphie Mae passed away a few years ago. Yeah, he was unbelievable.

But he was much heavier than me, but the fact that I was being confused for him told me, hey man, that's another reason like, hey, man, you, yeah. Have you thought about going GLP's or the Oseptic, the Majornos, the triadzepetides? So I did, I did try, like, I went in. And did a consultation to see about gastric bypass? Because I thought, okay, maybe this, if I can tie it up, maybe we can control it. And then they told me, well, you got to lose like 50 pounds first, get yourself to a certain place, and then we can do the procedure. And I'm like, if I can lose 50 pounds, then I can lose 100 pounds.

I don't need this. Right. And then when it came down to medication like Manjaro or Zempic and stuff like that, I got on No Zempic for maybe five months. And OZempec works. OZempec is scary how good it works because it does curb your appetite to a place where you're like, do I even need food? Like, seriously. I just look at food. I'm like, not like it was gross, but I'm like, I'm good.

You're right. And I started losing weight. But the problem with OZEMPIC is you're going to lose more muscle than fat. Yeah. And my shoulders, like, even though I'm a big guy, like, you know, overweight. And that ain't coming back, Gabe. Hey. You're not coming back.

Hey. Gabriel, it's not coming back. I'm strong. Oh, yeah, you're starting. I'm losing weight, but I'm like, oh. And so I didn't like, I didn't like. And then, you know, you're a little bit nauseous. That's part of the deal.

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I don't know about the smart, but definitely analysis. Listen to 40s and free agents on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I got off the Ozambic and immediately I gained back 20 pounds like that. It is scary how quick you regain the weight. And, you know, you won't hear a crazy story. I was actually supposed to be the original face for OZempec. OZempec reached out to me many years ago, and we're like, we got this brand, we got this product,

and we want to see if you're interested. And they offered me a freaking incredible deal to be the face of OZempec. Before freaking, oh, oh, OZemps. I was supposed to be the guy singing that in the commercials. They wanted me to be the brand, the face for it. And even though it was a, it was a million dollar deal, I couldn't do it. It wasn't a voiceover role.

What they wanted from me was more than what I could give because I was going to do better on the road. Because they wanted, they actually wanted you to. They wanted me to go out and tour and be basically the phase. Okay, you're selling those epic around wherever. But let me ask you this. Let's just say for the same, you say you're round 320 now. Let's just say for the sake of argument, you lost another 60, 70 pounds. Do you think that'll change you?

Do you? Because I think the people, you can't be fluffy anymore. You're not fluffy. So I had this conversation with Big Boy, you know, Big Boy here, L.A., real 92, 3. Yes, yes. I've known Big Boy for 20 years, and I knew him when he was 500 plus pounds, when he was really big. Yeah. Now he's, you know, he's maybe 210.

Yes. You know, and it was one of those things where I said, hey, man, how did things change for you once you lost all that weight? you weren't big boy anymore. He goes, no, I wasn't big boy no more, but I was alive. And that's the most important thing. So if I lose 100 or whatever the amount of weight is, yeah, I might not be fluffy. Right. But man, I'm going to be alive.

Right. I think that's the most important thing. Yes. And I think my fans and people would rather see me alive and able to function and do what I do 100. Rather than be the big guy. Right. Because the majority of my material.

I'll touch on the fact that I'm big because we know that. Right. I got stories. I got other things that are happening in my life. I'm not one dimensional, so I'm good. Right. So I really, I really want to lose weight. Right.

Shannon, it's a serious thing. But it's hard when you're on the road like you travel and you, bro, you don't get to sit around, bro. You got, your schedule is, is reverse of what a normal person would do. Because you're eating at wee, wee hours of, the morning and then you up for another hour or two and then you go to bed so it's not like you know you got to i mean you would literally have to like come out the show eat wait a hour or two and then go work out um people don't be wanting to work out no to it i mean unless you mark walbur

working out at three o'clock in the morning mark's a yeah he's a special person that's that's something else but i do realize that um i need to be around not just for myself yes but but i i need to be around not just for myself. Yes. But I need to think, and I feel like I need to say it out loud just because I won't do it for me. I have to do it for someone else because I'm wired that way. I'm wired that way where I'm trying to always please others. Everybody else.

And I'm the last person. So if I'm going to lose weight, I actually got to do it for others because I can't do it for myself. And that's kind of crazy. Right. So how's the sleeping? Because I had to get a sleep app machine. I have sleep apnea really, really bad. Pretty sure I have that condition.

I haven't done the sleep study, but I know that I snore. If I sleep on my back, I snore. Yes. But if I sleep on my side, I don't. And if I sleep face down, I definitely don't. Right. So I've had multiple people tell me, all right, when you sleep on your back, you snore, and then you stop breathing. Yes.

But then when you sleep face down, you purr, you don't snore. Right. It's just like a little, go get the test. Kind of a thing. Oh, I know I have it. Yeah. I know I have it. Yeah.

There's no question. Because I had to test, and I have a, I have a, I have a, And the machine, they're not like big and bulky like they used to be, Gabor. They're nice and neat. I travel with it. And once you get it, you can't sleep without it. But the question is like, I consider you to be in incredible shape. Have you thought about the surgery where they can remove the piece of skin?

No, they're not cutting anything unless they absolutely. Yeah. See, in my case, like, I know that there's a potential, but I'm afraid of cutting that piece of skin. Exactly. I feel like it would affect the way that I speak or perform. Correct. And that's the only reason. Yeah.

I'll say, no. I'll go get the, I got the CPAP machine. I put it on. Hey, put the water day. I could start a gang with the amount of people I know that have that machine. You know what I mean? Like, wow. You know, I got to put extra outlets on the bus.

Like, here you go, guys. Go ahead. Vegan. You can, you're not, you know, do no vegan stuff. I've. You tried that, too? Yep. I went six months being vegan.

I went full cold turkey on the meat. Yeah. No meat. I was eating at a place, what the heck was it called? I think it was called veggie grill. It was my go-to spot because they used to have these chicken tenders that weren't real chicken. Yeah. They tasted like real chicken.

Right. And so that was like my cheat thing. Yeah. But yeah, I did salads and just no dairy, no nothing, no eggs. Six months. And I lost so many friends. says Like nobody wanted to hang out with me

My peece smelled funny It was bad Man I thought you were about to say you lost so much weight No I didn't lose no way No I know a lot of fat vegans Which by the way is like a jip If you're gonna give up meat You might as well be skinny

But if you're gonna if you're gonna be Giving up meat and you're still fat You might as well eat the steak Yeah You know what I'm saying So You was once married Is marriage in your future again

I don't know you read that I've never been married you never been married never been never said I do never went down the aisle never no one ever got me that close I've always um from day one I made a choice that my career was going to be number one okay and no one was going to top that and every relationship I've been in that's the first thing I told him the closest you're going to get is two is number two unless I'm I have a dog. And then you're number three. And so... You got to let that build up.

You can't start off like that, Gabriel. No, no, no. You, you, you know, I feel like as long as you're up front, you can, you know, there's a lot of things you can get away with. But the fact that I said, I never wanted to be married. So that's out of the question. It's, I should, you should never say never. Correct. You should never say never, but it's never been a priority.

Okay, okay. I don't see marriage as something that's like, wow. I see marriage as like a business transaction. That's all I see it as. I see it as a business transaction, and people can look at me any kind of way, but you know what, at the end of the day, if things don't work out,

then you realize it's exactly what I said it is. It's a business transaction. I didn't work this hard to give up half. I didn't work this hard to put myself in a position to lose. I sacrificed everything, Shannon. And I think that's one of those things a lot of people forget. Like, okay, yeah, you got the talent, the skill, the mindset. Sacrifice is part of that and should be part of that because the things you're willing to give up.

You're willing to give up the parties, the anniversaries, those special occasions, those moments, those family gatherings, all those times when I was on the road working my ass off creating and doing what I do to create that next special, that next thing, growing this brand, people don't realize it's sacrifice. What you give up is so huge and crucial to what we do. And getting married is one of those things where I'm like, every friend that I've had that I've participated in and their marriage thing, it didn't work out. And then I had to watch what happened.

And I'm like, and as a comic, every comic I know that has gotten married, It's like, ugh, didn't work out. Right. It didn't work out. And then I had to watch what happened after that. And I'm just like, mm. And the more you see that happen, the less likely is going to happen. The less likely.

So I'm not against the relationship. I think relationships are great. And it's always awesome to have somebody by your side, somebody to be there with you. But as soon as you say I do or a marriage, like, ugh, it doesn't feel. doesn't feel. Do you think people change man or woman once they get married? I don't know that they change as much as they show what the real agenda was. Oh, okay. Because I've seen that happen too. As soon as the I do happens, it's like click and then it's like you feel the energy and just everything. It's like, mm.

So the whole while you was talking to their representative. And then once we said I do, Now you, yeah. Yeah, the representative goal now. Now you got me. So the longest relationship I was in was almost 14 years. We were together. But from day one, we both said we weren't trying to be married. Okay.

You know, we both agreed that this wasn't going to be a thing. So it never was a conversation. It never was a, we have to figure things out. It's just like, all right, we weren't this long. Right. You know, and unfortunately, things didn't work out. And fortunately for me, you know. That's a long time.

It's a long time. I mean, did you have a cohabitation agreement? There was no, you know, in California, you don't have to have that. Okay. Because it's not a common law thing. Okay. For me, I didn't feel like I needed to have any type of agreement because when my ex came in, she came in with a son. Right.

And I took him on. Right. I said, all right, you're bringing him in? He's mine, good. We broke up in 2017. Okay. And I still have a great relationship with my son. I didn't need a piece of paper to tell me he's mine.

I didn't need some agreement, some judge or nothing that. He's mine, you know? And even though he's pushing 30, I still look. I'm still checking up on him. I'm still, you know, I still, I'm very involved in his life. And so, you know, even though I'm not with her no more. Right. Like, you know, whatever she wants to say at the end of the day, guess what?

I was, I kept my word and I took care of him even after the, I'm married now. And I'm still looking out for him, right? You know, who do you think pay for his furniture? Anyway. Ashley, bitch, Ashley, not Bob's, Ashley. So, so can I do my shameless plug for two seconds? Yeah, go ahead. For many years, anybody who knows me.

knows that I'm a big fan of tequila. I've been drinking tequila from day one. And whether you want to call it a Mexican thing or not, that's just been the case. I've always drank tequila. So my go-to has always been Petron. Year after year after year, Petron, Petron, Petron, Petron, Petron, Petron. And I've been approached several times to have my own brand. And I'm like, eh, I like Patron.

So unless you can make something as good or better than Patron, for me, I don't want to entertain it. Right. And so this past year, I was approached by a company and they said, Gabe, look, we know how you feel about Patron and we think that we can create something that you will enjoy just as much. And I said, well, all right, let's see about that. And sure enough, not only did they meet my expectations, they allowed me to create something that was one of those things where, because when they approached me about doing a tequila, they said, well, because, because, you know, you're from Mexico. So, you know, we want to make sure that we do something that's like, you know, on brand. And I go, you do realize I was born here, right? And they're like, oh, shit. And I'm like, yeah, shit. So I said, I am Mexican. I'm Mexican-American. And I think that that's one of those things that a lot of times people forget. They just think it's one side or another. It's like they don't realize that there's a, there's a hybrid. You know, it's a

combination of the two. And so I said, look, man, there's never been a story. And so I said, look, man, And there's never been a story told about someone who has a brand that's Mexican and American, the two worlds coming together. And so they allowed me to create something. And then between the two of us, we came up with this brand and I said, look, Mexicans in Mexico have a word for Mexicans born in the United States. And the word is pocho. Pocho. P-o-o-ch-O-C-H-H-H. And it means you're from over there, not from over here. You're one of them, not one of us.

And so even though I'm brown, I'm still considered an outsider. Really? Yes. And so, for example, I tell stories about performing in Mexico and that I wasn't welcome with open arms because I'm still considered an American. So I said, all right, well, if we're going to do a tequila, then it needs to be established that it's from a person who's Mexican, but born in the U.S. So the word is pocho.

So normally that's considered a negative word. So I said, let's flip that word and make it a word that's like, all right, I'm acknowledging what you call me, but I'm going to make it awesome. So I came up with a tequila called pocho, fino. So fino is fine. I'm a fine pocho. So it's like one of those things where it's like the flavor is as good as Patron, if not better. I'm honestly, I say that because I drink a lot of it. And when I say I drink a lot, you see how, you see, you saw what I did.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And what I'm going to continue to do. So on average, I do about three bottles a weekend, and I've been doing that for me. A weekend? You know what, Shannon? You've been judging me for the last hour and a half. You're right, you're right, Gabriel. You're right.

I'm sorry. Why share if you're going to continue to be. So anyway, we came up with this brand called Pochofino. And if you notice on the bottle, you'll see two little dogs. Chihuahuas. Yes, two chihuahua. was a very Mexican. And those two dogs in particular are my dogs that unfortunately passed away about a year

and a half ago. And I took them on the road with me for, they've been to 40 plus states. And I said, all right, if we're going to do something, I want to find a way to honor my dogs, honor the brand, honor who I am. And we came up with this brand called pocho, fino tequila. And this is the first time we are ever featuring it. It's not been on, I haven't done anything on social media. I have, there's been no commercials.

There's been nothing to promote this brand. This is the very first time we are featuring this. So respect to you, even though you judge me about the male. So pocho, pocho, feino tequila. We've been saying, I've been saying, so it's chihuahua. Chihuahua. Chihuahua. Like, yeah, chihuahua.

Chihuahua. We say chihuahua. However you want to say it, Shannon. Shannon, you're not Mexican. You can say whatever. You want to say cassidia? You say it extra black. Casadilla.

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We get meat. No, but I'm basic. I told you. You didn't have no meat in your casadale? Growing up, we didn't have, shat it. It was just cheese. What about spam in the case of deal? Spat.

That might be something. That might be a dish. That might, you open up a restaurant and put spam in case of deal. That might be on something. That might be on something. And, you know what? I thought about opening up a restaurant. A lot of work goes into it.

I'd rather support a local business. Right. Hey, put up a poster, Fluffy Eats here. And then tell them, hey, can you make some spam? Because there's a restaurant in Long Beach. They did that for me. It's kind of like a, think of Benihana. Yes.

And they call themselves Mexihana because they'll add like jalapenos. They'll add tortillas. They'll add all kinds of random stuff there. And I told them, I go, hey, can you add spam to the menu? and put in a burrito and everything. He goes, whatever you want, I'll make it. And then he made it. And then he called it the fluffy.

So there's a, you know, I'd rather do that, which I think is awesome because I can support a local business. But, yeah, this for me was very personal, very personal. Pochofino. Pochofino. So remember, pocho means a person born in the U.S., not a person born in Mexico. And it's a word that, it's a negative word. Right. So they look at you differently.

So people that was actually born in Mexico look at you. look at you, although you're a Mexican descent, they look at you differently because you were born in the state. Exactly. You're considered an outsider. And I think this is also something that resonates with a lot of different cultures, because anytime you are a certain cult, you know, like, for example, let's say Indians born here in America versus born in India or, you know, Chinese born in America versus in China. Right. There's always a word or a thing. We're like, uh, you're not one of us. you're one of them. And so that's that's the word that they created. And I said, you know what? Let me flip that word.

I'll make it positive. And, you know, it was a way for me to honor my dogs. But at the end of the day... But you got another one, right? Yeah, we can get into that. So you got another part, me. What type of... Is it a she-wawa?

Yes. Say it again. Say chihuahua. She-wawa. I let you call a she. Like, you made it a girl. Chi-wawa. Chi-wawa.

Chihuahua. Yes, I, uh, I have a little puppy. She's not even a puppy at this point. She's a year old. She's four pounds. She's a four pound dog. Let me tell you, having senior dogs versus having a puppy is night and day.

Because my senior dogs, one was 14, one was 17, I would put them down. No leash. And where I'd walk, they would walk. Right. And what was cool is that, you know, we all had the same pace. And so no matter where we walk. It was the same, you know what I mean? And having a puppy, she's a little bullet.

So when I put her down... She's gone. She's gone. If I leave the door open, Shannon, I no longer have a dog. And my friends go, well, would you chase her and, what, risk cardiac arrest? I'm not that attached. I will get another she-wawa. I will get another she-waw-w-w-w.

How are you going to just let the dog? I'll just go. I won't. That's not the plan. I mean, she got out one time. Yeah. And the neighbors fortunately caught her, brought her back. So I was very lucky that they did that.

But now I know I have to always leave a leash on her. Right. So I can at least step on it and then catch her. But, yeah. So I'm very happy to, you know, have that. And again, this is the first time I'm ever featuring it. And I know I'm drinking your beverage. And at the end of this, I'd,

Very much like it if you at least took a sample. Yeah, I'm taking it home. You can, you can. Can I take it home? You know, yeah, that's yours. That's yours. Okay, yeah. But this is the first time we're featuring it.

So respect to you because we appreciate that. This means a lot. You know, I appreciate the fact that, you know, with your show, I've done many shows. I've done many podcasts. I've done many interviews, late night talk shows. I appreciate the fact that you do your homework. You take time to really get to, all right. So I've been, I listen.

to everything that you're asking, things that you're saying. And I'm like, all right, let me see. All right, okay, how much research went into that? Because you've got to figure I've done a million interviews, so I've been asked the same question a thousand times. So I appreciate the fact you hit me with a couple good ones where I'm like, oh, how do you know that? Where did that come from?

We know, we know a lot. You know? But at home, you mentioned you got someone at home and you got your puppy. Yes. And she understands, like, look, you do understand what I do. I travel a lot. She knows what I do. I can't say that she always understands what I do because, you know, we are in a different vein.

We're not a plumber. We're not the 9 to 5 guy. We're not the norm. And so because of the fact that we're not the norm, there's certain things that come with that. There's attention that a lot of times we don't ask for. Walking from the valet to this room right now, I probably probably, got stopped six times and maybe 100 yards like there are people right you know what i mean and and that's not something that's that comes with the normal situation that's not something that comes

with a normal relationship and so you hope that they understand you hope that they see it and get it and go all right okay it's this is going to be a thing for a while but um because when you go out Obviously, it's hard. When you go out, you want to go to dinner or you want to go to a show going to do something other than what you do is hard. Hey, Fluffy, man, how you doing Fluffy? Can you take a picture? Can you take a picture? Can you take a picture?

Can you take a picture? Can you take a picture? Can you take it? But if it's a female, most can't handle that level. No, no, I'm just saying, not saying that's her. But I'm saying most can't handle that, that, what? Like, what's going on? Like, who is she?

somebody that just got out of a car and saw me. Right. You know what I mean? And so a lot of that, it goes back into the whole marriage thing where it's like, okay, you know, year after year after year, it's like, is this something that you can navigate through? It is a lot. Anybody who wants to be with an entertainer or an athlete or someone who's prominent, someone who has a huge platform, someone who's famous, it's not an easy situation to get

into it sounds cool it sounds glamorous it sounds sexy it sounds fun but at the end of the day you got to know that people are coming after this person and you got to either be cool with it or just say this is not for me and unfortunately i've had a few relationships that just they couldn't handle the fact that that you're a sex symbol that you know what's funny i hear i hear the crew laughing in the back But I promise you my body counts bigger than yours, bitch. You know what? So, yeah, whatever you want to say. Whatever you want to say, boo-boo.

Yeah, no, Fluffy got it for many years. Absolutely, for many years. And so it's kind of one of those things where, you know, it sounds like a joke. Right. It sounds like a joke. But a lot of times people say, well, you know, what is it? what's the most attractive quality in a man? A sense of humor.

Women love men. Women love men that can make them laugh. Not abs. A sense of humor. You've always been able to make people laugh. I've always been able to make people laugh. I've always, you know, that's never been one of those things where it lacked. I think the hardest part for me was just self-control in the sense that like letting myself

get to a place that was uncomfortable, which first of all was my weight, or not being able to sit down and have an honest conversation with someone. I think a lot of times if you're not willing to have a conversation with someone and go, look, this is what's going on. Can we be real? Like, I want to have this, but understand that this is what comes with it. And a lot of times I never wanted to have that conversation. I just felt like, ah, it was easier to just hide.

it versus being real with someone and be like, look, this is part of the deal. And unfortunately, early on, I found out quickly, just be upfront, just be real, just be honest. But you're afraid to because you don't want to disappoint. You don't want to make the person feel uncomfortable. You'd rather hide it. And unfortunately, every single time I try to hide it, it didn't work out. Have you ever, has a woman ever told you, Gabriel, that I really like you a lot, but you're a little bit too heavy?

The weight situation never came into question because I was always functional. I was always functional. It never required any extra, you know, I didn't need attachments or medication or anything. Everything worked. Everything was good. But now I'm pushing 50, so yeah, a pill might help. But there's never been a thing where a person ever looked at me and said, when a person, I'm going to say a female, because I don't want people to freaking dissect that and go,

oh, he likes dudes too. Ah, just, I'm, yeah. There was never a situation where someone said, you don't look attractive to me. Right. You know, and obviously, sometimes, you know, when you're overweight, some people don't like that. Some people don't find that attractive. Some people are cool with it. I think ultimately at the end of the day is, you know, how does this person make me feel?

Yes. And then after that, because I feel like guys are more visual. Women are more like, how do you make me feel? And fortunately, every relationship I was in, I was cool. I was nice. You know, hey, what's up? What you want to do?

At the end of the day, it's like, you want to get something to eat? Every girl I dated was like, yeah, I'm hungry. What was that feeling like when you got your first laugh on stage? So keep in mind, the first laugh I got on stage was when I was 10 years old. Really? Yeah. Like earlier I said, I did a school talent show, went up on stage, and I started doing these impressions. So as a 10-year-old, think of it.

of a 10-year-old doing impressions of Mickey Mouse, Ronald Reagan, Pee Wee Herman, who was in his prime at that time. And so when I went up on stage to do this show, I didn't really understand what stand-up comedy was. I'm a 10-year-old kid, and I just did impressions. But the impressions were so close that the people were like, oh my God, this time. 10-year-old kid is nailing these impressions. So I'm up there doing, you know, freaking peeper her. I'm like, you know, like a 10-year-old, right now that looked weird, but a 10-year-old doing that is like a phenomenal.

And then Ronald Reagan, well, Nancy, they basically we have, you know. So a 10-year-old doing that was like, and then I did Bill Cosby. I won't do the impression now because, yeah. But at 10 years old, I was killing. And so it was one of those things. They're like, all right. And you hook. I remember my mom, my brother, and my sister-in-law being in the audience.

It was only the three of them in the crowd. And then when I went out there and I did the impressions and the crowd, they just applauded. And I didn't know what the reaction was supposed to be. I didn't know. Are they supposed to laugh? I didn't know what to expect. So when I went out there and I did the characters and the voices and they're just applauding and this and that.

And then at the end, when I said, thank you, good night. And people started standing up and they're applauding. And I'm like, I didn't know that this, that's like that I didn't realize at that moment, that audience understood what they were watching. And I don't want to sound arrogant, but they, the crowd knew what I was doing before I knew what I was doing. And in hindsight, because I've been back to my elementary school, I've been back to that theater, I've been back to that room, and I realized, like, wow, that moment, like, who knew? You hooked? I was very much hooked.

I was very hooked. I remember sitting at home with my friend watching Deaf Comedy Jam on Saturday nights, and we were just, because that was the only comedy or that or B.E.T.'s comedy. Kelly of you. BET's Comic View and Deaf Comedy Gem was what I would watch growing up. That's what I understood. That's what I gravitated towards. There was no shows. Celebrate your pride with the station that's as bold, vibrant, and diverse as you are.

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rosters are built, cap space, contracts, and all the tough decisions included. You got quarterbacks on the move. We got teams rebuilding. It's hope season. Yeah, absolutely. It's hope season. We'll tell you what's real, what's noise, and what it means for your favorite team. Smart analysis, real conversations, every day. week. I don't know about the smart, but definitely analysis. Listen to 40s and free agents on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. To showcase or feature Latinos, Mexicans, people that, like, this was the closest thing. This was the closest thing because it wasn't an evening at the improv. It wasn't, you know, any of these other shows that

were out there, it was very, very much, like, close to me. It was very urban, very hood. Very, like, yeah, I get that. Because that's my point. That's my next way. And I'm going to get a few more. Who is your inspiration? Because, I mean, are there, like, like, if you're black, you have Eddie Murphy,

and you go back to prior and you go back to some of these old guys, and you come forward. And the white guys, you come back with Jack Benny and you come back with Carson and you all those guys. So in the Hispanic community, who did you, who did Gabriel Englishes? You know what? During that time,

you got to figure there wasn't really any form of real representation for Latinos. A lot of Latinos from what I remember were gravitated towards Martin Lawrence and Martin. We would watch Martin. Martin was like a staple. Like, oh my God, this show's so good. And I love the fact that we're talking about this now

because I just met Martin Lawrence a week ago. Really? I met Martin Lawrence a week ago. And I felt like, you know, it's rare for me to meet someone and geek the fuck out to the point where I'm like, oh shit. It felt weird for me to talk to him because I just wanted to tell him how impactful his show, his presence, what he did on Def Jam, what he did on. his specials meant to me because it's like, oh, like I remember watching his shows on the weekend and it's just like back when I was a kid and it was, it was so huge. And so to meet him, I didn't want to be that, that's like, you know, that overwhelming person that's like,

you did. Ah, shit. But I did. I geeked out. Shan, I geeked that hard. I geeked that hard with him. But yeah, like we don't really have somebody that we could gravitate towards and be like, this is our person. This is who is, you know. So for me, watching Dio Hugely doing Comic View, watching Martin Lawrence do Def Jam. And it was always one of those things where it's like, okay, there's Martin Lawrence doing Def Jam on the weekends and there's deal Hugley doing Comic View during the week. And it was one of those things where it's like, which one are you? Are you Comic View? Are you Comic View?

or you're deaf jam? And you're like, oh. And then I started doing stand-up. And then I got an opportunity to go do Comic View. And I'm like, holy shit. It was so huge. I remember I was at the Normandy Casino here in L.A. And the host that year, because they changed host.

The host was Rinaldo Ray. Raleigh, yeah. Everybody's a Rinaldo Rade. And I just remember, I'm like, oh, I went out there on stage and I had such a, I had a great, and I don't want toot my own horn, but I had a great show. And I just remember like, wow, I'm on Comic View. It was so awesome. I never enjoyed that $150 more. Because that's what they paid you.

That's all they paid you back then. There was no residuals, no nothing. And I remember there was a whole argument back then, like, oh, they're not paying residuals. They're not paying SAG. They're not paying after. I'm like, we're doing a show in a casino. Be happy that you're on TV.

That's another thing, Shannon, that I feel like a lot of times these comics would get in a place where they made it more about the money than the actual craft. They focus more on like, am I getting sag, am I getting after, am I getting scale, am I getting paid what I'm supposed to be getting paid? Right. They focus more on that more than, hey, man, how many people are going to see this clip? How many people are going to see this show? How many people are going to get what I'm doing right now? A lot of times the comics get wrapped up more in the money, and I feel like the best advice someone told me early on was, don't worry about the money.

Work on your craft, the money will come. and I still feel like that still is the thing. If you're more focused on the money, then you don't really give a about what the thing that is you're doing. Because there was a lot of comedians. That was everybody's first introduction to them. It was comic view, yeah. It was comic view.

Def Jam was a lot more challenging to get into. Unfortunately, I never got to perform on Def Jam. I wish I did. I had a lot of friends that got to do Def Jam, but I never got that opportunity. I will tell you the opportunity I did get, though. The first time I performed in New York, first time I performed in New York,

was on It's Showtime at the Apollo. And for those of you that don't know, its Showtime at the Apollo was the most, I don't think there's a room or a venue or a show. show that was more challenging than its showtime at the Apollo because its showtime at the Apollo was one of those places where, man, if you even flinched and felt like you were not supposed to be there, the audience would know. There's a show called American Idol.

There's a show called America's Got Talent. And you have an opportunity to go out on that stage. You present yourself. You do what you got to do, and you have four chances to impress that audience. Correct. Because if the judges don't like you, and okay, and all right, okay, and you have, and then you have that dynamic of the audience and the judge. Right. So if the audience still loves you and the judges don't, the audience is like, stop doing that.

They're good. Give them a chance. At Showtime at the Apollo was the rawest, most honest form of an audience because you had seconds to show them what you could do. And if they didn't like you, they could smell through anything you were trying to present. So I went to at Showtime at the Apollo in 1999. Okay. And I feel like an old guy already. There I was standing there.

You were on that stage right there. 1999. Steve Harvey was the host, and I don't care what Kat said. He had his man unit. He had his man unit. Steve's always been nothing but nice to me, so I don't want to ever say anything negative about Steve. So has Kat, all these guys.

I'm the last person to say anything negative. Cat was incredibly welcoming and inspiring early on. But let me tell you, Shulte Mathe, Apollo, 1999. The guy that went out before me was a comic that I went there with, and this was very uncomfortable because the comic that I went there with, we were sharing a hotel room, Shannon. We were sharing a hotel room. The idea was we're both going to New York for the first time.

We don't know what to expect. It's expensive. Yes. So we went in together to share a hotel room. And then we go to Showtime at the Apollo. He goes out before me. Oh my God. He bombed so hard.

Like he went out there. Unfortunately, another Mexican dude, he went out there. And when he went out in front of the audience at the Apollo, he went out there trying to be something he wasn't. So he went out there and he's like, yo, yo, what's up? How y'all do? How y'all feel?

But offstage, he's like, No, man, cabron. I was here the other day You're Speedy Gonzalez's off stage and you're trying to be this person on stage

and the audience smelled right through it they booed him off the stage. Yeah, you got to be good at the rap on Apollo. Ugly, so he comes off stage and he just got his head down and I remember

as soon as he walked past me, Steve Harvey looked at me and he looks at me and he goes, you next. Ha ha ha ha ha. I'm like, oh, fuck.

So then, Kiki Shepherd, who was the co-host in 1999, comes up to me, she goes, baby, your shirt is way too loud. The audience will boo you on the shirt alone. I go, so what do I do? Take off the shirt. I go, but I just have a white T-shirt underneath. Trust me, they will boo you on that shirt. Take it off. So when you see my clip from a showtime at the Apollo, I'm walking out on stage. in just a white t-shirt. And not saying that had anything to do with me, but I had one of the best sets.

I was like, oh, my God, like, it went really well. And so I was very happy about that. But the problem with having an incredible set at its show Timothy Apollo and getting a standing ovation is now I'm going to go back to my hotel room and share a hotel room with the mother-fucker that just got... booed.

Yeah. And so I couldn't enjoy my night. So the next day, I went to go visit Gary Owen. Okay. Gary Owen, long-time friend. We've worked together many times. He's awesome human being. We went to go visit Gary Owen at the comedy club there in New York called Carolines.

And I said, Gary. I said, hey, look, man, my friend right here, he had a rough set. He got booed at the Apollo. can he give him five minutes so he can work out his set because they're going to give him a chance to go up on stage tomorrow night. Gabe, whatever you need, no problem. Sure. So we're in the back.

My friend goes up on stage, the one that got booed. He goes up on stage, and we're in the back of the room, and Gary and I are standing there, Gary's like this. Gary's like this. He's like, he'll get booed again. And I'm like, oh, my God. He looked at me and said he could get booed again. He got booed again.

He got booed again. They never aired either one of the two episodes. One of the few guys that sell out Madison Square Guard, TheCrip.com, sitting in the opera house, and he sold out Dodgers Stadium, which is the largest baseball facility in the U.S. and he and Joe Coe have a show at SoFi. Here he is, Gabrielle Eglacios, aka Fluffy.

Appreciate you, bro. Thank you, man. I really appreciate that. Thank you, Bobo. Thank you, Bobo. All my life. Been grinding all my life. Sacrifice. Hustle paid the price.

Want a slice. Got the roll a dice. That's why all my life. I be grinding on my life. Yeah. All my life. Been grinding all my life. Hustle pay the price.

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