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With his Impression series, however, hes the one in front of the camera.
Firstmans impressions are not your typicalSNLfare lambasting other celebrities with wigs and accents.
He does impressions of, well, anything and everything.
So tell me how this all began.I think the first one I ever did wasthe celebrity on Instagram Live.
]The first week was completely natural.
One would come to me and I would just do it … Its easier to get a lot of shares because theres something for everyone in these batches.
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Your first major celebrity fan was Ariana Grande.
What was that like?Yeah, that was huge …
It had been so in my world.
I just checked my phone.
What I saw was people tagging Ariana being like, love you, queen!
I forget what her comment was [on], I think it was Jelly Bean Greenaway.
Was it that one?
It was Jelly Been Greenaway.[Laughs.]
I was like,What the fuck?
!And then I went to her Stories and saw she had posted it and I was likeWhoa.
I called my sibling I was kind of freaking out because I wasnt used to anything like this.
And her fans came like a swarm of bees.
Are they so intense?They came and they devoured my profile.
They literally ate it up and then just left.
It was literally like a swarm.
It was like everything I had ever posted was like Ariana notice me.
I was like,Wait, is this gonna be forever?and then they just left.
What is Ariana Grande like in a heart-to-heart?Just so real and funny and nice.
I was like,What is happening?
She responded to one of my videos, cheeks hurt from smiling.
You are the best.
Everyones doing front-facing videos right now while in quarantine.
With memes, the whole thing is no one knows where they come from.
And Im giving you the video, the caption, and the creator all in one.
And I think its because theres such a mixture of characters and concepts.
Some of the impressions are truly just concepts; they could be a joke on Twitter.
But Im personifying it and making it into a character.
I cant explain because people like them for different reasons.
Like a lot of people love Banana Bread Publicist.
Shes great because shes real.
We know her.Shes real.
And so its not just like, Baristas be like!
Something that I love about them is that they are all you.
Ill do different characters, but theyre all me.
I challenge the audience to suspend their disbelief if Im doing the character right.
That publicist could have had a blonde wig, but you feel her.
If I have an idea, Ill whip out the camera and do it.
Sometimes when I have the idea Ill be like, This line would be good in that.
Ill mess up a word, but its about the point, you know?
My whole thing has never been about perfection.
Do you have a favorite impression?I really love Jelly Bean Greenaway.
I love the actress talking about an animated film.
I literally had never heard anyone make that observation before.
I might have been on a ton of NyQuil, like I dont even remember.
I just had to do it.
That and Mother Earth were both, like, bedtime moments.
From your mouth to Gods ears.And then while I was on mushrooms Katy Perry followed me.
And then there was like a DM exchange.
I remember seeing a DM from Katy Perry saying, the mushrooms led me to you.[Laughs.]
Ive had some people that Im really huge fans of and have been for a while reach out.
Who are some of your personal favorites?
I know Carole Radziwill is one of them.Oh, my God.
I mean,Carole Radziwillis now in my life, which Im obsessed with.
Id sayElisabeth Mosswas a fun one.Jodie Komer, who Im a huge fan of.
Shes been really nice.
Also,Sarah Jessica Parker.
This is someone expressing their creativity through this certain platform, but this is not an influencer.
Okay, gun to your head: Katy Perry or Ariana Grande?I dont choose family like that.
I cant choose between my two sisters.
Actually, Katy is mom, Ari is sister.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
