Gabriel Iglesias and Jo Koy on Why They Teamed Up for a SoFi Stadium Stand-Up Mega-Show

By Todd Longwell

Todd Longwell

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 Gabriel Iglesias was in the throes of an existential crisis or, in his words, “bummed out.” 

“I was kind of thinking to myself, ‘What do we do now?’” recalls the comedian, known to fans as “Fluffy.” “Are we done? Have we jumped the shark? Should we call it a day?”

The problem was not a catastrophic failure, but an enormous success. 

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