I'm Too Busy TV - w/ guest Axel Chico - I'm Too Busy!

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to I'm Too Busy, an interview based show hosted
by a talented makeup artist, Christina Black. Christina offers viewers
a unique blend of personal stories, inspiring journeys, and practical
beauty tips. Join the conversation as Christina features successful individuals
from various industries who share their insights on health, wellness, makeup,

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and the keys to their success. So now please welcome
the host of I'm Too Busy, Christina Flack.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hello, I'm Christina Black and welcome to I'm Too Busy Today.
I am really excited to interview Axel Chico. He is
a Mexican American content creator an actor who has made
significant strides in the beauty, lifestyle and fashion industries. With
sixteen point five thousand followers on TikTok, Actel has collaborated

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with prestigious brands including Coach, Laura Marcier, Giorgio Armani, and
Liquid IV. What's particularly impressive is that Axel has been
working in the commercial space since the age of ten,
bringing over a decade of experience to his craft. Recently,
he finished working on a movie called I Hate Pirate

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and scheduled to release on Amazon Prime in early twenty
twenty six. He will also appear in the highly anticipated
Netflix documentary Bad Influence, releasing April ninth, twenty twenty five.
Welcome Axel. How are you?

Speaker 3 (01:34):
Thank you so much. I'm doing great. How are you?

Speaker 2 (01:37):
I am great? Thanks for being here today. You have been.
Let's just dive into your life. I'm so excited to
hear about you. So you have been in the entertainment
industry since you were ten years old. What inspired you
at such a young age into your career.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Well, I, obviously, you know, grew up watching TV obviously,
and I always really fell connection to it and it
just seems something, you know, so fun obviously, but you know,
it was something that I'm like, maybe I could be
good at this, maybe I should pursue it. And I'm
so think thankful to have the support of my parents,
and I you know, did it and it's it's been

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amazing and I really really enjoy it.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
What was the first job that you got when you
were ten?

Speaker 3 (02:26):
First job was? It was a commercial for It was
like background commercial for Colgate. I wasn't like the main
star of it, but I was like in the commercial.
So that was my That was my first job.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
So have you had an agent since you were ten?

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Yeah? I had, Yes, not the same one, but yes,
I have had an agent since I was ten.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yes. So you were basically just doing commercials when you
were in the last ten years or what other projects
have you done?

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah? So you know, I did commercials and then obviously
I was still enrolled in regular school, so it was
mostly when you know, something would come up, I wouldn't
say unlike you know, other colleagues, I was at that
age actively searching, so you know, but I yeah, I've
I've done some commercials. I've done collaborations with other TikTokers, YouTubers.

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I've been in YouTube videos with people that have you know,
like over ten million subscribers. So I've done that. And
then recently, I just did this supporting role on this
movie that'll be aut on Amazon Prime. And then uh
just finished last well I film. I've finished filming last
April for my documentary that I'll be a part of

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and it's coming out in a couple of weeks.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
How exciting you miss? Are you doing a bunch of
press for that?

Speaker 3 (03:49):
I am trying to, Yes, I am. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Can you explain the philosophy behind your social media presence
and what your personal brand stands for.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yes, so, I would say my my philosophy is always
to be real to you know, present myself as true
and honest to the public and my followers and you know,
just everyone that comes across my content as as real
and live like I said, you know, real and live
as I can be. I you know, don't like to uh,

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you know, fake things or you know, you know, a
lot a lot of stuff online really isn't as true
as you know it's portrayed as So I just like
to keep it real. That's what I say all the time.
And my personal brand, you know, is just to you know,
be honest, be real, be truthful. I love to support others.
I love to be inclusive to everyone.

Speaker 2 (04:45):
I love that. How has your Mexican American heritage influenced
your approach to content creation and acting.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
Yes, well, I I mean it's definitely influenced it because
there there's a lot of not not only Mexican American
very successful content creators, but very successful Mexican content creators.
I believe the top third person most followed person on
TikTok is a Mexican TikToker. So there's definitely the American

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side of TikTok, and then there's a huge Mexican side
of TikTok as well. So I get inspiration from the
trend they're doing, the videos they're doing, you know, kind
of the content that seems to work for them. And
I've noticed that a lot of a lot of Americans
as well have kind of landed on that side of TikTok,
you can say, and try and work it in their

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content as well. And I think that's the perfect fit
because then for fellow Mexican Americans like me, we that
that's like, you know, amazing because it's like kind of
Mexican content but it's in English or you know, you know,
stuff like that Vera Cruz, Oh wow. See mean the
bathers they want to.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
Ah, super yah, I'm Los Espanol in in you know,
into social media or.

Speaker 3 (06:09):
They've been.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
And what about in your acting career, I'm going to
continue in English because I don't know how everyone's going
to understand us. Do you have you have you had
roles that are in parely in Spanish or in if
you worked in.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
Mexico at all, I have not. Unfortunately, I actually recently
was talking to my mom about maybe, uh, there's a
like I believe it's like a three year school program
in Mexico City for te le Visa, which is like
the you know, biggest network in.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
It's probably one of the biggest in the world. Actually,
I mean I heard the Televisa it's like the biggest
in the entire world.

Speaker 3 (06:51):
It's incredible. Yeah, and I know they even they do
Univision here as well, which is you know, NBC, So
it's it's you know, it's very very big. I am
still thinking of that. You know, it would be a
commitment because I would I have to move there. I
love Mexico City, so probably you know, it wouldn't it's
not it's not really what would.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
Be the worst place to be. Mexico City is just magical.

Speaker 3 (07:12):
Oh yes, yes, I love it seriously, it's I yeah,
I love it so much, so I'm thinking of that. Unfortunately,
I have not here in the US or in Mexico
had any Spanish speaking roles or anything like that. But
it's something that I am actively on the look for,
and it's something that I really think it would would
would go really well for me and something I would

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really enjoy doing.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
I agree, it hasn't happened yet.

Speaker 3 (07:35):
It will happen. It will happen, but yes, not yet.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
What were some of the biggest challenges of building your
brand across multiple platforms and industries. Have you found that
to be challenging?

Speaker 3 (07:49):
Yes, definitely. A big challenge, would say is being consistent
with your content and not being well kind of I mean,
finding the motivation to keep on posting, I would say
is definitely a struggle because you see these other content
creators and then their videos are doing amazing, and it's

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definitely it's not I wouldn't say it's not jealous or anything,
but it's kind of like, wow, you kind of feel
a little down that maybe your videos just aren't getting
the views or the likes, and you feel you're putting
in the same, if not even more effort, but definitely
but you know, then definitely comes a video that goes
wral and then it just you know, you just get
the motivation and the inspiration too, right.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
It's like almost at the point where you're about to
stop and then something great happens. It's so it's so challenging.
You know, I'm in the same boat you are because
I'm a makeup artist and I have my show, but
it is so challenging constantly trying to figure out the
algorithms and what's going to work and what's not. It's
what do you find you be? What is the latest

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trick that you've learned with any of these algorithms.

Speaker 3 (08:54):
Latest trick, I would say, is to post consistently. And
I've for me with worked is posting between eleven am
and until two pm. I know other people that have this.
One friend of mine, she had seven point three million
followers on TikTok. Unfortunately her account got banned. That's another story,

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but oh.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
My god, I want to hear that.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
Yeah, that's super interesting. And she it was her and
her mom and they, you know, they managed to build
it up so high, and they would always tell me,
post whatever time you film it at. So if you
film the TikTok at two am, posted at two am.
I've heard that from them that for me personally has
not worked. So I think it's maybe like a specific
sort of content or something like that. But for me,

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for me, posting eleven am through two pm as usually
made the videos get more views and do better.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
That's interesting. You seem to have balanced both in the
fashion content in your acting roles. How do these different
creative outlets compliment each other?

Speaker 3 (09:54):
Yeah, well, I think they compliment each other because you know,
obviously for fashion, know what do you see in acting
and stuff? I always look at the outfits, you know,
I look at the fashion. Now, look at the trends.
I look at the jewelry. That's something I really like
in the fashion industry. There's a lot of actors, a
lot of stuff like that, and it's kind of I

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feel like, if you like and you know, you enjoy fashion,
you want that to be portrayed and you want to
show that off, and you know what better way than
acting or an acting project or something like that.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
What makes your content different from other creators in the beauty,
lifestyle and fashion space?

Speaker 3 (10:31):
Do you think I tried to make my content be
unique and stand out by, like I said earlier, just
being me and maybe not genuine. Yeah, genuine, maybe not
so heavily edited unlike you know other creators. And I
do like that, like very edited content. I can't I
can't see why people are drawn to it. But you know,

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it's not only is it a lot a lot of work,
but I just feel like the audience should be able
to connect with you, and you know you I find
it hard. I find it harder to connect with content
that's so perfect and so you know, you know.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
Just driven right.

Speaker 3 (11:10):
Yeah, yeah, definitely. Yes.

Speaker 2 (11:13):
Can you tell me about your most memorable brand collaboration
to day, Which is the one that's meant the most
to you?

Speaker 3 (11:21):
Yes, I would say most memorable and has meant more
to me would be with Liquid IV last Day. I've
been an ambassador for them for two years and they're
always so amazing. They send me so much, so much product,
you know, it's it's truly a blessing. But they invited
me to their Coachella party they were a part of
for Neon Carnival, which is you know, very very I

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would say, you can say exclusive, and it's something people
always want to get into. And they invited me, they
helped me do content there with them at their station,
their pop up. It just truly meant a lot. They
were also so nice to me and just made me
of that included and yeah, it was very, very fun,
very memorable.

Speaker 2 (12:04):
So tell me how did you get these collabse with
with Coach and Laura Marcier and Georgia ARMANI tell me
about those what were those like?

Speaker 3 (12:12):
UH? For Coach? A friend of mine, she was a
photographer for them for UH for many years, and she
posted me on their page and they seem to like
like me and then the content so then they reached
out to me, which was, you know, so so amazing.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
That must have been so exciting for you, It.

Speaker 3 (12:31):
Really really was. Yeah, I've always loved that brand, definitely
liking fashion. I feel like Coach is a staple and
I'm definitely a consumer, you know, I was in still
am Uh and then Laura Mercy and George Rmoni. That
was through my agent.

Speaker 2 (12:46):
Oh my god. So your agent is your acting.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
Agent, acting agent and social media like Mark you know,
management agency?

Speaker 2 (12:55):
Right, How do you balance being both a creative content
creator and pursuing serious acting roles.

Speaker 3 (13:04):
Yeah, well that's definitely hard to balance, especially now with
you know you're hearing UH these directors and producers don't
want like these influencers to be on on stuff. But
but I what's what I find to be a balance
is also you can make content create you can't make
content about acting like behind the scenes, being and set,

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you know, behind the scenes get ready with me? To
go do a commercial, to go shoot this. Uh. I
think that's something that directors would like, you know, to
see and stuff like that. So that's kind of like
where I find a balance is kind of trying to
include uh, but you know, both into either social media
or acting.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
How important is self care to you? And what are
a few things that you do that you can share
with me that help you to keep you know, balance
and that you feel good because you know, you're an actor,
you're content creator, You've got it Like look, you know,
people aren't going to believe anything if you're not looking
healthy and happy and rested.

Speaker 3 (14:06):
Yes, definitely. Well recently, I mean a big thing for
me that I you know, I definitely you know, being
transparent as well. I have lost a lot of weight
and that's you know, definitely a part of self care
for me. I've realized I didn't used to really you know,
think or understand that, but now I've definitely realized it

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is a part of self care and self love. So
going to the gym, staying active, you know, stuff like that.
It's definitely is a part of a healthy lifestyle that
I've learned to adapt and embrace and love as well
as taking a vacation, you know, spending time with your family,
stuff like that. I find that to be a big,

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you know, part of my self care. Definitely.

Speaker 2 (14:50):
What was your last vacation?

Speaker 3 (14:52):
Can Kune?

Speaker 2 (14:54):
Oh? Nice? Did you love? It was the first time
you were there?

Speaker 3 (14:56):
I did? It was the first time I was there,
and I did love can Cune. Yeah, definitely definitely want
to go back soon.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
Tell me a little bit about your weight loss program.
How long, how much did you lose if you don't
mind sharing, and what tips did you have for losing weight?

Speaker 3 (15:13):
Yes? So, like I said, being honest and transparent, I
did lose weight on with GOV, which is like the
form of a zembic. I lost about it's been like
about one hundred pounds.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
Now, oh my god, that's remarkable.

Speaker 3 (15:29):
Yeah, it's been a long feel totally different, I do.
I do feel totally different. I still am looking to
lose more more weight, you know, and it's it's all
been in like a year, so it's it's actually you
know now, you know here with your audience. I didn't
used to think that was really possible because when I
was younger, I would go to the gym with my mom,

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but I would always just get so discouraged after two
weeks and just would totally leave it and I wouldn't
see any progress in two weeks, which makes sense obviously,
But now now I understand that, but I didn't before.
So you know, if you have the option through either
your insurance or to paid off cost, I would definitely
if that's something you're wanting to do, I would try
it definitely. And yeah, that's that's been a really really

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big like help and definitely a blessing that I was
able to discover and you know, be put on that.

Speaker 2 (16:21):
What got you to the point that you decided to
like go on a program like that.

Speaker 3 (16:26):
I mean, at the time, it's it's pretty crazy. I was, honestly,
I didn't really care about my way, and it sucks
now that I you know, I I think I realized
at the perfect time because I still am very young.
So I'm happy I didn't realize that when I'm like,
you know, much older.

Speaker 2 (16:45):
Because it really does affect your health, you know.

Speaker 3 (16:48):
It definitely, Yeah, it definitely does. I mean I would
have like obviously like a harder time like going upstairs
or long walks. I wouldn't like to go on long walks,
which is you know, I'm in a lay alot and
it's like like, let's say go into Santa Monica. I
would literally tell my friends, I don't want to go
to Santa Monica. Let's go to Venice because Santa Monica
is such a long walk to the actual war. It's

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like hilarious, but it's like, you know, it was like
small things like that, and my mom definitely would always
be pushing me about it, which I'm so like, so
thankful for uh. And a friend of mine she told
me she lost a lot of weight on it as well.
So I had gone to the doctor. I got a

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like a check up, and then he's like, he's like,
you need to do something about your weight, and I
was like no, I don't, like, you know, I don't
want to blah blah blah.

Speaker 2 (17:38):
Then my friend, what was your hesitation?

Speaker 3 (17:41):
It was I thought I was okay. I thought I
didn't need it. I you know, because you're always like
on social media as well, you especially now, you see
a lot of the oh, you're fine as you are,
You're you know, you're okay, you're confident, you don't need
to lose weight, you don't need to be skinny, which
I mean, obviously, you know, if you're if you're a
plus sized person like I still am. I you know,

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you are perfect and you are great. But for me, definitely,
it wasn't more about looks. It was more about your health.
So that for me was my health. It was definitely.
Yeah did it?

Speaker 2 (18:12):
So tell me about the process. Did you you got
the first shot, did you feel like did it make
you feel ill? Did you like diminish your you know,
cravings for food and like what what did you change
in your diet?

Speaker 3 (18:28):
Yeah? So, yeah, so I did. I did have some
side effects, definitely, Like the first month was I was
very tired, you know, I would be very tired, like
we I would be sleeping more, you would. I mean
I did get some like stomach pain from like like
from time to time. It's nothing nothing, nothing you can't control,

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nothing manageable.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (18:53):
Yes, definitely, craving stated reduced. I would just eat what
I needed to eat, which is what you know, I
think we all should do. But unfortunately exactly that's not
really our mindset now, which sucks. But I you know,
I would just eat what I need to eat and
be more active. I definitely so being honest in the beginning,
I didn't make a whole lot of changes to my

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diet because I I did always hear and see people
would say, it's all about the calories. So they're like,
you can either decide, you know, if you're going to
eat twelve hundred calories a day, you can eat those
twelve hundred calories in pizza, which you know it's just
going to be like one meal, or you can eat
them in like, you know, a healthy breakfast, a salad
for lunch, you know, something healthy for dinner. So in

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the beginning, I would just stick to the foods that
I always eat and just would eat like less of
them obviously and what I wanted to, And I did
still manage to lose most of the weight on that.
A few months ago I started going to the gym.
I definitely am eating a lot healthier, a lot cleaner now,
you know, more greens, more vegetables, more proteins.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
And have you noticed that the weight's coming off faster
or the you're feeling different.

Speaker 3 (20:01):
Yes, you know weight is coming off faster because of
the exercise as well, but you know, definitely feel a
lot more good inside, like healthier, you know, more and
more active, more. Yeah, Yeah, my skin has improved a lot.

Speaker 2 (20:17):
I was just going to ask about your skin because
your skin looks beautiful and did it did it? Has
it changed a lot?

Speaker 3 (20:23):
It has? It has definitely. You know I did have
uh like more pigmentation on my skin. It wasn't you know,
it wasn't more dry. Just not healthy.

Speaker 1 (20:34):
Now.

Speaker 3 (20:34):
I obviously, you know, obviously use you know, self care
like eu moistrisent and stuff like that, but it not
naturally just by the diet and by you know, eating healthier,
it definitely has improved. It's a lot more. It seems
a lot more you know, nourish. Yeah, just better overall.

Speaker 2 (20:50):
What about water intake? Before you went on your diet,
were you drinking much water or were you drinking Yeah?

Speaker 3 (20:56):
I was not. I was not drinking a lot of
water and that definitely you know. So I was always
a big soda drinker because you know, as the Mexicans,
we do drink a lot of soda. And it was
just normal to me, like from like a little child,
I was always drinking soda. But I when I had
to start on the wigobe, that was one change that
I didn't make. I really stopped soda and just would

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do water or sparkling water, because you know, I felt
like I kind of needed the carbonation still, and sparkling water,
you know, was perfect for that. Now I am definitely
trying to drink a lot of water throughout the day,
and that as well for when I'm exercising makes me
feel much much better. I can definitely tell if I
drink just soda and like barely annual water if I

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go to the gym, like I have a little bit
of a hard time versus I'm like well hydrated and
I feel much better.

Speaker 2 (21:47):
Right. I always say that, like I used to love
diet and I call it liquid satan, you know, but
I completely agree with you that the mineral water. Yeah,
there's something in the gas that like in the bubbles
that I like. I was like, oh that's what I missed.
It wasn't really the soda so much. It wasn't the flavor,
it was more the bubbles. Did you find that as well?

Speaker 3 (22:09):
Yes, I definitely definitely did. Yes.

Speaker 2 (22:12):
It's so funny. So how much changes in your diet
do you plan on? Are you plan on doing any
more changes with your diet or your workout routines or
may do you have you set up goals for yourself.

Speaker 3 (22:26):
Yes, so I want to start meal planning right now.
Like I said, I am eating healthy, but it's more
like like I'm not really like planning it. I want
to start meal planning it and having exactly what I
want to eat for the week. I want to do that.
I think I would be at a great way point
if I do lose like another fifty pounds. That's when

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I would you be considered good for my height, because
you know, I am six foot tall, So I would
be happy and content with that. And obviously, something I
have been telling myself and been telling others is I
kind of want to make the gym just a part
of my lifestyle and not leave it just even when
I am at that point. Obviously you have to maintain

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it still with with the medicine and with the exercise,
and that's something that I want to do.

Speaker 2 (23:16):
So do you incorporate weights and cardio or do you
go to pilates or yoga? What types of workouts do
you like to do?

Speaker 3 (23:22):
Yeah, so I started initially just doing cardio and now
and now I am doing both weights and cardio, you know,
like a bench press like you know all that stuff. Yeah,
not not so much of the weight because I've never
been good with a lot of weight. But I am
doing it, you know, not not as heavy, I mean, yeah,
but I yeah.

Speaker 2 (23:40):
I mean you don't have to do it at a heavyweights.
But it is incredible and it I mean, I've heard
that it really helps to keep the weight off is
incorporating the weights with it, and pilates is so good
for core and strength and you know, yoga. I don't know,
I find it helpful to like mix up my workout routines.
Like one day I'll do a hike or a run.

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Then I'll do like I'll go to pilates, I'll go
to yoga because I just feel like I need to
be constantly shocking my body because I also get bored
like doing the same work out all the time.

Speaker 3 (24:12):
You know, do you find that I do? I do?
And actually I've been looking into doing like starting a
yoga class or plates, so that's definitely something I hope
to start soon.

Speaker 2 (24:23):
I am so proud of you. That is really an
amazing accomplishment and you're just going to have, i know,
a healthier, happier life when you're you know, at a
healthy way. It really has got nothing to do. I mean,
obviously we're all visual people, but it really is you
feel better about yourself because you're not tired, and you
know you're going to have so many more different experiences

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because you're willing to take that walk to Santa Monica.

Speaker 3 (24:48):
Now that exactly yes, right. And one thing I do
want to say is for people losing the way, that's
something I never really did myself is and I know
some people do. Some people, I feel like, stop living
their lives when they're losing the weight, and I never
really did that. So it's like when I still was
like bigger, but I was still you know with my

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doing the medicine and going to the gym, I would
still go on a trip. I would still do you know,
do fun things. And I feel like that really helped
me not lose motivation. Was still doing it.

Speaker 2 (25:20):
Right, so you had balance in your life.

Speaker 3 (25:22):
And yeah, definitely reward.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
Do you reward yourself after like every twenty five pounds or.

Speaker 3 (25:29):
Not? Really? I have really really really done that.

Speaker 2 (25:33):
Actually, yeah, I would like when I was you know,
I'd have five kids, and so every time that i'd
have one and I was losing the baby weight, I
would buy myself a new pair of jeans. They weren't
like expensive jeans, but they were just like a new
pair of jeans every time I got down to a
smaller size. It just felt good to like acknowledge that
I lost it and wear something different because I felt

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like I was constantly wearing the same you know, leggings
what I will be wearing all the time.

Speaker 3 (26:02):
Right, I mean, and now that you mentioned that, I
guess I would say, yes, clothing definitely. Yeah, shopping for
clothing definitely. I went to the store the other day
and I uh fit in these jams that I'm like,
I literally in my head was like no, like, don't
even try them on, like you know they're not going
to fit, because they did, and they did and it
was such a small stole.

Speaker 2 (26:23):
Yeah, that's so great. Have you documented this on your
social media? Like do your followers, I mean, do you
talk about it in your social media? On TikTok?

Speaker 3 (26:32):
And I so people have asked me or you know,
made comments and I reply and am truthful, but I haven't.
I haven't like really document documented or made videos about it.
And kind of for me like, I don't know, but
this may be just my mentality. I feel like focusing
too much on it kind of what I was saying,

(26:53):
like with the stoke Land trips, we're still doing that
kind of like kind of not focusing too much on it.
I feel like has helped me lose so much weight
because I feel like if.

Speaker 2 (27:01):
I would have don't feel the pressure, do you feel
it would have been too much pressure.

Speaker 3 (27:04):
It would have been too much pressure. I think guy
myself would have obsessed with it too much that I
would have like kind of like, I don't know, just
just not I don't know. It wouldn't have worked if
I would have done it.

Speaker 2 (27:13):
That way, But I know, I think I agree with you.
I think that would add a lot of pressure to
feel like you're having to constantly be showing what you're
doing and how you're doing it, and it would kind
of change the trajectory of of of who you are
as a TikToker that you would be like, oh, Okay,
now I'm focusing on this and that's not really what
your focus is. Your focus is fashion and makeup and lifestyle.

(27:36):
So I totally get that. What has been your proudest
moment your career so.

Speaker 3 (27:41):
Far, proudest moment, Let's see, I mean, proudest moment I
think would definitely be you know, invited to do that
Netflix documentary because it's, you know, it's it's a really
big thing for me and I know people who have
been you know that are much older than me, and

(28:01):
they've been in the industry for so many years and
they worked so hard as well, but I guess the
opportunity just hasn't come with maybe such a big company
like Netflix. So that definitely would be my proudest moment
is just just being on that set and me being
interviewed and like them doing the makeup and all that,
and just having like a whole crew just kind of

(28:22):
like beyond, you know, on the lookout for me and
helping me with everything and doing that. I felt very
very proud, definitely very accomplished.

Speaker 2 (28:32):
That's fantastic. Tell me a little bit about documentary.

Speaker 3 (28:34):
But yeah, so it's you know, it's it's a little
I don't know, a little dark, I would say, but
it's basically the documentary is basing on I don't know
if you've heard or anything, but there's been issues now
in like the teenager influencial space with you know, parents.
I guess you would say, like taking advantage of the

(28:56):
kids and you know, making them do content and stuff
like that. I was friends with content creator. She has
over like twelve million YouTube subscribers. Her name is Pipe Rocquel.
She's been doing it for since she was eight I
believe she's eighteen now, so she's been doing it for
most of her life. And she, you know, she would

(29:19):
have a group of friends and unfortunately most all of
us have you know, came out and saying, you know
how her mother was a little bit abusive and would
have the kids post more tiktoks, or for the girls,
she would have them wear revealing clothes or being more provocative.

(29:41):
She It was something that went really viral because her daughter,
Pipe Rockel, Pink the singer, made a tweet twenty twenty
one I believe saying I can't believe these mothers let
her twelve year old daughter in a bikini, and you know,
that one's super viral. So that's when I started getting traction.
Then a lot of the they call them the squad,

(30:02):
so a lot of the ex squad members filed a
twenty two million dollar lawsuit against the mom. So it
was definitely something you know, very very controversial. And something
that is very it's very very viral right now. Yeah,
so you know, April ninth is when it's coming out,
and I know people are like messaging me like every day,
like I can't wait for it to come out. I like,

(30:23):
you know, I'm like counting down the days.

Speaker 2 (30:26):
Yeah, that is incredible. And she does she have a
relationship with her mother still.

Speaker 3 (30:32):
She does. She does have a relationship with her mother.
She's still living with her. It's kind of one of
these cases where she, I mean, it's her mother. She
she thinks that what the mother does is normal. So
she knows that.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
She's all that's what, that's all she knows.

Speaker 3 (30:47):
That's all she knows, exactly. So and a very big
thing people always ask me is it's a big thing
on social media, people are saying, Oh, I can't wait,
I can't wait till Piper escapes. I can't wait till
she leaves, and I think it will come out on
One of the big things I am saying in the
documentary is she's not going to leave, and she's not
going to escape because she doesn't think there's anything to

(31:09):
escape of and she doesn't think there's anything she needs
to leave from.

Speaker 2 (31:13):
So yeah, so far that could change.

Speaker 3 (31:16):
Yeah, that could change hopefully, hopefully right.

Speaker 2 (31:19):
Yea, so did they agree to do this Netflix documentary
The Mother? Oh, it's just the people around them.

Speaker 3 (31:27):
It's like it's like the true story, I guess. But yeah,
I mean they're, you know, there, since it's all public.
I get, you know, all their images and videos and
you know, it's all on there obviously, but they they're
not in it, and you know they they're not happy
about it from what they're posting on social media.

Speaker 2 (31:43):
And yeah, I can't imagine. Can you tell me a
little bit about your role in that I hate Pirates
and what was that experience? Like?

Speaker 3 (31:50):
Yeah, so I was just supporting role. I was friend
of the uh, just friends with the group of the
main cast. Was a very very fun project because I
already knew some of the you know, some of the
main cast, and you know, it was super fun to
film it and just be on the set with them,
and it was production was amazing. So it was it

(32:13):
was super super fun.

Speaker 2 (32:15):
Where was this filmed in Los Angeles?

Speaker 3 (32:17):
Yes, Los Angeles one of the surrounding cities.

Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, and you got that through your agent or how
did it come about?

Speaker 3 (32:25):
A friend of mine. Well, the friend that was in
the main cast. She is very close with the direct Yeah,
the director, and there they were looking for a few
more people and I had It's funny, I had seen
it on like backstage, and I think my agent actually
have sent it to me like the day before, so

(32:45):
I didn't even have time to do the audition. And
you know, but she she, you know, she just recommended
me to him, and that's how that's how that came about.

Speaker 2 (32:54):
I love that. What advice would you give to young
content creators who aspire to break into tradition media like
film and television.

Speaker 3 (33:03):
Who not just not not put yourself in only the
social media bubble, but still keep us or for acting opportunities,
even background opportunities, stuff like that. Get an agent and
an acting agent if you don't have an acting agent.
That's what I would definitely say.

Speaker 2 (33:24):
Were your parents surprised that you were going to go
down this road for work?

Speaker 3 (33:29):
Yes, yes, definitely, definitely yes, I would say they were
definitely surprised.

Speaker 2 (33:34):
But I but they figured out how to get you
at ten years old. They figured out how to get
you an agent and you to start working. How did
they know how to do that?

Speaker 3 (33:45):
I don't know. I don't know.

Speaker 2 (33:48):
You're gonna have to ask and come back and tell
me yes exactly, because I mean, I'm in this world
like I know what to do. But if I wasn't,
I really, I mean, I guess should go to Google
and look under talent agent or something.

Speaker 3 (34:02):
Or yeah, I would say I would probably that, Honestly,
I do remember, like also going to some acting classes
or probably just contacts from from that. I would say it,
But I honestly, I really don't know how my mom
managed to do it.

Speaker 2 (34:17):
Do Do you think it's like vital that people have
made a big social media presence with their personal life
to be successful in television and film?

Speaker 3 (34:30):
No, I don't actually, And from what I've heard now,
it's best that some people say it's best that you
don't even have a social media presence. So yeah, that
you know a lot of people are like, oh, look
at the big actors. They you know, they don't have
an Instagram even I can't think you like off the
top of my head. But you know, it's like some
of the right ones.

Speaker 2 (34:48):
So they already had a presence before. I think it
was very different before there wasn't you know, social media
wasn't such a big thing.

Speaker 3 (34:56):
Yeah, it's not vital. I would say it can help,
and other people claim it could hurt, especially you know
if it's I mean, I would say, just don't post
like riskue content or stuff that could be controversial, right,
I would say probably, I would say that would hurt it.
You know.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
Probably What are you looking ahead? What are your goals
for the next five years, both in your creative content
and in your acting?

Speaker 3 (35:24):
Yes, uh, definitely want to you know, ideally you would
love to do, like we were talking earlier, a Spanish
role on a movie, on a series, anything. I would
love to do that and represent my culture and in
my heritage. And I love Spanish, I love Mexico. I
so that would be a really really big big thing

(35:46):
for me.

Speaker 2 (35:47):
What do you do when your day isn't flowing?

Speaker 3 (35:51):
What do I do in my days in flowing? Relax,
read my Bible, maybe pray and and just calm down
and just yeah, get through it.

Speaker 2 (36:07):
Do you do you go out and like go hike
or do you just turn off social Do you turn.

Speaker 3 (36:14):
Off everything and probably go to the gym? Yeah, probably
go to the gym.

Speaker 2 (36:18):
Yeah, isn't that interesting? Now? Like how you look at
when your day isn't flowing. How perhaps then like a
year ago before you like went on your way, how
would do you think you went on? What would you
do when your day wasn't flowing a year ago?

Speaker 3 (36:30):
Eat? Go guys?

Speaker 2 (36:35):
I still would do that once in a while.

Speaker 3 (36:36):
Yeah, yeah, maybe.

Speaker 2 (36:39):
What is the big what's the thing that you missed
the most that like, you know, eating and stuff? Or
do you treat yourself once in a while or is
there anything that you miss?

Speaker 3 (36:49):
Yeah? I mean I mean like kind of now, like
like I am on a calorie deficit, so I would say,
like twelve hundred a day before I've been to one
is what working for me. But you know, it's like
I said earlier, it's like if I want to go
in like have a Starbucks like frappucina right now, I
know that I'll be like like, oh well, I'll get
it with almond milk, so it'll be like two hundred
and fifty calories. So I'll just deduct that from what

(37:10):
I'm going to eat, and I mean I'll be fine.
So I kind of do that if I do want something.
I also what's worked for me is really not limiting myself.
So much on stuff, just kind of have less of it,
or you know.

Speaker 2 (37:23):
Just right. I think that's the best because I think
when you deprive yourself, then you're you're like, oh, I
want more, I want it. So if you tell yourself
you know, I'm going to have I'm going to have
ten SIPs of this frappuccino instead of the whole thing,
then at least you feel like you had it. I
totally feel like with weight loss and maintaining weight, it's
a marathon, it's not a sprint. Starving doesn't work because
it's just going to make you think NonStop about it.

(37:46):
And I think when you tell yourself that you're allowing
yourself to eat or drink whatever you want, you don't
sit there and obsess on it. I think you obsess
on it when you deprive yourself. Do you find that?

Speaker 3 (37:57):
I do? Definitely. And there's been times where I like,
let's see, for a week, I am depriving myself. But
let's say I'm like, oh, I'm gonna I'm gonna get
ice cream on Saturday or Sunday. Then then I go
and but I have so much of the ice cream
or or you know, so it's like, you know, that
it's like that didn't really work out. So yeah, I've
just been trying to just have a little bit of
it and just get the taste of it.

Speaker 2 (38:16):
But what's your favorite ice cream?

Speaker 3 (38:21):
I don't probably like rock your Road or something. So
I'm the type of person that I never stick to
one specific flavor. I just go and like whatever looks
or sounds good, I'll just have that.

Speaker 2 (38:31):
But okay, so you don't have one that's like.

Speaker 3 (38:34):
No, I know other people that literally will only have
either vanilla or chocolate and they won't have anything else.
But I'm not really like that.

Speaker 2 (38:42):
You're an equal opportunity ice cream.

Speaker 3 (38:44):
Yeah, taste definitely, Yes, exactly, I'll sample it.

Speaker 2 (38:49):
I think that's a great idea. What's your favorite motto
or quote? Do you have one?

Speaker 3 (38:58):
Mm? No, I would say for me, like a personal thing,
I would be uh, just to trust God for me,
like like a religious thing. And then that's always seemed
to lately, it's it's been seeming to just work and
kind of don't stress myself out about it and just
you know, leave it to God and that that really

(39:19):
helps me not have so much stress or pressure, and
it always does seem to work out.

Speaker 2 (39:25):
So yeah, that's perfect. Do you manifest Do you believe
in manifestation?

Speaker 3 (39:32):
No, I you know, I don't, really, it's not you know,
I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't really know
too much of it, so it's not really something I do.

Speaker 2 (39:40):
So do you worry?

Speaker 3 (39:43):
Of course?

Speaker 2 (39:44):
Are you someone that worries a lot?

Speaker 3 (39:46):
Yes, definitely, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (39:48):
I don't know. I've learned that worrying, like because you're
religious and so am I I feel like worrying is
like telling the universe and God that's you'll get whatever
you focus on. So I've really learned to focus on
what I want, not what I don't want. And if
I you know, if I sit there and obsess and
worry about something bad happening, that's what the universe thinks

(40:11):
that you want. So it's honestly a total If I
can give you any gift in life, it would be
focus on what you want, not what you don't want,
because you're going to get whatever it is you're focused on,
because it's basically praying for something bad to happen. You know,
totally don't want that, right, you know?

Speaker 3 (40:26):
And I actually fully agree on that, and you know,
and I do worry, but like I said, you know,
trust God. I leave it to God. But I know
friends that are definitely they obsessed with what they're worrying about.
And then I feel like that thing does happen. And
I've always had like that same mentality you had, you know.
Actually an example, I've known people who are very like

(40:48):
scared or obsessed with not getting like for example, like
an illness or something. And then it's like so many
people don't get it, but then they get it, and
I'm like, I'm like maybe because like I don't know,
you'd like obsessed with it so much like your brain.
Because I've always also thought it's like like if I
think I'm going to get aheadache it right now, like
I am going to get a headache.

Speaker 2 (41:07):
Your mind is so powerful it's insane. It really is remarkable.
Like during COVID, which was the worst time to me
in the whole entire world, I just told myself I'm
not getting COVID, like I'm just not going to get it.
And I never got it. But everyone I know that
was like thinking about it and talking about it incessantly,
they all got it multiple times. It just kept I

(41:28):
traveled more than ever to me, it was like the
cleanest time to travel. There was no one at the airports,
there was no one on planes, And I just feel like,
you have to live your life and enjoy your life.

Speaker 3 (41:38):
What's your life with that?

Speaker 2 (41:41):
Right what's the best part of your life professionally and
your best part of your life personally? What do you
like best about both?

Speaker 3 (41:52):
Professionally I mean, I mean getting to work as an actor,
I would say, because you know it is so hard,
I would say, yeah, getting to work, to be on set,
you know, meeting other people and just actually being able
to show off your talent. I would say that's the
best part professionally and personally. Just I mean, like right now,
like like you know, I'm so happy of like being

(42:14):
able to fit in these clothes, like being able to
not feel like everyone's looking at me. You know that,
that's definitely like a big thing I'm enjoying right now.
Spending time with my family, going on vacations, having a
good relationship with God definitely would be like my personal, big,
big personal things right now.

Speaker 2 (42:33):
Do you think people treat you differently now that you've
lost so much weight.

Speaker 3 (42:37):
Yes, unfortunately, yes they do. They definitely do. I you know,
It's kind of a big thing I said to myself
is like I'm so young. It's like I don't want
to go into a room and like have everyone like
look at me or me myself think everyone's looking at
me and maybe they're even they're not, so you know,
definitely they are. Obviously people are nicer or they just

(42:57):
treat you normally, which which it's like, I just want
to be treated normally, Like I don't want to be exactly,
but I don't want to be treated you know, like
you know, worse than anyone else. So that definitely, Yeah,
people do I feel like friends and even Yeah, they
definitely to treat you differently.

Speaker 2 (43:14):
What's your dream What would be your dream job? What
do you think you would be doing if you weren't
an actor? Like what did you did you ever think like, oh,
I think I'm going to go and become a doctor. Yeah,
I would say an engineer or something.

Speaker 3 (43:28):
Yeah, I would say probably a lawyer or or something
in the political field.

Speaker 2 (43:36):
Do you have aspirations to do that or do you
think this is going to be your career for so.

Speaker 3 (43:41):
I mean, being realistic, I would like to make in
my career. I'm kind of giving it time right, But
if not, I have thought of going into law school
either funny enough, either here or in Mexico, because it's
much easier in Mexico.

Speaker 2 (43:56):
So yeah, that's so interesting. What have I not asked
you today that you want to share?

Speaker 3 (44:09):
Nothing? You've We've covered all.

Speaker 2 (44:11):
We've covered everything. I think we've covered so many things.
It has been such a delight meeting you. I wish
you nothing but success and happiness and great health, and
keep me posted on all that you do, and I
look forward to watching you both your films and everything
else that you accomplished. Thank you so much for being
here today.

Speaker 3 (44:31):
Thank you for having me. You've been amazing and I
love talking to you and I definitely will keep you posted.

Speaker 2 (44:37):
Oh I love that. Thank you so much. I just
want to thank everyone for being here today. I am
Christina Black, and I'm too busy. See you next week.

Speaker 1 (44:48):
This has been I'm too busy with host Christina Black.
Tune in each week as Christina approaches the concept of
success holistically, recognizing that achievement is not solely measured by
financial triumphs, but also by maintaining a healthy work life
balance and focusing.

Speaker 2 (45:07):
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Speaker 1 (45:08):
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