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Today we have Vicky the fit chick back in studio.
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Hi guys, thank you for having me.
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Thank you for coming.
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We missed you so much.
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I miss you guys every day,
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I know you've been really busy.
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catch us up on like what's new,
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your mental health been?
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Honestly, from the fires to the new presidency,
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to the backlash that I've been receiving on social media.
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Honestly, it's, it's been a lot.
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I had a video that went viral and it just ended up
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on the wrong side of the algorithm.
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If you voted for Trump,
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you are not allowed in Mexico.
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You are not allowed in Cabos,
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Cancun, Puerto Vallarta,
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Aguascalientes, none of that.
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That's all in Mexico.
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You know, the wrong side of the internet,
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took that to offense and A news anchor put it up on
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the internet, and he was being racist and he was eating
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tacos and he was saying that he was gonna call eye on
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no enchiladas, none of that for you.
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Oh yeah? What are you gonna do?
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We gonna come take it out of my ham?
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I'm gonna eat half this plate during the break.
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Maybe I'll call the ice hotline.
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I don't know if I'll have enough time.
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I did see that video and you know what,
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those weak ass tacos.
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They really were. They were a little dry,
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but they were a lot of dry honestly.
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Come to LA we'll get you some better tacos.
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Maybe he's just never had good tacos.
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Maybe those were the the tacos his wife made.
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I'm sorry you've been going through that.
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What's the scariest part about ending up on the wrong side of
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the internet? Honestly,
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everything that was said to me,
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just the threats, the the comments,
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the messages, the emails.
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I even got the time.
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They took the time to get my email and My manager said
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hey, you don't even wanna see this.
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We're just gonna, we're just gonna put it to the side
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for you. So I did have to turn off my Instagram
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DMs and all of that,
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and it was just honestly at the end of the day.
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Just to protect my mental health,
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I again, like I know what I said wasn't wrong.
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they just didn't agree with it and that's fine.
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Everybody has an opinion,
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but at the end of the day it's my platform and I'm
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gonna turn off the messages if I need to.
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So Vicky, you're obviously a content creator,
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influencer. You've made a choice to be outspoken.
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Why? Why have you chosen to speak out?
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I've always been like this.
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I've always been a very,
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very loud. Person and a very vocal and passionate person,
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especially since the first election back in 2016 my platform
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wasn't as big, but it just felt right it's the right
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thing to do. I'm first gen Latina.
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My parents are immigrants.
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It took my mom 17 years to get her residency,
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and I don't think people understand how scary that is.
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You can come home one day and your parents could be gone
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because they were deported back and I had to live with that
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My mom didn't make it,
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you know, she didn't make us feel bad about it,
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but like we always knew in the back of our head that
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that was a possibility.
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So even though this doesn't affect me currently.
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I still feel with my people about,
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you know, their parents could be gone in a split second
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and that's just, that's not something that I ever want somebody
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to go through. So if I can use my platform and
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share resources, I am.
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And I love that about you,
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honestly, like the truth like I love that you're like simplepelos
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and a lingua. You say what you say how it is
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and you have a tough skin,
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but I also like social media is rough like that gets in
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your head and it yeah it does.
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I am glad that I do have tough skin and
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that I can take the hate and all of that.
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I grew up with a Mexican mother,
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But you know it does,
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it does get to be a lot sometimes,
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and do you believe every creator rapping their culture and flagging their
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bios on social media should speak up,
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should say something about what's going on?
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100%. I think that if you're gonna benefit from the Latino
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community, you're gonna have.
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The Sal Iranian flag in your bio,
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the Colombian flag, Venezuela,
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Mexico, whatever it is,
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and if you're benefiting off the Latino community,
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I feel like it is your job in a sense to say
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something, share resource.
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You don't have to be as vocal as I am,
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trust me, nobody should be as vocal as I am.
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It's a lot and it comes with a lot,
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but if you do benefit off the Latino community,
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whether it be a check,
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whether it be a Latino,
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following or a great community.
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I do think that you should use your platform to share some
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resources. Absolutely. I think it's been a huge debate online
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I know we keep saying artists and influencers that are public
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like this cancel culture and all of that,
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but also in regards to cancel culture,
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If they're not representing the community like how they should be representing
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the community, they shouldn't follow them.
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Stop giving them views,
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stop giving them money,
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stop stop burning up the page.
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Yeah, and I applaud you for that because obviously,
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as an influencer and as a creator,
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brands are constantly looking at your page and Are you ever scared
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that your outspokenness might affect your work?
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I've always been like this,
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and the brands that I currently work with know how passionate I
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am about certain subjects.
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I would never once put their businesses in danger or
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anything like that, so I don't think what I'm saying currently
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is wrong. I think I'm just showing people that I'm passionate
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about immigration because I am.
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Latina and I should be using my voice and I feel like
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more brands honestly should recognize people like that because if we're not
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vocal or passionate about something then what are we doing?
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What is the platform for to show our little vlogs every single
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day like yeah, that's all cool and all,
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but at the end of the day like we all should stand
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for something. Also,
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what is something you would say to the people sending hate to
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you via DMs? Don't waste your time.
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The block buttons are for a reason there,
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babe. The black button is there for a reason.
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There we go. Well said Vicky,
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where can people follow you?
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Vicky just a check on all platforms,
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Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
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We would just again like to thank you for using your voice
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and for being a perfect role model of,
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you know, what our community needs.
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Thank you guys for having me.
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Thank you guys for allowing me to express myself and use my
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voice. I very much appreciate you guys.
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Come back soon please.
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