- (FBE) So today, you are going to be reacting to yourself.
- Oh, no.
- I hate this.
No!
If it's 14-year-old me in my first episode,
I'm gonna lose my [bleep].
- (FBE) You are going to be reacting to yourself
from the first Teens React episode you were in.
- Wow, this is gonna be fun and embarrassing.
- I don't mind what I say, I don't mind how I sound,
but I look really bad. I had just dyed my hair black
for the first time.
- I remember going into that and, oh, god, first of all,
it was the older building and it had a "for lease" sign
outside of it, so my mom, who drove me,
was like, "This is the place?"
It's so bizarre to think about though because it was such a small office,
and then now we have this much room and it's completely different now.
- (FBE) First, we're gonna show you this picture from your first episode.
- No, stop! Can we just skip that?
- Oh, it's me in that stupid white bow.
Oh, my god. Yep!
I was probably not even 100 pounds yet because my mom was always like,
"Is she gonna grow?"
I wasn't allowed to wear makeup until I was 15.
I remember begging my mom that morning, like,
"Please let me at least do my eyebrows and mascara."
Those were the two things-- so, of course, she let me do that,
but I think it's just so funny to see me all barefaced,
slightly oily.
The fact, too, that I'm on the adults one now,
there was no Adults React when I started on Teens.
I thought it was just Teens, and then it was gonna be Elders,
so it was nice that once I got older, Adults React started because
then I was like, "Hey, I get to still be on the show.
This is nice."
- Ah! I hate it. Bye.
I had had my hair red, not a Hayley Williams red,
but a red, and I was in a show at my school.
I had to play someone who spoke Spanish,
even though I don't speak Spanish, and my director was like,
"So she wouldn't have red hair."
And I'm like, "Okay."
She was like, "You need to dye it." So I dyed it black.
I was into the music scene and I was sometimes kind of labeled
scene emo-y at my school, even though I wasn't.
- That's me all right.
I just look more awkward because I was 17.
Definitely still going through my awkward phase.
Pretty much until, like, five minutes ago.
I remember going down the street to shoot this episode
back when they were doing it out of a little place
and I remember just being like, "I have no idea what this is,
but I'm just gonna do what they say."
- (FBE) Now we're gonna show you some footage of you
from your first episode. - Okay.
- (FBE) Do you remember what the topic was?
- Oh, of course. Its was Teens React to Twilight.
It was the very first episode of Teens React.
- Of course, Twilight.
- PrankvsPrank, and I was thinking about this recently because
I was like if they had me in any other episode,
I don't think I would have done as well,
only because I was already familiar with PrankvsPrank
so I was in my element as soon as that video started.
- (Tori) Oh, I love PrankvsPrank.
- Aaaah! (laughing) Do I still sound like that?
I hate this but I love this.
- (Tori) Run, Jesse, run! - Oh, god.
I still laugh the same way, though.
I still do "Eh-heh-heh-heh."
This is so weird.
I feel like I'm such a different person
than 14-year-old Tori now that it doesn't even feel like me
watching myself.
It feels like just me watching a 14-year-old.
- (Tori laughing) That is so messed up!
Oh, my god.
- Okay, the other thing is too I used to laugh--
I laughed really weird during this time
because I used to laugh really ridiculously
and I was always embarrassed about that, so I had
to consciously be like, "Ah-hah-hah" and laugh out so that
I wouldn't sound like a clown.
- (Tori) The payback. - "The payback."
I was such a shy kid during this time, but I was such a fan of the show
that I was like, "Okay, Tori, this is your chance
to be that talkative person that you've wanted to be."
- (FBE) So you've watched these before?
- (Tori) Yes, PrankvsPrank. - (laughing)
That was such a perfect topic for me because at least, like,
I know there were a few people in this episode
who didn't really know what it was exactly,
so it was nice being familiar because that kinda helped me
stand out just a little bit more.
- (FBE) Their names are Jesse and Jeana.
They've been dating since 2007, pranking each other for years.
- (Tori) That's a really long time for people who are so cruel
to each other. How did they not break up?
Like, seriously? - I sound so fake.
I know for sure at the time I was like,
"How did they not break up?"
Like, trying to slow down my words because my brain goes so much faster
than my mouth goes.
- (FBE) ...their relationship? - (Tori) I don't know.
I guess it brings them closer together because it's something
they like doing together. - (laughing)
I sound like such a little kid!
PrankvsPrank, like this was a huge channel back in the day
and Jesse and Jeana are completely different people now.
It's just so weird that this is like-- it's a whole different era!
- (FBE) They've been together for over five years now.
Do you think they'll be able to stay together forever
or do you think a prank will one day lead to a breakup?
- (Tori) I guess they kinda have their fanbase to depend on.
Like, "Come on, let's do this for them.
Let's stay together for them." - That's not a good mentality.
That is not a good mentality to have!
That's like a YouTube couple being like, "Yeah,
let's stay together for the fans." That's awful!
- (FBE) And they also have-- - Oh, my god!
Adam, why is he wearing a coat?
Also, it's crazy to watch Adam, Jeanie, Ethan, Eric,
because I was a huge fan of the show, so I was watching them
before I was on the show, even though they weren't on
that much longer than I was, I probably came on
maybe a little less than a year after Teens React started,
but it's so weird. Like, these are my friends now.
- (Tori) They're just so random.
Jesse and his cookie dance, where's he's all like,
"Cookie. It's a cookie. It's a cookie."
- Noooo!
So one of my friends from high school saw this video
and she-- every time she would see me in the hall,
she would go, "It's a cookie. It's a cookie. It's a cookie."
- (FBE) If this couple was watching this video right now,
and you could give them an idea--
- I don't remember what I said for this.
- (Tori) Oh, my gosh, she has to do something with ghosts
because Jesse's afraid of ghosts.
If Jeana did something with a projector
and a ghost coming in or something, that'd be amazing.
- I just realized something, too.
My brother, my little brother, he's 14 right now,
so he's my age, which is why when I hear myself talk
I'm hearing him talk now.
Like, this is exactly what he would sound like.
Oh, my god!
Also, the fact that I just knew that much in-depth
about these YouTubers is kind of insane.
- (Edward) To love... - (Bella) To cherish...
- I was so over Twilight at that point.
This is so awkward.
- (FBE) Are you a fan of the Twilight saga?
- (Jade) I'm a fan. - (snorting)
I was a fan but I wasn't in love with it
like I was before.
Honestly, the fans turned me off of it,
and then I found better books. - (FBE) Are you Team Edward--
I remember what I said here. "Switzerland."
- (Jade) Team neutral. Switzerland.
- I just remember all the Team Jacob, Team Edward stuff
and I didn't really care that much about either of them.
Team Switzerland, it was a thing people would say
in the Twilight fandom.
- (Jade) You need to not have a weak female.
What are you showing? This is how all girls are? No!
- I do like what I said. See, I was starting--
well, I've always been a feminist and stuff,
but it was just starting.
It was good to know I was a "woke" teenager.
- (FBE) Finally, are you going to see Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1?
- (Jade) Yes. - I did see it...
I think months later, though.
I went in and filmed this in Rafi and Benny's apartment
and then I was seeing it grow, and then they got
their next office that was a little bigger
and they had some people that they started hiring,
and then when they moved into their bigger office,
and now they have 50 people working for them.
It's just crazy, seeing how far it's grown
and I'm so proud of what they've built this company into
and it's really cool to have been a part of it
from the start of Teens React.
- (Austin) Bow-chicka-wow-wow! - This guy.
This guy knows where it's at.
- (FBE) Are you a fan of the Twilight saga?
- (Austin) I like the Twilight saga.
- Ooh, I regret saying that on camera.
This was the first episode, so it's just some random thing
I did out of all the little weird random things
I did/do every day, so I didn't think much about it,
to be honest. Little did I know.
- (Austin) I'm an avid reader.
That's probably the reason why I'm male and I read them.
- (laughing) It's so terrible.
Although, I think I have a point.
That's probably the only reason why-- I just read a lot at that age.
- (FBE) So what is the story of Twilight?
- (Austin) It's basically about Prince Charming,
if he was trying to eat you. - (scoffing) Nice!
I stand by that.
- (FBE) And so are you Team Edward, Team Jacob, or Team I Don't Care?
- (Austin) Team Edward all the way. - I stand by that again.
Man, I was pretty smart back then.
- (Austin) The producers and directors see this stuff and they're like,
"Oh, okay, that's what's working, so let's just make more of that."
- It's a very ineloquent way of putting it,
but, yes, that is true.
They do jump on the bandwagon.
- (FBE) How does it make you feel about society, knowing
that things like Twilight are things that become so popular?
- (Austin) Yeah, it does make you wonder a little bit
about my age group and a little younger.
- What's this? What's that? Do I do that?
Do I do that now?
- (FBE) And what would you say to the Twilight haters?
- (Austin) Give it a chance because there are cool moments.
I'm not gonna say it's all fluff.
- I just noticed that I'm wearing a necklace over my shirt.
Hold a minute. Can we go back in time
and undo this? - (Austin) Yeah, I'll see the movie.
I can't help myself. - I couldn't--
follow up, I couldn't help myself. I did see the movie.
- (FBE) What seems to be the plot of this?
- (Austin) Two people get married, go to an island,
make sweet, sweet lovin', and then the baby
starts killing people and then dogs get mad.
- (laughing) Oh, make sweet, sweet lovin'.
Somebody's a virgin.
I feel like when I came back, I was more nervous
than I was the first time because I was like,
oh, I did this thing forever ago and I had no idea what it was
and now it's this big thing but it's gonna be really uptight,
but the people here are so chill. It's just like any other day,
so it was a little nerve-racking, but now I feel
I'm pretty settled in again.
- (FBE) So how does it feel to watch yourself
having now grown from Teens React to now being in Adults
and being able to continue watching yourself over the years?
- It's cool for me, but it's awkward knowing that people could just go
and watch me when I was 16.
It was cool seeing that evolution.
I'm also seeing what I thought back then
versus what I think now, which is not that different.
It's just, I think, more informed.
- It's weird.
It's definitely partially nostalgic, partially embarrassing.
It's nice to see where you come from and remind and humble yourself,
like how you used to be.
- FBE and Teens React, for sure, just brought me out of my shell.
I don't think I would have been this opinionated
and this sort of talkative if I had not done Teens React.
I think getting thrown into the water of something this big,
it sort of forces you to-- okay, I'm gonna let my true self
come out now because there's no hiding anymore.
The fact that one decision I made when I was 14
got me to here, I don't know, honestly,
what would have happened had I not been on FBE.
I think I would've just gone through high school like normal
and gone to college, but I don't think I would have had
as set of a mind as I do now of what I want for my future.
- Hey, guys, Vartuhi here, a producer here at FBE.
Thanks so much for watching this episode.
What other react-ceptions do you guys want to see?
Let us know down in the comments.
Bye, guys.