Fernanda Gimenez: Growing a Huge International Social Media Following and Building a Life in the U.S
January 8, 2025 • 29 mins
Fernanda Giménez sits down with Kate to share their post run high after a quick run. Fernanda discusses what her upbringing and family dynamic were like in Uruguay. She recounts her dream as a kid of being a content creator and depicts how she gained a huge following on social media. Fernanda reveals her journey on she moved to the U.S. after meeting her boyfriend, Sebastien Andrade. Kate and Fernanda chat about her relationship and Fernanda reveals her plans for upcoming content.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Fernanda, he menaced welcomes post run high.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Hey, thank you. You pronounced my name is so well.
I'm so funny you.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
For context, guys, I just asked how to pronounce it
properly right before.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
But you ate that like thank you. People struggle with
the like.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
It's the grammar school Spanish classes that helps me so
to level set. Bernanda and I are in Miami. We're
here for art Basil. Fernanda lives here, yeah, but I
here for art Basil, So a little bit of a
different set switch up for the day. What did you
(00:40):
think of the run?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I'm glad I experienced it, but I don't do it
again unless it's with you, right. I was at a
breath yeah the whole time.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
For context, guys, we just did an episode of our
running interview show that Brnanda and I just got back
for us. We did a little run in Miami before
coming and sitting down. So if you guys haven't seen
that video, definitely watch it after listening to this episode.
But yeah, we went for a little run. You're a dancer.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I am not professional, but I grew up dancing my
whole life.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You grew up dancing? Yeah, when did you start dancing,
Were you like six, Like.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Oh my god, I think younger. Really, yeah, I did ballet,
hip hop, like everything you can think of it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I feel like dancing requires so much DaMina, though I.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Think yes, but I haven't done it, like ever since
I moved, I haven't got into like a dancing class,
so I feel like I'm out of shade down.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Did you grow up doing dancing classes?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, okay, yeah, definitely like classes all the time, like
school link classes. But now, like he's been three years
that I don't, so I just tiktoks dances now, I guess.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Which is so hard.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Guys.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
The way you guys can understand choreography and recreate dances
is so impressive to me because I can't memorize choreography
for the life of me or do it. I really can.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
You'll be good if you can run.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
No, dancing and running are so different, Like every single
day that I talked to is running.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, I can tell, because I literally can. I'm scared
to how I look in that interview.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
You look so good. You're gonna be fine. It's more
about like the fun of it, you know, Like a
lot of the people that we have on aren't runners,
which is kind of like the beauty of it, because
my whole ethos with running is like it's just for
I just do it for fun.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah you know, yeah for fun. Yeah, but I should.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Okay, But you grew up with parents that they worked
in a gym, right, or they were a gym Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yeah. My dad was like a gym coach and like,
like high school, how do you say that? We do?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
We call it teachers?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah? Okay, he was that. And then my mom is
like a yoga soumba, like Pilarates instructor. Yeah, so I
grew up with that. So I basically grew up in
a gym because after school I will go to like
the gym with them and wait for them to work,
so I will try all the like sports you could
think of. But I think once I go more into
high school and there was like so much stuff going on,
I was like I need a second, and I then
(02:52):
I really like lifting weights a little bit. But now
I'm like I should be better. Right.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
What was it like growing up with parents that worked
like in the fitness industry.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I think it's good. I mean good genetics. I think definitely,
just because like they already have it.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
M I feel like growing up with a mom that's
a yoga zooma teacher is probably the most grounding.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Oh for sure. But also like free massages like twenty
for seven, like my feet hurt, like they don't how
to do, like my back hurt because they're also like
physical therapists, so they like know everything right. So it's
like perfect, you grew up in Uruguay.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, your family's still there.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, wow, everybody.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Okay, talk to me about growing up in Uruguay.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I mean it's like a small place. I feel like
if you think about it, it's like, oh my god,
if you were to like the middle of the United States,
Like it's like tiny. It's only three million people. We
basically know everybody there, like we know each other because
it's so little. And then it's like pretty boring, say
my boyfriend, Like my boyfriend likes going there for the food,
(03:47):
but he thinks he's boring. We don't have that many
stuff here, like here you have like a hundred movie
theaters and like all this stuff over there. It's more
like chill, relaxing. But I feel like if you want
to go somewhere to relax there, but it's a little
like and you're yeah, a lot of because there's nothing
more stuff to do, so you gotta do something. So
you you start partying way younger.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Wow at one.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Age, like fourteen, Wow, what's the drinking age there is?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
It's eighteen okay.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
But there's like parties that are called like fifteen plus
and they end at like four am.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh my gosh, So at fourteen you were partying until
four am. So different than the US. I know the
US were like.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Some people that are like what But thinking back, I'm.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
So you're not like stealing alcohol from your parents the
way we were in the US. You're going to borrows.
They're letting you guys drink.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I mean no at eighteen. Yeah, you can do it
at eighteen, but I moved out of eighteen, so I
actually couldn't enjoy the drinking age.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
You moved to Miami when you were eighteen. You're so young.
You've been here for three years nineteen yeah, And.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I mean I started like visiting at eighteen and then
I moved at nineteen. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
What was that transition like? And crazy?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah? I can't even think about it, but I talked
about it on one of my videos recently. For the
first couple of years, it really felt like I was
in like a dream because imagine like I'm from like
a really techny place that I never even thought of
the possibility of moving to another country. It wasn't even
in my plans. So just the first couple of years
was like, I mean, like this bubble and everything is perfect,
(05:16):
and I'm also like in the like social media world,
which is like I grew up watching, seeing all the
people that I grew up watching and everything. And then
after a few years it's when like a pop, like
I say, like the bubble pops and I was like,
oh shit, I'm like alone here right.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Well, growing up, were you always interested in YouTube and
content creation?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I wanted to be a YouTuber, like if you were
to talk to me when I was young, I was like,
I want to be a YouTuber, definitely just YouTube. I
was like, YouTube is like what I want to do,
but it was impossible from like do I I mean,
this's a few ways I have made it, but I
was like, I'm so ashamed, like everybody's gonna see it,
so I'm not gonna do it. And then I was like, Okay,
I'm just gonna go to I was gonna go to
(05:57):
engineer like college. Wos were like its completely different.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Completely different.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
What was the social media culture in Uruguay? Like was
it common to be on TikTok or not really?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
I mean there was a couple like you tubers that
I grew up with Fromouai that made it, but it
wasn't that common. Like I think it started around twenty twenty.
But I think this is so small and like it's
so different than the US that like people were kind
of making fun of it. I feel like, or like
for me, it was just embarrassing. I was like, no,
they're gonna see me in high school, like I can't
do it, which I think in the US is such
(06:30):
a like big culture of like becoming famous that it's
like it's easier for you to think that you can
make it than in Ouda. We's like we don't even
have like the acting or like singing and stuff like
you have to go to like Argentina stuff like that
to like make it big or something like that. I
didn't realize that it's only three million people, Like it's
really small.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
What was the place like that you grew up. Was
it like a suburban town.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I grew up in the capital, which is like the city,
but it's like all like in one place, like all
the buildings and everything. It looks like a city. And
then like if you go a little bit more of
the outside of like the capits of like the other stags,
it gets more like cows. You can see cows when
you're in the road, like in the highway, and it's
like cows on the side. It's not mountainous though, it's
very flat. Wow, a lot of green, a lot of green.
(07:13):
And then the beach is beautiful over there because it's
like Atlantic Ocean. It's really pretty. Do you go back
a lot to visit Yeah, all the time, like three
times a year. I like bring my parents to visit
me all the time. I can't. I have to go see.
Like you have a lot of nephews and nieces, like
I need to see them grow.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
So so you have okay, so you're an auntie. You
have siblings.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah, I have two brothers and a sister, but from
like previous marriages with my parents. So I'm a single.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Okay, so only child, but half siblings that you're really
close with.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
They're like my siblings. Yeah, they're like fool for me.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Okay, ye, that's great.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
But I have like five nephews and nieces. Wow.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, how old are they like babies?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
They're like yeah, like three four nine?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Is me crazy? It's so wild seeing your siblings start
to have their own kids, see, especially.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Like my sister, because I feel like since I saw
it's like my sister that got pregnant, it's like crazier
because I didn't grow up with my brother's in the
same house. I broke with my sister. He's seen her
like get pregnant is crazy. I'm like, that's crazy. And
now he's for my nephew. He just sort of four
like two days ago.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Do you think your family would ever move to the
US or no?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (08:19):
So they're like we're staying here.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Yeah. I couldn't take them away from my like nohu's
and nieces and like my grandma and my brothers.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
So yeah, let's talk about then, your rise to social
media fame. Starting out in your Aguay, you were saying
that it was hard to be, you know, socially posting online.
But at what point did you start kind of putting
yourself out there online and what kind of like content
(08:46):
were you making.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I mean, I grew up recording myself, like I had
a recording camera, but I would just like fake that
I had a YouTube channel, like you guys asked me
for this whole, and I would just speak up stuff
around the house to make a whole that like they
got not giving me by back that day. It was
like old stuff. But then on like twenty twenty, I
think one of my friends were like, I think you
should post a video like dancing.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
This is when covid hit.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, kind of like yeah around covid. She was like,
I think you start posting like dancing, and then I
started just doing it for fun, and then little by
little I started like getting followers. It was like maybe
like in Uru way and then a feel my videos
kind of like got to the US. And then that's
when I was like, oh my god, that's crazy, like
seeing like all the English comments and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Right, because when you first started out it was mainly
a Uruguay audience and then slowly you became international.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, I feel like it's the dancing because you don't talk,
so then they can't tell like what language you speak.
It was just like dances in English, So I guess
like hit the US or something. I don't know, but
it was crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I think it's also very cool that you have like
this international audience, especially being bilingual yourself. Also, we haven't
even gotten to this, but Fernando learned how to speak
English three years ago. Guys, let's just put that out
there because that is crazy. I feel like the hardest
thing about learning a new language, and tell me if
I'm wrong. But it's also like understanding humor in another
language too.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yeah, I mean definitely my boyfriend in English, Like I
don't know that it's me that, but i'm his personality,
which is so bad because I talk like my boyfriend
because I learned everything from him. I don't know who
I was talking to, but they were Like the fact
that you learned from him is so bad because like
your vocabulary is probably horrible because of him. But I'm
definitely a completely different person in Spanish, like I'm belief.
(10:27):
I think I'm funnier in Spanish.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Do you speak any other languages or is it Spanish
and English?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
One is in English, I understand a little bit of
like Portuguese, like Brazilian Portuguese, but I can I'm ashamed
to speak it, like embarrassed so I won't speak it,
but I understand it. But it's just similar to Spanish,
Like it's pretty similar. But I think the reason why
I learned Spanish like English so well, I think is
because I, like, I don't know, like my brain have sorbed.
(10:52):
Like if we stayed talking together for a long time,
I would absorbed everything that you say, and I will
start saying it without noticing.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Let's talk about this because when you were living in
your Aguays, when you first met your boyfriend, right, he
slid into your DMS, tell me that story. How do
you know? I saw a little video today. I was like,
this is Saucy'll to talk about this on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
He I knew who he was because he was already
like a TikToker. And then he DM me. Actually I
had a dream that he DM me like I swear
on everything. Wow, yeah, like crazy, I had a dream
that like.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
This, I feel like you're a manifestor because you're a
manifestos when you're younger, you end up becoming a social my.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Friends say, like your whole life. Yeah, I believe in.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
That kind of sorcery.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Is this yeah? And he likes I got a DM
and he said Novia just that literally, which means my girlfriend.
And then I was like, I'm never going to meet
this guy in my entire life. So I was like nobo.
So I was like, let me just like be funny
because I'm never gonna meet him. So we talked a
little bit. I remember he made me send a voice. Man.
He was like, I want to hear like your accent
in like English, like if he can speak. I was
(11:58):
like so embarrassed. And then after that we started. That
was like February twenty first, I think around there, and
then we started like face simming and we facime twenty
four seven, like going to sleep on FaceTime for literally
three months.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
And he at the time he was living in Miami, Yeah,
which is where he's from. Yeah, shout out sapashion by
the way, So Sebashian's living in Miami. Year in Uruguay,
you guys start facetiming, DMA and basically online dating.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Yeah wow, basically. But the borders of my country were
closed because of COVID, so he couldn't fly to me,
so it was like hard. And I also didn't have
money to fly to him, so it was like a
whole thing. Also, I was eighteen my parents were like,
you're not going to meet or random guy that DMed you,
Like it's crazy, but yeah, we started like face Simean
and then I don't know how it come visit my
(12:44):
parents to like come visit him, and then in like eight.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
It's so cute. So your parents knew you had this
like online mom, right, she thought of like what is
going on? Yeah, but also like things were weird back then,
like that's what we were doing, like online dating and
stuff like that, like that was.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Normal, you know. And I was like, mom, you have
to like put in his use for my dad because
I'm like scared, but he actually was. My dad is
pretty Both of my parents are like trust my instinct
the law. They're like whatever you like, I trust you.
Because I'm a very anxious person. So I was very
aware of like craziness. But I remember to make them
even like think about the fact that I was gonna
come visit him. I had to stuck his whole family
(13:23):
like they know these. I had to go on Instagram
and like figured out whey they worked out. I was like, mom,
here's like a whole like here's the family his dad
work series, mom, wor hereious like his best girlfriend, like
his sister goes to this guy school, like I like
had everything. They're like, okay, they're legit, like they're not
like because they were like they're.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Good, fernand It's out here running a background. Cha.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
My parents were like, I think this is a little sketchy,
Like something's gonna happen to you. My mom was like,
I'm going with you, so we have to figure out away,
Like I'm gonna go with you. I can only take
like a week out of work, but I'll go with
you can stay longer. If I like him, I have
to meet him first. I love this, Yeah, and then
I figured out how to get like the money and
then but we came like we stayed in a horrible
(14:06):
hotel in Miami because he overtok play for my flight,
but I was like, no, I'll play for my flight,
don't worry.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Not only was Sabashian and you were sebashiing you meeting
for the first time in person, but he was also
meeting your mom.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah. But I was like, yeah, I have to meet
him first. Yeah, Like I was taking my location, but
I have to meet him first, Like that's crazy. And
then he said to me like, once you land in Miami,
like you're my girlfriend. So that's basically or like anniversary,
like the day I.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Landed, And was it your first time in the United States?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
My second time? Okay, because I came Inuay. This is
like a tradition when you turn fifteen, you come to
the US to like DC. So I came when I
was fifteen. But it was like a completely different like
experience because like I don't know, it.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Was your first time in Miami when you came.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
No, no, but just doing it with somebody from Miami.
It was just completely different. And also I was so
much older, and I wanted to try Oh my god,
I had a list of all the restaurants. I wanted
to all the fast food because we only had like three,
you know, the whites. I was like, I want to
try everything. I was like in and out Wendy's, like
everything everything. I grew up watching molk banks, which you know,
(15:12):
church piatists. I used to be so embarrassed to say,
I like milk bangs.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
I love too, So.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I want to try everything. I was like. And also
here you guys have like food from all the countries
in the world, and I was upset with Korean food.
So I was like, I want to try all the
Korean food in the world. I want to try like
Indian food everything, and why we don't have that much stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
But that's so interest.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, we have like sushi and like Chinese food and
then like some Latino food. But here's like I try
rice and beans for the first time, which you are
like what you're Latina. You don't have risin beans? Like
why doesn't it have risin beans?
Speaker 1 (15:44):
What did you grow up beating?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
If you think of it, It's more like Spanish, okay,
so which like Spanish food is the bast like potatoes,
like like it's called there's I think it's called which
is really good. But our main dish that is only
in Rowance, Argentina's are gonna get them on these and
I know it. But I mean this is chewyto which
is kind of like a sandwich with like like a
(16:07):
thin piece of meat and like a bunch of like
like fried eggs, peppers, like ham cheese, and it's like
really good. Just don't have that, That's what I'm saying
that because if not, that would come for me. But
we eat a salt which is like meat on like
fight like on wood. We cook it on wood, and
it's really typical we drink.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I don't have you ever heard it? When you're cooking
for yourself, do you make a lot of like traditional
Uruguay dishes.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
It's hard because I always say these, like drinking mattia
alone or cocaine, it makes me feel so much lonelier,
so like it kind of makes me like miss home more.
But when I go with that side, I don't know,
but I live when I go there because like my
dad is the best cook in the world, so I'm like,
I have to wait so I can enjoy like the best.
But when he came, he made like a huge part
(16:59):
of these likes too that we have is called gizo
and it's like a lentil like soup kind of and
he made a whole thing and I froze like half away.
I was like, I'm eating these the rest of my
life until you come back.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Oh it's so cute. Oh and so your parents love
to come visit, I'm sure. I mean, I think the
good thing about Miami too is, like we were saying
it before, it's almost like there's so many different like
Latin American cultures that are here. So it's like a little.
It's just a good place to come.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Yeah, even my boyfriend's culture like learning like have Haitian
like the food. Haitian food is insane, It's so good.
I'm like, honestly, I need.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
To try all these foes. Now, I'm like, what am
I had to do?
Speaker 2 (17:36):
I love Uruaiian food, but some other countries have better food,
Like they're not come for me for that, but I
think our food is a little plain comfort to like
Haitian food. Yeah, so like spicy and like.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Do you like spicy food?
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Yeah? Okay. I had to learn when I came here
because why doesn't have spicy food. It's not like a
thing there. So when I came I had to like
build up to At first I couldn't do it, and
now I'm like, I need spiky with every day.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
What was it like seeing meeting Sebastian for the first
time face to face after having been dating him online
for X amount of months.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
I was so nervous. I was sitting in a hotel.
He picked me up and then I think we hugged
first because I was like nervous, And then it was
funny because he like set up this whole day. This
is like the most Sebastian thing ever. He was like, Okay,
we're gonna go to the movies to watch a movie
and then we're gonna go eat. After we went to
the movies, he had booked the wrong date, so we
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couldn't watch the movie, okay, and he made me sneak
into the movie theater and watched like Mortal Kombat or
something in the back like meet Away. I was like, oh,
I'm so excited, like this is going great, right, and
then he took me. This sounds crazy, but he took
me to Taco Bell. But I wanted to try Taco
Bell so bad.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
But I love the fascination with fast feud.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
I know, I saw your Americans, like he took you
to taco but for your first day, that's crazy. I
was like, yeah, I want to try everything. So we
got like everything on the menu, and then we went
to like a parking lot and just ate Taco Bell.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
But I was like living out.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, but I was so embarrassed. It was like my
first time, so I was like barely trying it, like
I was just like eating. And then I think we
hugged awkwardly for like thirty minutes and didn't talk and.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
Then when did he meet your mom on the trip?
Speaker 2 (19:23):
And then well I connected. We connected on mom's because
I was like, my mom was like I need to meet
his mom, like I need to have his HERD number
or something because I was gonna stay with him after
in his house for like longer. And I think he
met my mom. We went to the beach together or something.
But my mom is so nice. My mom's losting more
(19:43):
than she loves me. I think I literally do something
good and she's like, this is thanks to Saba. Like
love Saba so much. He's perfect. I love him. I'm like,
don't bother him, let him play, like, let him do
whatever he wants. I'm like, mom, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
So it was love at first right for your mom
as well?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
No, for sure, my parents love soe much, like way
so much.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
That's so great. Yeah, I think it's so cute. And
did you guys immediately kind of start dating after you
met in person?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Yeah? Yeah, it was just I was like visiting him
here and then he visited me. And then how.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Long did it take for you to move to the US.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
It was around I think it was in twenty twenty two,
so we like May twenty twenty one, but I was
still like, you know, to why and everything. And then
in twenty twenty two, I moved. I think around September.
I can't remember it perfectly, but I think around September.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah, And you guys now are known for your tiktoks together, right.
People love seeing you to create content together because you
both have these massive followings of your own. So it's
like when the two of you come together, everybody gets
so geeked out, so excited. I'm curious, like, when did
you guys officially go public with your relationship online? And
was that like a big decision.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
I don't think it was a big decision. I think
it was more like, oh, what our relationship with TikTok together.
But it was definitely like two weeks in which sounds
like crazy, but we already had been talking for three
months on FaceTime, so it felt like we were dating
for longer. But we're just in a dancing video. And
then I don't think anybody really thought like, oh, they're dating. Fully.
They were saying stuff like oh, like we lost.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Him or like whatever, yeah, and then they can sense
the chemistry.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Yeah, but I think that's so cute. Yeah, people were
starting like actually realizing that we were together because he
was doing this whole like bit where he would like,
I don't know, he was like funny tiktoks with like
talking about like languages, and then I like came into
the TikTok and they were like, oh, okay, they're dating.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Wow and it's four years yeah almost, It's wild. Yeah.
I feel like your audience and your followers have like
witnessed your entire relationship throw and like flourished. What has
it been like with Sebastian having like such a public
relationship online.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I think we managed to keep private of it too. Yeah.
I feel like they think they know everything, but they
definitely don't. Right. It's like whenever they meet me in person,
they all like meet us together in person, they're like,
oh my god. I feel like he was crazy one
or like the talk anyone, and she she was a
quiet one. And it's obviously the opposite. He's super quiet
in person and I'm super talkative. But yeah, we mightagual
(22:09):
to keep the most important parts private, but I think
it's cool. I like that we get to like share
a part of it online and like the funny parts
and like no ticket so seriously. I feel like like
some stuff needs to be like taking more lightly, Like yeah,
we're dating, but like it's just like we're living life too,
Like I don't care how many years we've been together.
(22:29):
I don't care. People always like you guys been doing
that for four years? Get married. I'm like, I'm.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Twenty two, right, You're so young.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
Like I'm not thinking of that. We're just going with
the flow, Like we love each other, like we're together.
I want to be with him forever. But it's just
like take out of the pressure. And I think that
she's posted on TikTok. It's like I think we think
like that. It's not like, oh my god, Like if
we break up, they're gonna like see everything. I'm like,
who cares, Like we just have to mat go with it.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
I feel like you're so good but that well, it's
also like you document your life online so people are
along for the journey regardless, and it's like you're gonna
pay your boyfriend and where you want and kind of
all that stuff. But I'm curious. You kind of talked
about like keeping certain things private, certain things public. How
do you kind of choose those boundaries.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I feel like I'm pretty private, although like it doesn't
seem to but like, for example, I don't share my
family like I refuse to share my family online, not
because of like I'm embarrassed of them or anything. It's
just like they're they're mine, right. I Also when I
go home and just feel like a little kid with them,
So I don't want them to be like on social media,
they just sign up for that. Also, like my friends,
(23:31):
like my friends from high school, they're like mine, Like
I don't want them to be like I don't want
to post them their mind.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Although I totally get that. No, I'll post them right,
But I say your followers would go crazy though, seeing
your dad like cook, your traditional district, like you guys,
that'd be cool.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I know, But I don't know like they feel so
they're so important to me that I just want to
like protect them with everything. I can get that, But
same with like my relationship. I feel like there's stuff
that you just need to like protect and keep private.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
I totally agree it's good for the mental health to
have pably with certain things that are public.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Sometimes, like don't talk a lot on my tiktoks for
a while, and then I want to talk back, and
I'm like, am I oversharing? Like? Am I saying the
right things?
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Like I don't know, I get that you go through
phases of like talking to you whereversus not. It's interesting.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
What did your parents think of your social media when
you first started out?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
My parents are pretty older because my brothers are like forty,
so they had me older. So my dad is like
almost seventy.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
So you're the baby of the family.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
I am. So he doesn't understand that. It's so funny.
It was like, what level are you at on TikTok
right now? It's like level? He was like, like he
meant followers. I was like level. I was like I'm there, yeah,
even or like if I post stories on Instagram, this
is so sweet. He thinks I'm sending a picture to
him like privately.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Oh it's so cute. You're like, yeah, you and like
ten million other people down.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
They're my biggest fans. Like if you where to like
know who my mom was. She's in every single one
of my videos, in every single comment. She's on seven US.
She replaced every single story of mine and sebas like
she's the biggest fan. Like I had to stop telling
my parents so many stuff because they were like tell
them the whole world, like, oh my god, she's doing this,
like the whole building. I was like stop, like you
(25:12):
guys have to like keep it private and little.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Yeah, but they're so proud of you. I mean, it's
so crazy, like the success you've had online, it's such
like it's so hard to fathom the numbers.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
I can't. I can't think about it, like it's crazy
to me. I'm like, no, I'm like millions, there's just
a couple of people. I was every time I go
to like a city and I'm like, there's no fucking way.
They're like there's like thirty thousand people here, and I'm
like mm hmm, it's impossible.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Will you get recognized every city that you go? Like
do you have people kind of coming up to you?
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I was shocked. We went to Korea recently and we
were recognizing Korea. That's when I was like, what the fuck.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
That's when you know he's crazy, right, I feel like,
especially when you and Sebashnar together, right, yeah, Oh, it's
so funny.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Whenever they see you siparately, they always look at look
at us like is it her? But if we're together,
like oh yeah, it's them, or like they comes to
us like what are you doing without him? Or like
what do you do without her? I'm like, we have
we're own people, but yeah, they always like are they them?
But we're together? They're like oh yeah, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
How did you deal with like the fame when when
all of this started happening? I mean, I'm sure it
was like so fast, right, Like how quickly do you
feel like you grew your audience?
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Oh my god, I think it. I started. I came
here and already had like three hundred and k followers,
but I think from like one million to like what
I'm now, it felt like nothing.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Do you remember the first viral video that you posted online?
Speaker 2 (26:37):
I do?
Speaker 1 (26:38):
What was it?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
It was a gym video working out? Yeah, but it
was a video of me doing like a workout set,
like a booty workout set.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
No.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Actually, I just like went back and I actually remember
that I got inspired by one of the videos that
Olivia Pontin did because she was doing like workout videos.
I don't know, Yeah, so I did something similar to her,
and then that one got a million views and I
was like, oh my god, like that's crazy but then
my dances were mostly what I like when more viral.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
For I think, right, yeah, it's so cool to see
like content evolution. Yes, Like what is your creative process
like now? For the videos that you post.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
It's definitely changed, which I'm sad about because I feel
like before I was like, I'm posting anything. I don't
care about how many views it gets. I don't care about.
When you first start, you don't care about anything. I
feel like the more you grow, you care more. You're
more like, oh, like they're gonna see it like this
and that, which I'm sad about. I wish I had
a little like I don't care, like I'm just posing anything.
But yeah, I think I don't plan anything. I just
(27:38):
go with like whatever feels right, Like there's a good
dance that like it feels right, I do it. But
I used to do everything. I was like, I'm posting
five times a day. Now I'm like, okay, yeah, you
pick and choose. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Absolutely. As we kind of wrap up, are there any
exciting projects that you have coming up that you're looking
forward to.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
I have a couple of things with showing my acne
okay and talking about my acne.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
I like you because I my entire life have struggled
with acne and accutane like four times. So I think
it's so cool how.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
I can't make up because I was like, I'm not
put a foundation. I feel like I need to show
my acne because some sometimes you feel less comfortable, and
I feel like pushing yourself to show it is like
it helps a lot.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
I like to end my podcast with one final question.
New Year's is coming up. Do we have any twenty
twenty five resolutions or things that were manifesting for twenty
twenty five?
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Definitely getting to work out more often.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Or just like after that run baby, no, going.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
To be that is more often. I think, just taking
it a little bit more easy on myself. I'm a
little like crazy on myself, like I'm too much about perfectionist.
So definitely that and just yeah, keep working on what
I'm doing. I love it.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Well, You're amazing. I can't wait to see everything that
you do every buddy. Make sure you're following Fernanda across socials.
Thank you so much for watching.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Thank you, it was so good.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
M hm
Fernanda, he menaced welcomes post run high.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Hey, thank you. You pronounced my name is so well.
I'm so funny you.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
For context, guys, I just asked how to pronounce it
properly right before.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
But you ate that like thank you. People struggle with
the like.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
It's the grammar school Spanish classes that helps me so
to level set. Bernanda and I are in Miami. We're
here for art Basil. Fernanda lives here, yeah, but I
here for art Basil, So a little bit of a
different set switch up for the day. What did you
(00:40):
think of the run?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I'm glad I experienced it, but I don't do it
again unless it's with you, right. I was at a
breath yeah the whole time.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
For context, guys, we just did an episode of our
running interview show that Brnanda and I just got back
for us. We did a little run in Miami before
coming and sitting down. So if you guys haven't seen
that video, definitely watch it after listening to this episode.
But yeah, we went for a little run. You're a dancer.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I am not professional, but I grew up dancing my
whole life.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You grew up dancing? Yeah, when did you start dancing,
Were you like six, Like.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Oh my god, I think younger. Really, yeah, I did ballet,
hip hop, like everything you can think of it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I feel like dancing requires so much DaMina, though I.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Think yes, but I haven't done it, like ever since
I moved, I haven't got into like a dancing class,
so I feel like I'm out of shade down.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Did you grow up doing dancing classes?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, okay, yeah, definitely like classes all the time, like
school link classes. But now, like he's been three years
that I don't, so I just tiktoks dances now, I guess.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Which is so hard.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Guys.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
The way you guys can understand choreography and recreate dances
is so impressive to me because I can't memorize choreography
for the life of me or do it. I really can.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
You'll be good if you can run.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
No, dancing and running are so different, Like every single
day that I talked to is running.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, I can tell, because I literally can. I'm scared
to how I look in that interview.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
You look so good. You're gonna be fine. It's more
about like the fun of it, you know, Like a
lot of the people that we have on aren't runners,
which is kind of like the beauty of it, because
my whole ethos with running is like it's just for
I just do it for fun.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah you know, yeah for fun. Yeah, but I should.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Okay, But you grew up with parents that they worked
in a gym, right, or they were a gym Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yeah. My dad was like a gym coach and like,
like high school, how do you say that? We do?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
We call it teachers?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah? Okay, he was that. And then my mom is
like a yoga soumba, like Pilarates instructor. Yeah, so I
grew up with that. So I basically grew up in
a gym because after school I will go to like
the gym with them and wait for them to work,
so I will try all the like sports you could
think of. But I think once I go more into
high school and there was like so much stuff going on,
I was like I need a second, and I then
(02:52):
I really like lifting weights a little bit. But now
I'm like I should be better. Right.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
What was it like growing up with parents that worked
like in the fitness industry.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I think it's good. I mean good genetics. I think definitely,
just because like they already have it.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
M I feel like growing up with a mom that's
a yoga zooma teacher is probably the most grounding.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Oh for sure. But also like free massages like twenty
for seven, like my feet hurt, like they don't how
to do, like my back hurt because they're also like
physical therapists, so they like know everything right. So it's
like perfect, you grew up in Uruguay.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, your family's still there.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, wow, everybody.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Okay, talk to me about growing up in Uruguay.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I mean it's like a small place. I feel like
if you think about it, it's like, oh my god,
if you were to like the middle of the United States,
Like it's like tiny. It's only three million people. We
basically know everybody there, like we know each other because
it's so little. And then it's like pretty boring, say
my boyfriend, Like my boyfriend likes going there for the food,
(03:47):
but he thinks he's boring. We don't have that many
stuff here, like here you have like a hundred movie
theaters and like all this stuff over there. It's more
like chill, relaxing. But I feel like if you want
to go somewhere to relax there, but it's a little
like and you're yeah, a lot of because there's nothing
more stuff to do, so you gotta do something. So
you you start partying way younger.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Wow at one.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Age, like fourteen, Wow, what's the drinking age there is?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
It's eighteen okay.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
But there's like parties that are called like fifteen plus
and they end at like four am.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh my gosh, So at fourteen you were partying until
four am. So different than the US. I know the
US were like.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Some people that are like what But thinking back, I'm.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
So you're not like stealing alcohol from your parents the
way we were in the US. You're going to borrows.
They're letting you guys drink.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I mean no at eighteen. Yeah, you can do it
at eighteen, but I moved out of eighteen, so I
actually couldn't enjoy the drinking age.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
You moved to Miami when you were eighteen. You're so young.
You've been here for three years nineteen yeah, And.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I mean I started like visiting at eighteen and then
I moved at nineteen. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
What was that transition like? And crazy?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah? I can't even think about it, but I talked
about it on one of my videos recently. For the
first couple of years, it really felt like I was
in like a dream because imagine like I'm from like
a really techny place that I never even thought of
the possibility of moving to another country. It wasn't even
in my plans. So just the first couple of years
was like, I mean, like this bubble and everything is perfect,
(05:16):
and I'm also like in the like social media world,
which is like I grew up watching, seeing all the
people that I grew up watching and everything. And then
after a few years it's when like a pop, like
I say, like the bubble pops and I was like,
oh shit, I'm like alone here right.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Well, growing up, were you always interested in YouTube and
content creation?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I wanted to be a YouTuber, like if you were
to talk to me when I was young, I was like,
I want to be a YouTuber, definitely just YouTube. I
was like, YouTube is like what I want to do,
but it was impossible from like do I I mean,
this's a few ways I have made it, but I
was like, I'm so ashamed, like everybody's gonna see it,
so I'm not gonna do it. And then I was like, Okay,
I'm just gonna go to I was gonna go to
(05:57):
engineer like college. Wos were like its completely different.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Completely different.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
What was the social media culture in Uruguay? Like was
it common to be on TikTok or not really?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
I mean there was a couple like you tubers that
I grew up with Fromouai that made it, but it
wasn't that common. Like I think it started around twenty twenty.
But I think this is so small and like it's
so different than the US that like people were kind
of making fun of it. I feel like, or like
for me, it was just embarrassing. I was like, no,
they're gonna see me in high school, like I can't
do it, which I think in the US is such
(06:30):
a like big culture of like becoming famous that it's
like it's easier for you to think that you can
make it than in Ouda. We's like we don't even
have like the acting or like singing and stuff like
you have to go to like Argentina stuff like that
to like make it big or something like that. I
didn't realize that it's only three million people, Like it's
really small.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
What was the place like that you grew up. Was
it like a suburban town.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I grew up in the capital, which is like the city,
but it's like all like in one place, like all
the buildings and everything. It looks like a city. And
then like if you go a little bit more of
the outside of like the capits of like the other stags,
it gets more like cows. You can see cows when
you're in the road, like in the highway, and it's
like cows on the side. It's not mountainous though, it's
very flat. Wow, a lot of green, a lot of green.
(07:13):
And then the beach is beautiful over there because it's
like Atlantic Ocean. It's really pretty. Do you go back
a lot to visit Yeah, all the time, like three
times a year. I like bring my parents to visit
me all the time. I can't. I have to go see.
Like you have a lot of nephews and nieces, like
I need to see them grow.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
So so you have okay, so you're an auntie. You
have siblings.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah, I have two brothers and a sister, but from
like previous marriages with my parents. So I'm a single.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Okay, so only child, but half siblings that you're really
close with.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
They're like my siblings. Yeah, they're like fool for me.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Okay, ye, that's great.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
But I have like five nephews and nieces. Wow.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, how old are they like babies?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
They're like yeah, like three four nine?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Is me crazy? It's so wild seeing your siblings start
to have their own kids, see, especially.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Like my sister, because I feel like since I saw
it's like my sister that got pregnant, it's like crazier
because I didn't grow up with my brother's in the
same house. I broke with my sister. He's seen her
like get pregnant is crazy. I'm like, that's crazy. And
now he's for my nephew. He just sort of four
like two days ago.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Do you think your family would ever move to the
US or no?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (08:19):
So they're like we're staying here.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Yeah. I couldn't take them away from my like nohu's
and nieces and like my grandma and my brothers.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
So yeah, let's talk about then, your rise to social
media fame. Starting out in your Aguay, you were saying
that it was hard to be, you know, socially posting online.
But at what point did you start kind of putting
yourself out there online and what kind of like content
(08:46):
were you making.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I mean, I grew up recording myself, like I had
a recording camera, but I would just like fake that
I had a YouTube channel, like you guys asked me
for this whole, and I would just speak up stuff
around the house to make a whole that like they
got not giving me by back that day. It was
like old stuff. But then on like twenty twenty, I
think one of my friends were like, I think you
should post a video like dancing.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
This is when covid hit.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, kind of like yeah around covid. She was like,
I think you start posting like dancing, and then I
started just doing it for fun, and then little by
little I started like getting followers. It was like maybe
like in Uru way and then a feel my videos
kind of like got to the US. And then that's
when I was like, oh my god, that's crazy, like
seeing like all the English comments and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Right, because when you first started out it was mainly
a Uruguay audience and then slowly you became international.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, I feel like it's the dancing because you don't talk,
so then they can't tell like what language you speak.
It was just like dances in English, So I guess
like hit the US or something. I don't know, but
it was crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I think it's also very cool that you have like
this international audience, especially being bilingual yourself. Also, we haven't
even gotten to this, but Fernando learned how to speak
English three years ago. Guys, let's just put that out
there because that is crazy. I feel like the hardest
thing about learning a new language, and tell me if
I'm wrong. But it's also like understanding humor in another
language too.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yeah, I mean definitely my boyfriend in English, Like I
don't know that it's me that, but i'm his personality,
which is so bad because I talk like my boyfriend
because I learned everything from him. I don't know who
I was talking to, but they were Like the fact
that you learned from him is so bad because like
your vocabulary is probably horrible because of him. But I'm
definitely a completely different person in Spanish, like I'm belief.
(10:27):
I think I'm funnier in Spanish.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Do you speak any other languages or is it Spanish
and English?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
One is in English, I understand a little bit of
like Portuguese, like Brazilian Portuguese, but I can I'm ashamed
to speak it, like embarrassed so I won't speak it,
but I understand it. But it's just similar to Spanish,
Like it's pretty similar. But I think the reason why
I learned Spanish like English so well, I think is
because I, like, I don't know, like my brain have sorbed.
(10:52):
Like if we stayed talking together for a long time,
I would absorbed everything that you say, and I will
start saying it without noticing.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Let's talk about this because when you were living in
your Aguays, when you first met your boyfriend, right, he
slid into your DMS, tell me that story. How do
you know? I saw a little video today. I was like,
this is Saucy'll to talk about this on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
He I knew who he was because he was already
like a TikToker. And then he DM me. Actually I
had a dream that he DM me like I swear
on everything. Wow, yeah, like crazy, I had a dream
that like.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
This, I feel like you're a manifestor because you're a
manifestos when you're younger, you end up becoming a social my.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Friends say, like your whole life. Yeah, I believe in.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
That kind of sorcery.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Is this yeah? And he likes I got a DM
and he said Novia just that literally, which means my girlfriend.
And then I was like, I'm never going to meet
this guy in my entire life. So I was like nobo.
So I was like, let me just like be funny
because I'm never gonna meet him. So we talked a
little bit. I remember he made me send a voice. Man.
He was like, I want to hear like your accent
in like English, like if he can speak. I was
(11:58):
like so embarrassed. And then after that we started. That
was like February twenty first, I think around there, and
then we started like face simming and we facime twenty
four seven, like going to sleep on FaceTime for literally
three months.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
And he at the time he was living in Miami, Yeah,
which is where he's from. Yeah, shout out sapashion by
the way, So Sebashian's living in Miami. Year in Uruguay,
you guys start facetiming, DMA and basically online dating.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Yeah wow, basically. But the borders of my country were
closed because of COVID, so he couldn't fly to me,
so it was like hard. And I also didn't have
money to fly to him, so it was like a
whole thing. Also, I was eighteen my parents were like,
you're not going to meet or random guy that DMed you,
Like it's crazy, but yeah, we started like face Simean
and then I don't know how it come visit my
(12:44):
parents to like come visit him, and then in like eight.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
It's so cute. So your parents knew you had this
like online mom, right, she thought of like what is
going on? Yeah, but also like things were weird back then,
like that's what we were doing, like online dating and
stuff like that, like that was.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Normal, you know. And I was like, mom, you have
to like put in his use for my dad because
I'm like scared, but he actually was. My dad is
pretty Both of my parents are like trust my instinct
the law. They're like whatever you like, I trust you.
Because I'm a very anxious person. So I was very
aware of like craziness. But I remember to make them
even like think about the fact that I was gonna
come visit him. I had to stuck his whole family
(13:23):
like they know these. I had to go on Instagram
and like figured out whey they worked out. I was like, mom,
here's like a whole like here's the family his dad
work series, mom, wor hereious like his best girlfriend, like
his sister goes to this guy school, like I like
had everything. They're like, okay, they're legit, like they're not
like because they were like they're.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Good, fernand It's out here running a background. Cha.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
My parents were like, I think this is a little sketchy,
Like something's gonna happen to you. My mom was like,
I'm going with you, so we have to figure out away,
Like I'm gonna go with you. I can only take
like a week out of work, but I'll go with
you can stay longer. If I like him, I have
to meet him first. I love this, Yeah, and then
I figured out how to get like the money and
then but we came like we stayed in a horrible
(14:06):
hotel in Miami because he overtok play for my flight,
but I was like, no, I'll play for my flight,
don't worry.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Not only was Sabashian and you were sebashiing you meeting
for the first time in person, but he was also
meeting your mom.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah. But I was like, yeah, I have to meet
him first. Yeah, Like I was taking my location, but
I have to meet him first, Like that's crazy. And
then he said to me like, once you land in Miami,
like you're my girlfriend. So that's basically or like anniversary,
like the day I.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Landed, And was it your first time in the United States?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
My second time? Okay, because I came Inuay. This is
like a tradition when you turn fifteen, you come to
the US to like DC. So I came when I
was fifteen. But it was like a completely different like
experience because like I don't know, it.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Was your first time in Miami when you came.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
No, no, but just doing it with somebody from Miami.
It was just completely different. And also I was so
much older, and I wanted to try Oh my god,
I had a list of all the restaurants. I wanted
to all the fast food because we only had like three,
you know, the whites. I was like, I want to
try everything. I was like in and out Wendy's, like
everything everything. I grew up watching molk banks, which you know,
(15:12):
church piatists. I used to be so embarrassed to say,
I like milk bangs.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
I love too, So.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I want to try everything. I was like. And also
here you guys have like food from all the countries
in the world, and I was upset with Korean food.
So I was like, I want to try all the
Korean food in the world. I want to try like
Indian food everything, and why we don't have that much stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
But that's so interest.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, we have like sushi and like Chinese food and
then like some Latino food. But here's like I try
rice and beans for the first time, which you are
like what you're Latina. You don't have risin beans? Like
why doesn't it have risin beans?
Speaker 1 (15:44):
What did you grow up beating?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
If you think of it, It's more like Spanish, okay,
so which like Spanish food is the bast like potatoes,
like like it's called there's I think it's called which
is really good. But our main dish that is only
in Rowance, Argentina's are gonna get them on these and
I know it. But I mean this is chewyto which
is kind of like a sandwich with like like a
(16:07):
thin piece of meat and like a bunch of like
like fried eggs, peppers, like ham cheese, and it's like
really good. Just don't have that, That's what I'm saying
that because if not, that would come for me. But
we eat a salt which is like meat on like
fight like on wood. We cook it on wood, and
it's really typical we drink.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I don't have you ever heard it? When you're cooking
for yourself, do you make a lot of like traditional
Uruguay dishes.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
It's hard because I always say these, like drinking mattia
alone or cocaine, it makes me feel so much lonelier,
so like it kind of makes me like miss home more.
But when I go with that side, I don't know,
but I live when I go there because like my
dad is the best cook in the world, so I'm like,
I have to wait so I can enjoy like the best.
But when he came, he made like a huge part
(16:59):
of these likes too that we have is called gizo
and it's like a lentil like soup kind of and
he made a whole thing and I froze like half away.
I was like, I'm eating these the rest of my
life until you come back.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Oh it's so cute. Oh and so your parents love
to come visit, I'm sure. I mean, I think the
good thing about Miami too is, like we were saying
it before, it's almost like there's so many different like
Latin American cultures that are here. So it's like a little.
It's just a good place to come.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Yeah, even my boyfriend's culture like learning like have Haitian
like the food. Haitian food is insane, It's so good.
I'm like, honestly, I need.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
To try all these foes. Now, I'm like, what am
I had to do?
Speaker 2 (17:36):
I love Uruaiian food, but some other countries have better food,
Like they're not come for me for that, but I
think our food is a little plain comfort to like
Haitian food. Yeah, so like spicy and like.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Do you like spicy food?
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Yeah? Okay. I had to learn when I came here
because why doesn't have spicy food. It's not like a
thing there. So when I came I had to like
build up to At first I couldn't do it, and
now I'm like, I need spiky with every day.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
What was it like seeing meeting Sebastian for the first
time face to face after having been dating him online
for X amount of months.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
I was so nervous. I was sitting in a hotel.
He picked me up and then I think we hugged
first because I was like nervous, And then it was
funny because he like set up this whole day. This
is like the most Sebastian thing ever. He was like, Okay,
we're gonna go to the movies to watch a movie
and then we're gonna go eat. After we went to
the movies, he had booked the wrong date, so we
(18:37):
couldn't watch the movie, okay, and he made me sneak
into the movie theater and watched like Mortal Kombat or
something in the back like meet Away. I was like, oh,
I'm so excited, like this is going great, right, and
then he took me. This sounds crazy, but he took
me to Taco Bell. But I wanted to try Taco
Bell so bad.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
But I love the fascination with fast feud.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
I know, I saw your Americans, like he took you
to taco but for your first day, that's crazy. I
was like, yeah, I want to try everything. So we
got like everything on the menu, and then we went
to like a parking lot and just ate Taco Bell.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
But I was like living out.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, but I was so embarrassed. It was like my
first time, so I was like barely trying it, like
I was just like eating. And then I think we
hugged awkwardly for like thirty minutes and didn't talk and.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
Then when did he meet your mom on the trip?
Speaker 2 (19:23):
And then well I connected. We connected on mom's because
I was like, my mom was like I need to meet
his mom, like I need to have his HERD number
or something because I was gonna stay with him after
in his house for like longer. And I think he
met my mom. We went to the beach together or something.
But my mom is so nice. My mom's losting more
(19:43):
than she loves me. I think I literally do something
good and she's like, this is thanks to Saba. Like
love Saba so much. He's perfect. I love him. I'm like,
don't bother him, let him play, like, let him do
whatever he wants. I'm like, mom, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
So it was love at first right for your mom
as well?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
No, for sure, my parents love soe much, like way
so much.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
That's so great. Yeah, I think it's so cute. And
did you guys immediately kind of start dating after you
met in person?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Yeah? Yeah, it was just I was like visiting him
here and then he visited me. And then how.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Long did it take for you to move to the US.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
It was around I think it was in twenty twenty two,
so we like May twenty twenty one, but I was
still like, you know, to why and everything. And then
in twenty twenty two, I moved. I think around September.
I can't remember it perfectly, but I think around September.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah, And you guys now are known for your tiktoks together, right.
People love seeing you to create content together because you
both have these massive followings of your own. So it's
like when the two of you come together, everybody gets
so geeked out, so excited. I'm curious, like, when did
you guys officially go public with your relationship online? And
was that like a big decision.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
I don't think it was a big decision. I think
it was more like, oh, what our relationship with TikTok together.
But it was definitely like two weeks in which sounds
like crazy, but we already had been talking for three
months on FaceTime, so it felt like we were dating
for longer. But we're just in a dancing video. And
then I don't think anybody really thought like, oh, they're dating. Fully.
They were saying stuff like oh, like we lost.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Him or like whatever, yeah, and then they can sense
the chemistry.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Yeah, but I think that's so cute. Yeah, people were
starting like actually realizing that we were together because he
was doing this whole like bit where he would like,
I don't know, he was like funny tiktoks with like
talking about like languages, and then I like came into
the TikTok and they were like, oh, okay, they're dating.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Wow and it's four years yeah almost, It's wild. Yeah.
I feel like your audience and your followers have like
witnessed your entire relationship throw and like flourished. What has
it been like with Sebastian having like such a public
relationship online.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I think we managed to keep private of it too. Yeah.
I feel like they think they know everything, but they
definitely don't. Right. It's like whenever they meet me in person,
they all like meet us together in person, they're like,
oh my god. I feel like he was crazy one
or like the talk anyone, and she she was a
quiet one. And it's obviously the opposite. He's super quiet
in person and I'm super talkative. But yeah, we mightagual
(22:09):
to keep the most important parts private, but I think
it's cool. I like that we get to like share
a part of it online and like the funny parts
and like no ticket so seriously. I feel like like
some stuff needs to be like taking more lightly, Like yeah,
we're dating, but like it's just like we're living life too,
Like I don't care how many years we've been together.
(22:29):
I don't care. People always like you guys been doing
that for four years? Get married. I'm like, I'm.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Twenty two, right, You're so young.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
Like I'm not thinking of that. We're just going with
the flow, Like we love each other, like we're together.
I want to be with him forever. But it's just
like take out of the pressure. And I think that
she's posted on TikTok. It's like I think we think
like that. It's not like, oh my god, Like if
we break up, they're gonna like see everything. I'm like,
who cares, Like we just have to mat go with it.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
I feel like you're so good but that well, it's
also like you document your life online so people are
along for the journey regardless, and it's like you're gonna
pay your boyfriend and where you want and kind of
all that stuff. But I'm curious. You kind of talked
about like keeping certain things private, certain things public. How
do you kind of choose those boundaries.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I feel like I'm pretty private, although like it doesn't
seem to but like, for example, I don't share my
family like I refuse to share my family online, not
because of like I'm embarrassed of them or anything. It's
just like they're they're mine, right. I Also when I
go home and just feel like a little kid with them,
So I don't want them to be like on social media,
they just sign up for that. Also, like my friends,
(23:31):
like my friends from high school, they're like mine, Like
I don't want them to be like I don't want
to post them their mind.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Although I totally get that. No, I'll post them right,
But I say your followers would go crazy though, seeing
your dad like cook, your traditional district, like you guys,
that'd be cool.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I know, But I don't know like they feel so
they're so important to me that I just want to
like protect them with everything. I can get that, But
same with like my relationship. I feel like there's stuff
that you just need to like protect and keep private.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
I totally agree it's good for the mental health to
have pably with certain things that are public.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Sometimes, like don't talk a lot on my tiktoks for
a while, and then I want to talk back, and
I'm like, am I oversharing? Like? Am I saying the
right things?
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Like I don't know, I get that you go through
phases of like talking to you whereversus not. It's interesting.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
What did your parents think of your social media when
you first started out?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
My parents are pretty older because my brothers are like forty,
so they had me older. So my dad is like
almost seventy.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
So you're the baby of the family.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
I am. So he doesn't understand that. It's so funny.
It was like, what level are you at on TikTok
right now? It's like level? He was like, like he
meant followers. I was like level. I was like I'm there, yeah,
even or like if I post stories on Instagram, this
is so sweet. He thinks I'm sending a picture to
him like privately.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Oh it's so cute. You're like, yeah, you and like
ten million other people down.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
They're my biggest fans. Like if you where to like
know who my mom was. She's in every single one
of my videos, in every single comment. She's on seven US.
She replaced every single story of mine and sebas like
she's the biggest fan. Like I had to stop telling
my parents so many stuff because they were like tell
them the whole world, like, oh my god, she's doing this,
like the whole building. I was like stop, like you
(25:12):
guys have to like keep it private and little.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Yeah, but they're so proud of you. I mean, it's
so crazy, like the success you've had online, it's such
like it's so hard to fathom the numbers.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
I can't. I can't think about it, like it's crazy
to me. I'm like, no, I'm like millions, there's just
a couple of people. I was every time I go
to like a city and I'm like, there's no fucking way.
They're like there's like thirty thousand people here, and I'm
like mm hmm, it's impossible.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Will you get recognized every city that you go? Like
do you have people kind of coming up to you?
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I was shocked. We went to Korea recently and we
were recognizing Korea. That's when I was like, what the fuck.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
That's when you know he's crazy, right, I feel like,
especially when you and Sebashnar together, right, yeah, Oh, it's
so funny.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Whenever they see you siparately, they always look at look
at us like is it her? But if we're together,
like oh yeah, it's them, or like they comes to
us like what are you doing without him? Or like
what do you do without her? I'm like, we have
we're own people, but yeah, they always like are they them?
But we're together? They're like oh yeah, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
How did you deal with like the fame when when
all of this started happening? I mean, I'm sure it
was like so fast, right, Like how quickly do you
feel like you grew your audience?
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Oh my god, I think it. I started. I came
here and already had like three hundred and k followers,
but I think from like one million to like what
I'm now, it felt like nothing.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Do you remember the first viral video that you posted online?
Speaker 2 (26:37):
I do?
Speaker 1 (26:38):
What was it?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
It was a gym video working out? Yeah, but it
was a video of me doing like a workout set,
like a booty workout set.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
No.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Actually, I just like went back and I actually remember
that I got inspired by one of the videos that
Olivia Pontin did because she was doing like workout videos.
I don't know, Yeah, so I did something similar to her,
and then that one got a million views and I
was like, oh my god, like that's crazy but then
my dances were mostly what I like when more viral.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
For I think, right, yeah, it's so cool to see
like content evolution. Yes, Like what is your creative process
like now? For the videos that you post.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
It's definitely changed, which I'm sad about because I feel
like before I was like, I'm posting anything. I don't
care about how many views it gets. I don't care about.
When you first start, you don't care about anything. I
feel like the more you grow, you care more. You're
more like, oh, like they're gonna see it like this
and that, which I'm sad about. I wish I had
a little like I don't care, like I'm just posing anything.
But yeah, I think I don't plan anything. I just
(27:38):
go with like whatever feels right, Like there's a good
dance that like it feels right, I do it. But
I used to do everything. I was like, I'm posting
five times a day. Now I'm like, okay, yeah, you
pick and choose. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Absolutely. As we kind of wrap up, are there any
exciting projects that you have coming up that you're looking
forward to.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
I have a couple of things with showing my acne
okay and talking about my acne.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
I like you because I my entire life have struggled
with acne and accutane like four times. So I think
it's so cool how.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
I can't make up because I was like, I'm not
put a foundation. I feel like I need to show
my acne because some sometimes you feel less comfortable, and
I feel like pushing yourself to show it is like
it helps a lot.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
I like to end my podcast with one final question.
New Year's is coming up. Do we have any twenty
twenty five resolutions or things that were manifesting for twenty
twenty five?
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Definitely getting to work out more often.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Or just like after that run baby, no, going.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
To be that is more often. I think, just taking
it a little bit more easy on myself. I'm a
little like crazy on myself, like I'm too much about perfectionist.
So definitely that and just yeah, keep working on what
I'm doing. I love it.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Well, You're amazing. I can't wait to see everything that
you do every buddy. Make sure you're following Fernanda across socials.
Thank you so much for watching.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Thank you, it was so good.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
M hm
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