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Apr 23, 2024 · By Matt Grobar. April 23, 2024 6:45am. Gabriel Iglesias Troy Conrad. EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias has inked a deal for two more stand-up specials at Netflix, Deadline can...
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LOS ANGELES — Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias says he didn't tell his family or friends he was going to be performing at Dodger Stadium.
Instead, he let them find out through the news, so he wouldn’t have to deal with comments such as “Are you singing the national anthem? Are you throwing out a first pitch? Are you cleaning?" Iglesias said. "The last thing they think is that I’m gonna be performing there."
Despite his humorous comments, Iglesias, a Los Angeles native of Mexican heritage, acknowledges he's not just performing at the iconic venue: This Friday and Saturday, he'll be making history as the first comedian to perform and sell out at Dodger Stadium.
More than 45,000 fans will be in attendance, making it the largest crowd he’s ever performed for.
“It’s very surreal — I don’t even know the best way to put it,” Iglesias said in a recent Zoom interview.
The show was originally scheduled only for Saturday; after it sold out, Iglesias and his team added an extra show on Friday. “Maybe that’s the reason why we added a second show, just for them,” he said, joking about the fact that family and friends were asking for tickets. “Because it’s home, it’s always going to be one of those, everybody’s going to want to come out to it.”
In interviews and reports, Iglesias has referred to his coming performances at the iconic ballpark as the “Super Bowl for comedy.”
Asked about the possibility of a "World Cup of comedy," he said the next step would be to break the world record for attendance at a comedy show, which is held by the German comedian Mario Barth, who performed in front of 67,733 people at the Olympiastadion in Berlin in 2008.
“I think aiming for maybe a football stadium," Iglesias said. "I would definitely be trying to break that record if I did go for it."
The show, "Fluffy on the Field," will be recorded for his third Netflix special, which will premiere later this year and be featured as part of Netflix's coming comedy event, "Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival," featuring an all-star comedy lineup.
"People keep asking me: 'Hey, so are you looking forward to it? Are you excited? What's going on in your mind?'" Iglesias said. "I go, it's not real till I'm there."
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