About Being... Latino in America (with Eric Delgado)
Tell Me More with Nicole Walters
Dear Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
“We are so much more than our stereotypes... and our identity is not defined by those stereotypes.”
Latino actor and filmmaker Eric Delgado is here to share his lived experience with identity, belonging, and what it means to live between cultures.
From Hollywood typecasting to being told he’s “not Latino enough” or “too American,” Eric shares his experiences that inspired his acclaimed web series Gringo Latino — a comedy that uses humor to challenge stereotypes, expose bias, and spark deeper reflection.
This chat explores the quiet moments that make you question where you fit, the exhaustion of having to prove your identity, and why laughter can be both a survival tool and a form of resistance.
We’re chatting about:
- What it actually feels like to be told you’re “not Latino enough”
- Growing up between cultures and never fully belonging to either one
- The microaggressions of being asked to prove your culture, language, or legitimacy
- How humor can challenge stereotypes and create real change
- Reclaiming identity on your own terms, not the world’s expectations
If you’ve ever felt othered, caught between worlds, or questioned your place within your own community, this conversation will resonate deeply.
Watch Gringo Latino at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSjpUToSrnw and connect with Eric on IG @itsEricDelgado
Come chat with me over on Threads where you always get spicy Nicole at https://threads.net/nicolewalters and WATCH the show on YT at http://nicolewalters.com/youtube
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:07.2 | Welcome to the Tell Me More podcast with Nicole Walters, the only podcast where I'm not seeking to make you think more like me, but to help you keep thinking for yourself. |
| 0:23.7 | All right, y'all. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm beyond thrilled to introduce you to today's guest because this is someone who's |
| 0:30.5 | actually been in the game since before he could even walk. |
| 0:34.5 | And I mean that literally, Eric Delgado is a Los Angeles-based actor and filmmaker |
| 0:40.7 | of Puerto Rican and Peruvian descent, whose very first gig was at 16 months old. Y'all, |
| 0:47.5 | I have, Josie just turned a year. I'm telling you, I got to put my daughter to work, |
| 0:50.9 | because apparently there's work out there, okay. Yes, like literally a baby in a |
| 0:55.1 | commercial. It was in Thailand. Long story, legend behavior, though. And ever since then, |
| 1:01.1 | Eric's journey has taken him from school musicals to a BFA in musical theater from the University |
| 1:07.8 | of Florida and now to Hollywood, where he's built a growing body of |
| 1:12.8 | work that includes Marvel's Wanda Vision and the sci-fi feature Monster Hunters. But what I |
| 1:19.5 | personally loved the most about Eric is that he's not just showing up on screen. He's showing up for |
| 1:24.6 | his community. And he got tired of seeing Latinos boxed into the same |
| 1:29.7 | lame stereotypes. Y'all, we're going to talk about that. But Eric was like, I'm going to take |
| 1:34.9 | this matter into my own hands. He's not waiting to get cast in something magical. He's creating |
| 1:39.1 | something magical. And he created this brilliant, brilliant web series called Gringo Latino. |
| 1:46.0 | Y'all, I saw this and I laughed so hard. |
| 1:49.7 | And I was like, it's just so dang relatable. |
| 1:52.0 | I was like, I got to get him in here. |
| 1:53.2 | You have to meet him. |
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