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Gabriel Iglesias also known as Fluffy was born on July 15, 1976. He was born and raised in San

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Gabriel Iglesias also known as Fluffy was born on July 15, 1976. He was born and raised in San Diego, California. His last name is really spelled Iglecias with a C because his father had missed his birth and his mother wanted to teach him a lesson, so changed the S to C, but he still uses his last name with an S. He began performing stand-up comedy at the age of twenty-one in 1997. He was always known as the “Big Guy.” Gabriel Iglesias actually gave himself the nick name and goes by “Fluffy.”
Before becoming a comedian, he worked for a cell phone company and also appeared on a show called, “All that.” His trademark is wearing Hawaiian shirts and he lives in Whittier with his girlfriend and step son Frankie. His mother had taken him …show more content…

For an example, when he started talking about his girlfriend, his voice would get high pitched and sounds like a girl. He also mimicked his girlfriend’s son voice, which now legally is his step son, and he made the voices of his and her friends, (Martin and the hookers.) Another Standup act he did he mentioned he did not like his girlfriend’s friends. He stated they were hookers. A lot of the jokes he used was about his weight, girlfriend and son, and personal experiences. One of the jokes he talks about is there used to be five categories of “Fatness.” He had explained there are now six categories. There is big, healthy, husky, fluffy, damn, and oh, hell no. I asked my husband what category I fell into and I was thinking, “oh, maybe I’m fluffy or something.” His response and with a bland look on his face was, “No! It’s more like oh, Hell No!! He was being dead serious too! There was one part where he almost tripped and instead of panicking, he made a joke about it. It was funny. He was quick to come up with something. It was about his weight. Another joke Iglesias uses was his son does not like to use deodorant, so when his son turned fifteen, he started putting deodorant all over the house, so his son would not forget to put it on. He had asked his son, “Did you put on deodorant?” And his son said, “Yes.” But, Gabriel knew he had lied and he told his son he would let it slide, but next time, and that is when his son had bulked up to him and

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