Peet Montzingo Talks Family, Career, and ADHD as a Superpower

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we sit down with talented viral creator and musician Peet Montzingo to spill the tea on what it really takes to grow as a modern creator. Peet shares how he got started, how ADHD impacted his journey, the power of family, and his ultimate tips to going viral. Whether you’re a photographer, filmmaker, TikTok star, podcaster, or just starting your creative journey, this conversation is full of motivation, insight, and practical advice.

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Guest Bio: Peet Montzingo

Title: Creative Director, Producer, and Creator

A multi-faceted artist with a curious and kind heart, whose talents span creating original content, music, literature, and so much more. Through his fascination with mysteries of the world to his deep bond with his family, Peet skyrocketed to fame, boasting millions of followers who find themselves deeply engaged and supportive of his endeavors. Peet often raises awareness for dwarfism with a lighthearted and charming presence, shining a loving light on his mother and siblings, all of whom are little people.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Y9XZfRwSQ/?hl=en
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@peetmontzingo?lang=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeetMontzingo

Credits:

Host & Creative Producer: Deanna Testa
Creative Producer: Elena Maidebura
Creative Editor: Larissa Mattei
Technical Producer: Mike Weinstein
Executive Producer: Richard Stevens

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to B&H creators green room and just like a real green room, we're here to spill the tea with some of our favorite creators.
0:06.3	Today we're joined by one of our favorite creators. He's an artist, he's a viral content creator. He is Pete Monsingo. Hey, Pete.
0:13.5	Hey, how's it going? Good. First of all, um, congrats on literally everything. I know we haven't in person chatted in a while. And I know that this year has been so crazy for you and filled with so many wonderful opportunities. So congrats to you. Shout out to Vicki, your mom, who we love seeing in all the content. How's it going? It's going. I mean, kind of like you said, there just been a lot of opportunities arising that I have to kind of
0:37.9	like figure out what I'm going to do and if I want to do it and things like that. And so it's been
0:41.8	really good for growth. And it's been really like personally, you know, like what do I actually
0:47.3	want to do? And what should I say yes and no to? So I feel like it's all good. Yeah. I mean,
0:52.3	beautiful blessings to have for sure. Yeah. We just had shoe hang you on, who I know is your friend and co-creator, and we saw the skit you guys did. Yeah. How is that? Oh, sorry. You're right. What am I talking about? That's your legit shoe. How did that come to fruition? She hit me up randomly like a month ago and was like,
1:14.2	hey, do you want to do this skit? Can I come to your mom's house and pretend like we're going to,
1:20.8	I mean, share the news that we're going to get married and have a dwarf child. And I like yeah let's do it and so basically we did
1:29.3	this whole thing and then it really took off and then I did my perspective on it which everyone
1:34.2	was calling out as like you're just lying this isn't real and so I had to prove that it was real
1:39.6	and so I showed my photo albums of us together and then that kind of just like escalated into something else.
1:46.5	And I'm actually working on an edit of the proposal right now today.
1:50.8	Oh my gosh.
1:51.7	I love this.
1:52.0	Because I filmed the whole thing.
1:54.1	That's incredible.
1:55.2	That's so good.
1:56.2	Well, let's backtrack because I'm sure a lot of folks who are listening know you and
1:59.6	have watched some of the viral video content.
2:01.6	But for the folks who haven't, tell us how did you get started?
2:05.6	When I graduated high school, I moved straight to LA. I'm from Seattle and I was like, I need to get out of rain.
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