Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and the Art of Mentoring

What Now? with Trevor Noah

SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Are you living out here now?
0:02.4	No, I'm living nowhere.
0:04.1	I'm a nomad, Gabe.
0:06.7	You know what's funny is I sold my house?
0:08.3	I don't have an actual residence.
0:09.4	Oh, really?
0:10.0	Yeah.
0:10.8	I sold it.
0:11.6	They broke into it and I didn't spend enough time in it.
0:14.0	You know what?
0:14.7	I don't need it.
0:15.7	Is there anything they didn't take that you hoped they would take?
0:19.2	Oh, for the sake of... No, like, for me, I remember when I used to have crocs, like back in the day.
0:25.2	But then my house got robbed.
0:27.0	They stole everything.
0:28.1	All my clothes, all my shoes, everything.
0:30.4	And then my friends were all, then we were like, oh, the house got robbed, the house got robbed.
0:33.1	We're going to everyone's room because I live with my friends and then my friend was like oh they left your crooks well at least we know they had taste and I was not yeah insult to injury ohch this is what now
0:49.8	with Trevor Noah.
1:01.4	Welcome to the podcast.
1:02.3	Thank you.
1:03.2	Gabriel Iglesias.
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