(speaks in foreign language)
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- Whoa oho.
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- Today we're here, because Gadiel has a big announcement.
It's a happy announcement.
We're sad, but we're also happy for him.
And he is getting ready to embark,
on the new chapter of his journey.
- We are here because I'm saying my goodbyes,
I am leaving Pero Like.
You go to one place and then you do, you grow,
and then you move on to the next.
- Yeah, it's a good interesting thing,
cause every time people leave, or every time somebody goes,
they go, "what happened?"
"What's the chisme?
"What's that...?"
And it's like, people grow.
Like you're allowed to grow,
and you're allowed to move on,
and find different things that fulfill you,
and make you happy.
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We did it.
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we did it.
- We did a lot of great work.
We represented people on a whole another level.
- When you came in,
we were a team of predominantly all girls and me.
You were like a little rougher around the edges,
like coming in hard and heavy, - Yeah.
- like a dude.
And we were like,
this is like our little brother,
like we're gonna have to like teach him different terms,
and different things.
And what I love so much,
is like, you were so receptive,
and so open, to taking,
not just criticism,
but like you were open to taking advice from people,
and you were like, absolutely.
And what I love about you is that you went in full throttle,
like you gave it your all.
And you were open to not only rising as a star,
but also bringing the culture up with you.
Like truly representing Dominican culture,
in a way that like people,
some people have never seen before.
And you were amongst the first people to,
I think not only represent,
parts that are celebrated in Dominican culture,
but you also were never afraid of shying away from topics,
that were like, really hard.
You know like, people might not know this,
but you actually did videos,
that were heavy hitters,
that have to do with things outside of yourself.
So you did one on Venezuela.
- That's my favorite.
Venezuela was my favorite video.
We were doing so much comedy, so much comedy.
And then everything was going on with Venezuela.
And we're like,
"nobody's talking about Venezuela, how bad it is right now."
And I was like,
"we need to create a video on what's going on in Venezuela,
"and teach people what the hell is going on."
- And you have to think too,
like there was a lot of emotional labor,
that goes into producing these videos.
And so what is this say about your talent,
when you can make a video over here that is just so funny,
and so like on the money when it comes to our culture,
and then you come over here and you do a video,
that has nothing to do with you,
and it still does really well?
This video took off like crazy,
like even other buzzfeed accounts,
were sharing our video,
- I used to watch the skits, I loved the skits,
the way that you guys, everybody was with each other.
I loved that, because I was like,
I need something like that.
I wanted to join Pero Like,
but I was like, nah,
they already have a lot of people.
I don't think I'm gonna be part of this team.
But I was like,
I want something like that.
When Jenny was like,
"hey, can you do this video?"
Remember the Caribbean swap?
We did the Caribbean swap,
and they needed a Dominican,
I was like, I'm freaking do it.
When I drove up, I was broke.
I was so broke.
And Jenny was like,
"we going pay you, for all the ingredients."
It cost $70 to get all the ingredients.
And she was like,
"I'm pay you to be in this video."
And all right, (speaks in foreign language)
And when I came over,
I remember I asked Jenny like,
"how is it that you edit?
"What is that you use? What is it?
"How you guys work together?"
And that's when I did ask her like,
"you know, if you gotta need anybody else I'm here."
And that's when she really thought about it.
And I remember she called me and she was like,
"you wanna do a residency?"
I was like, "I'll do a residency,
"I'll do an internship, I don't care."
And she was like, "do you know how to edit?"
I'm like, "hell yeah, I know how to edit."
But I didn't know how to edit before coming here.
- When you joined,
like one of the instances was,
when we give each other notes on videos, right?
And like Jenny made a video and instead of giving her notes,
you just wrote, "this isn't funny or something."
And then all of us were like...
- All right, you sat down and talked to me,
Claudia sat down and talked to me,
you were like, "listen, over here,
"and I will talk to her, and apologize,
"because over here we're...
"We mostly work on constructive criticism,
"not that you don't like it.
"But you actually gotta give some feedback,
"on how can she make it better?
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I felt bad because Jenny's the one that got me in,
Jenny's like is also my mentor,
she's the one teach me all of this, you know?
- Yeah, yeah.
- And I remember I had to talk to her,
like Jenny, "I'm so sorry I..."
- But I also feel like you learned,
and you learned how to like communicate,
and I think that that's another big thing about you as well,
because overall, you became a better communicator,
not just in the way that you dealt,
with different personalities,
but also different communities,
like in talking to a queer person,
and talking to a person of trans experience,
in talking to a person who was non-binary.
- You were very patient,
and the whole team was very patient,
cause we live in a culture that
everybody wants to cancel right away.
If you guys believed in canceling right away,
I don't think I'll be working in Pero Like,
and we wouldn't have done half the things that we've done.
- Half of the things, yeah,
- So I am grateful that you guys didn't cancel me,
for a lot of stuff that I didn't know,
and you guys decided to stop and educate me.
- Yeah, what's like the video that you're like,
this is my... (gentle music)
Like I'm so proud,
this is what I remember,
this was my favorite video, to shoot,
or to make, or to be in.
What would it be?
- I love our skit videos, from the very beginning.
- Yeah, I love those too.
- And I love the Savage Moms.
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There's one video,
that I don't know why I love so much,
and it's very simple,
and it's an interview video,
and its that video with the Ninja.
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- Oh, yeah, yeah, oh, wow.
That's so funny, uh?
- I love that video,
Ninja is so charismatic,
he's very Dominican.
And it's crazy to see somebody with Japanese face,
talking Dominican to you, right?
(Gadiel laughs)
(speaks in foreign language)
I like that because that kind of represents us as Pero Like.
Like, our mission was to showcase other people,
showcase somebody that's Asian,
and Asian Latino at the same time.
- Yeah, what do you think is the video about like,
you remember that you have really good memories of,
whether it was like shooting,
or you're just like, "oh yeah, good times."
- The one that I had a great time,
and I always look back to was,
"XX things only Dominicans understand."
I remember it was one of my first ones too.
- Yeah, one of your first ones, yeah.
- And it did so well, it did so well.
I think it hit 60,000 shares, right?
And I was even happy because I'm like,
"I just got it."
It was my first..
I think it was my first or second video.
- But you came out heavy hitting,
like you were just so true to the culture.
And again, for a lot of people it was the first time,
that they had seen themselves represented,
in a way that was like, with an actual camera,
like we weren't doing it on like little phones,
we were using high quality cameras.
That was like, whoa, here we are here.
Here you are. - Wow.
- So for me, that was the beginning.
And then we started to get actually like really tight.
Like, we always talk about like I found out,
that you were living in your car,
at one point. - Yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
- And I was like,
come stay with me.
This man can't sleep in his car,
he has to come into my apartment.
So you came, I had a roommate, my best friend at the time.
And you were the best roommate,
like, - Thank you.
- You would wake up super early to shower,
and be out of our way before we have to get up,
you would make coffee, before we would wake up.
And then you, - I would make coffee,
I was the best.
(Gadiel laughing)
- Yeah, you were the best.
Your clothes would be folded,
everything would be really nice.
I remember my best friend Joss was like,
"oh my God, he's the best.
"Like I love him."
And like, you were like, seriously the best.
You could've stayed longer, - Thank you.
- and nobody would have said anything,
because you were like,
so much fun to live with,
and you were just so like,
you have a good heart and a good spirit.
But I will say that it was during that time,
that we really started to have,
really deep conversations. - Yeah, yeah.
- And one of the conversations is that,
how I was afraid as a queer person,
to walk around in the streets,
and you were like,
when you're with me...
and I told you I have to tone it down.
And you're like, "when you're with me,
"you can be as gay as you want.
"I got your back.
"I'll protect you."
- Yeah.
- And I remember being like, "that's an ally,
"like thank you for the...
"Thank you for like,
"giving me the space to express myself,
"and being like, 'I fuck with you.'
"And I'll be there."
I'm trying not to cry.
But we did our boxing video,
and that for me was a big deal.
You know, like doing something that I was afraid of,
but also doing something that meant a lot to me as a human.
And I did it because of you.
- Thank you.
- I only did it because of you,
because you were with me every step of the way.
And then even down to the fight,
where I was like, "I don't wanna fight."
And you're like, "come on, bro.
"You gotta fight."
(Curly chuckles)
Above being co-workers,
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and creators together,
what you mean to me as my brother,
as a spirit, as a human, as a man,
as someone that God really,
(clears nose)
put a lot of love into, when he created you.
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- Thank you, Curly.
- And I'm honored...
I don't wanna get super choked up but I'm honored,
to have witnessed you,
in your growth,
and to continue,
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to witness you.
Cause you're the ship bro.
- Thank you bro. - And I love you, you know.
I'm so proud of you, always.
- Thank you brother, I love you.
And one thing I tell people every day,
every time somebody talks to me,
when they bring Curly up,
I always remind them that you were the person,
that let me sleep in your f--ing couch.
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When I wasn't there, - I would do it again.
(Curly chuckles)
- And I was sleeping in my car,
and you know like,
and I was stressed out,
and nobody does that Curly,
- Yeah.
- Nobody does that.
So I will never forget your gesture,
what you did for me.
It was a pivotal moment in my life that I needed somebody.
And you didn't know me,
I didn't know you like that.
And you extended a hand and you gave me a place to stay.
So I will always be grateful.
That's why I got a special place in my heart for you.
I got this love,
this family love for you,
because you were there when nobody else was.
- Thank you, and I would do it again brother.
Like I would, I'd be honored.
- You want me to f--- somebody up,
let me know,
hey, they going get fucked up.
(Gadiel laughing)
- We are actually real friends,
we're actually like family. - Yeah, yeah.
- So this isn't the end.
This is just like, we're not...
I'm not gonna see you as often,
again, it has just been an honor for me.
And I love you,
and all of the blessings, - I love you too.
- you deserve it.
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There are a few people in this world,
who I think are super good,
and actually deserve all of the blessings,
and I think you deserve all of them.
- You have it Curly, we're just gonna see each other,
on the flip side.
I'm gonna be on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon,
and we're gonna do all that.
- We're gonna do all of that.
(Gadiel laughing)
I love you so much.
Thank you for being you.
- I love you too brother.
- Where can people find you?
Where can people find you on YouTube,
social media, Instagram, TikTok,
- Everything is @Gadieldelorbe.
Just put Gadieldelorbe,
you know, YouTube, Twitter or...
I made it that simple so that people will find me.
@gadieldelorbe Instagram... (gentle music)
- Do you have any future plans that you wanna talk about?
What you're gonna be getting up to.
- I wanna focus more on my stand up.
I wanna be able to tour with Aida,
I wanna be able to go
to Middle of America, once this COVID thing is over.
I think that's one thing I wanna hone in on,
be great at that.
So that I could record Netflix special.
- Yes, and we already know,
I've been telling you forever,
that you're gonna have your Netflix special,
and I'll be there, front row.
- Yep, that will be good.
- We'll be there for sure,
you know we never miss it.
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- [Announcer] Pero Like.