My dad and Sofia Vergara in the 90’s
Little bit of backstory My dad and Sofia had a travel show on Univision where they traveled North and South America looking for off the beaten path to
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El_Capochino11,318 赞2024/9/3
Holy shit. Your dad is Fernando fiore! My dad envied your dad! Nice!
margalolwut5,406 赞2024/9/3
I don’t think OP realizes how popular his dad is lmao. This post comes off as, yea there was this dude that is my dad… Bro that show was as much about your dad as it was about Sofia vergara. Don’t even get me started on republica deportiva. Your dad is a damn legend. Me and my pops met em a long time ago at the home depot center (now dignity health park).. man were we excited and your pops was a damn class act.
nickmaran1,089 赞2024/9/3
OP: here’s a pic of my dad who is known to no one. Dude underestimated his dad’s popularity
oldmilwaukie284 赞2024/9/3
OP’s username checks out. OP if it makes you feel better, my grandfather had República Deportiva on at the house every weekend and due to my indifference to most sports I didn’t know who your dad was either.
lovelesschristine140 赞2024/9/4
It reminds of when my mom's friend would always talk about her son being an artist and he was in a small band. She said she was happy that his little band was able to support him 100% and not every gets so lucky. One day she finally tells me her son's "little band" is GWAR.
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I can't think of a better end to that sentence
LazyLich37 赞2024/9/4
Dad: "Hijo, I swear, I'm really famous!" child-OP: "Yeah, whatever dad"
DrunkThrowawayLife215 赞2024/9/3
I mean as a younger person I knew a guy whose dad was a pretty famous sports player. But his brag that his dad was friends with a different player. It probably doesn’t hit that your dad is considered cool when you see him brushing his teeth in torn underwear.
LazyBeach36 赞2024/9/4
That’s quite specific
DrunkThrowawayLife49 赞2024/9/4
Is it? Don’t dads all over the world wear worn out undies no matter how cool they seem?
adrenalinda7520 赞2024/9/4
Dad and grandpa here, confirm the worn out undies, can't say about the coolness factor, though
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Bubbasdahname90 赞2024/9/3
Everyone else sees them as a celebrity while the child sees them as mom/dad that won't let them do what they want.
FireBolero81 赞2024/9/4
Jimmy Buffett said “to my kids, I’m just the guy that makes pancakes”.
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chicahhh205 赞2024/9/3
You are my favourite kind of person! Thanks for the extra info
Fukasite25 赞2024/9/4
What did OP say? The moderator removed their comment for some reason
chicahhh43 赞2024/9/4
Weird. They just pasted info about the Republika Deportiva show that he was popular on
omarfx00726 赞2024/9/3
Futbol Europa!!!!!!
Comeandsee21317 赞2024/9/3
My favorite sport show growing up.
PeggyHillFan18 赞2024/9/3
I’ve never watched it but i recognize his face
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What's your dad doing with my Mami?
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Long_Pomegranate2469184 赞2024/9/3
Fernando Fiore : my poster above my bed when I was a teenager
Chaco122122 赞2024/9/3
Fernando Fiore’s son: my poster above my bed with my crush and my dad as a teenager… It… was… a bit… awkward.
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HoodedOccam80 赞2024/9/3
I’m afraid to ask which part you still have…the bed? The poster? Sofia?
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kdjfsk86 赞2024/9/3
and the sock
Ok_Passenger858354 赞2024/9/3
And my axe !
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It was nice of your dad to let Sofia in his shot. Firmé!
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😭😭
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No way he was your dad!? I used to love him when I was a kid! Loved that show
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Same!! I grew up watching him! Fuera de Serie!!
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Dude Fiore was everywhere in the 90s latino television. Make it seem like he is unknown lol. Hey folks my God Father Don Francisco is here taking a picture with el Chacal.
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…this is your pops? I totally remember this show lol
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The one and only Fernando fiore “El presidente”
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Are you the Russian adopted son?
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His only yup
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No way. That’s awesome man. I remember when you came out in TV as a toddler. Hope all is well with you. Have you ever been back to Russia?
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Yea lol I still have a box a mail that viewers sent in when I arrived in Miami that my parents kept. All is well. I really never had a desire to go back to Russia, I was raised in Miami in a Spanish speaking household I feel more Latin than Russian
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They raised you right that’s for sure. So what is your pops do these days? He left the tv business all of a sudden as I remember. Are you planning to become a tv personality?
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I’m already 22 and I work in the outdoor business, I run fly fishing charters. TV isn’t what it used to be, people used to wait a whole week to watch a show and now you can just go on social media and the market is so oversaturated. I thought about it when I was younger but I’m content with where I am now
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That’s awesome. Trust me you know the business first had.. well glad you are doing well and living it up. I use to watch your pops shows as a traveling and sports fan. Send him my regards.
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For sure thanks for your comment!
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That's great - I'm an avid fly fisherman and there's nothing better than being out on the water
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Funny enough before TV my dad was a Tour guide driving a bus from Jersey to Orlando. He’s prouder of me being a guide than ever perusing TV
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Haha I'm also an Argentinean but with Russian(no connection to that side just have a super Russian name) ancestry living in Miami! I used to watch Republica Deportiva so much as a kid man, it brought back some great memories with my grandfather thank you!
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Not sure if anyone ever told you this but… los Latinos nacemos donde se nos da la rechingada gana!!
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Así es hermano, tengo que ser unos de los únicos rusos tomando me un mate 😂😂
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> I feel more Latin than Russian Surprisingly, the mentality of Latin countries might not be that far off, compared to the US and Europe. Latin-American soap operas were very popular in Russia in the 90s. "Simplemente María" and whatnot. Even 'Russia Today' aka RT, targets Latin America as one of its demographics, that's supposedly independent of the US/Europe. I guess that doesn't apply to Miami, though.
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Bruh, we love your dad in Honduras.
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We love Honduras and nuestros hermanos catrachos! We used to go visit a lot when I was younger my dad helped find a non profit there ‘Fundación Amor y Vida’
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Seems that reddit has some nice memories of your father Maybe he'd like to do an ama for us?
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You’re not the first to suggest it! He recently did a podcast with Rodner Figeroua that was pretty good but maybe we can put something together
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🐒 Account nuked because reasons
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>coñcho well you weren't paying much attention at home either lol
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Republica Deportiva! Great memories watching him every Sunday talking sports as well! My mother had her novellas on Univision during the weekdays while both me and my dad eagerly awaited every Sunday to watch your dad’s show good times! I remember your dad being a huge River Plate from Argentina fan and of Atlante F.C. fan from Mexico! Hope your dad is doing well!
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Def a fuera de serie !
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Sexiest human being ever... Sofia Vergara is ok too, i guess
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It’s the mustache isn’t it? ☺️
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Tomas Selecaõ
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Your dad is a legend. Univision should bring him back if they ever get the rights to the World Cup again
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Univision had him back for Pele’s passing, it’s one of those things where Univision has changed so much and ownership doesn’t help one bit
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OP, thank you for this post! It and the comments are knocking my socks off in every way this morning. My brother and I are 70s kids and he had a Pele lunchbox! And now Modern Family is my husband's and my comfort show. Your memories are sweet to read and enjoy vicariously 🤩😍
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I might post some of the Pele photos soon! My dad came to America in the 80’s and got to watch Pele in his final exhibition match for the Cosmos. And 25 years later got to spend a good amount of time with
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Him
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Lol.
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Neat that your dad worked for Univision in the 90s. That channel was on a lot in our house.
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He then was El presidente on Republica deportiva. A lot of fond memories running around the Univision studios as a kid
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I know Fernando Fiore from Republica Deportiva!!! Wow. How was he when Argentina won the Workd Cup?
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Wasn’t there a doll that was basically a muppet version of your dad?
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There was. I’m pretty sure it probably in storage somewhere
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You put your muppet father in STORAGE? Children these days, no respect... (Fr though if I had a muppet version of my mum I'd never speak to her any other way 🤣)
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That channel was in between Disney and Nickelodeon so I ended up there a lot. Didn’t speak Spanish but loved the drama of a good telenovela
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*gasps in Spanish*
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Have you triangulated and done that math on when you were born?
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lol my friends always joke 😭 my dad was already married at this point. We went to see her at her 40th birthday in Mexico always a very down to earth and humble person even after modern family and all the movies
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Is her accent as thick as it is on television?
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There's a good chance that OP speaks Spanish with her.
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Jajaja por su puesto
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No hables de mi puesto así
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No, everyone on reddit is a regular american person.
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I’ve seem some of her interviews, her accent is very noticeable but in the shows is heavily exaggerated
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There’s an interview she did with Howard Stern when she first came to the USA and her accent was not thick at all.
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She has stated that she tried super hard to neutralize her accent. She “gave up”, embraced it, and succeeded. Her accent lets her barranquillera personality flow.
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I read she is a natural blonde but she had to dye her hair darker to get roles, because people cannot wrap their heads around the idea of blonde people from Latin America.
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I hear she just pretends to have such a thick accent
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How would that work? Like Sofia had a secret baby and gave it to the dad to raise?
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Funny enough I was adopted. 😂
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Reddit solved it again!
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✅Boston Marathon Bombing ✅OP’s parental lineage
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We did it, Reddit
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So.. yes?
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I think you mean "adopted"....right?! lol
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how is babby formed?
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This is an incredibly important reference to me
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*Promise me, ~~Ned~~ Nando.*
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That's cool. Loved your dad in Republica Deportiva. He was very passionate about it. Really enjoy how they tried to create that vibe before ESPN/Fox/NBC had it in studio. I don't watch Univision anymore, but I hope he is doing well. I also remember their travel show. It was really good!
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It was definitely a show before its time (the senadoras also helped ratings) he’s been working with Inter Miami since before covid and now working for Inter Miami Spanish radio
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Awesome to hear. I'm sure he is enjoying it. Tell Fernando that lots of people really appreciate what he did.
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He actually was with the OG Miami MLS team the Fusion back in ‘97 I believe. They disbanded and he was ecstatic about Beck’s team coming on in 2018. Miami was missing an MLS team with so much Hispanic culture
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Must feel pretty dope to have players like Messi and Suarez there now !
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I used to work in Univision (UDN, when it was in the Telefutura building) with your dad around 11 years ago. He was a pretty nice guy. Unfortunately Univision went now thru too many changes And none of the old crew is there. Fun fact. One time I got called into HR bc someone was smelling like whiskey at 3pm and they wanted to know if I had seen anything, I'm pretty sure it was Fiore. I didnt snitch tho... I aint no snitch. Those senadoras always made the day better
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lol must’ve been felix
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Expectations: horny comments about Sofia Vergara
Reality: horny comments about OP’s dad
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Haha totally. I avoided this thread for a while because I thought it would just be a bunch of dumb jokes about Sofia. Glad I decided to check it out. Didn’t know who the guy is but it’s fun to see how popular he is amongst Spanish speakers.
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We gay now
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Hey if that's really your dad my high school had a mentoring program with Univision while this show was going on. We would do tours at the studio met a lot of cool people but as teenage boys we just wanted to meet Sofia. One day they tell us that were gonna meet the cast of fuera de serie and obviously we were pumped but to our disappointment Sofia didn't show up but we meet your dad and he was super awesome and treated us great we all left as fans of his afterwards. Tell your dad he's awesome. Unlike Don Fernando that dude was a huge dick
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I’ll pass that on to him
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Don Francisco maybe?
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Completely right haven’t thought of that douche in forever.
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Que dice el público??
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This is crazy to me how the offspring of Fernando Fiore just casually posts about them on Reddit, this is like when Arnold Schwarzenegger or Peter Mayhew were regulars; I wonder how many more famous people are just lounging about. xD
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Janelle Monae is a moderator for
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That's hilarious
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TIL Fernando Fiore’s offspring likes to smoke trees 👍🏽
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Dude had to out me like that 😭
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Lmao this day in age who doesn’t?
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The real question is, does your dad pass the doobie??
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Very anti Doob
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Wouldn’t expect different from a Presidente lol
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El Presidente de la República Deportiva, big ups to your dad who in the 90s really brought on Soccer stars from all over Latin America who played in the MLS on the show.
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He’s been working with Inter Miami now since the beginning. Becks always respected the connection between had with the Latin community. And before that the Miami Fusion sheesh that’s a blast from the past
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I remember doral back then was nothing but grass. My first job as a teen was at the Mcds next door id always see the fat dude from el gordo y la flaca.
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Pretty on brand. Dude had to keep a certain body image 😭
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I remember when he lost a ton of weight and his fans freaked out, dude gained it right back
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"My Dad" You can't just casually say that about a damn Latino sports legend like Fernando Fiore!!
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He’ll always be dad first El presidente second
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Colombian/US Citizen here; moved here in 1986 @ 15. Your father was an awesome ambassador to gringos of Hispanic culture & spots, and also promoted Colombian star Sofia Vergara, so thanks to him for all he did for all us Spanish speakers. You should be very proud! "Bolshoye Spaceeba!"
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I have zero knowledge of your dad, his background or indeed his time on TV as I'm a middle aged guy in the United Kingdom who only knows Sofia Vergara from Modern Family appearing on our TV screens about 10 years ago.........but reading this entire post and people's reaction and comments is a real feel good experience. Subsequently I can confirm I think your dad rocks too!
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Middle aged US guy and this man must be impressive because I was surprised at the lack of comments on Sofia's impressive legs lol
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# WOULD. Sofia's alright too, I guess.
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Did you inherit his power?
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That and then some
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If you see this, please let your father know that two American guys got to see him on TV ... in Italy!! Strangely, when we were there in the late 90s, our Italian cable TV had Univision/Telemundo on its channel lineup. Later it was added country-wide from what I understand. And being newly stationed there, we had both gone through Spanish classes in high school, and our Italian wasn't great. So a travel show with your father, and of course, Sofia Vergara, got our attention! It's so strange now when my wife watches AGT and I tell her I'm a huge fan of Sofia Vergara I get massive eyerolls, and yet, I am a fan of them both because of that show. I feel like it captured a lot of the fun of travel. I wish it would have been an even bigger hit. There are a lot of reruns on YouTube and I've enjoyed a few.
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I will pass that along! That’s an amazing story. It’s funny how big she’s gotten. I don’t think they picked a better judge and she was great as Gloria in MF
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Holy crap! I actually met your dad in Mexico City at the airport back in like 2000. Very nice and welcoming. I was only a 12 but a huge fan of his!
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Holy shit I love your dad! He was my favorite soccer analyst on Univision whenever Mexico played
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Miguel Lindell.
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Fuera de Serie, I used to love that show
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OP is like here's my dad and I'm thinking it's just a random picture.
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Put some respect on your papás name!!! That man is a legend and many of us Hispanic kids grew up watching him weekend mornings with our parents.