When we’re recording the videos, we all laugh and just have fun. “It’s really fun,” says Brandon, who attends North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts. The videos aren't just entertaining for the audience, says 13-year-old son Brandon (aka “Rando”). Soon, they were taking comedy routines off of TikTok - everyone from Kevin Hart to lesser-known comedians - and building skits around the audio. He had enough social media accounts to monitor, already. The Almodovars already had a YouTube page, also called SWAGmodovars, but Aracelis suggested they do something on TikTok, too. The family got the idea to start a TikTok account from daughter Aracelis, 21, an acting student at AMDA College of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Triller producers contacted the Almodovars after seeing their viral success on the video-sharing social-media service, Jorge says. The TV show wouldn’t have happened without TikTok, though. Southwest Florida gets real: Our biggest reality TV stars, from 'Survivor' to 'The Voice' instead of its scheduled start time of 5:30 p.m.). Thousands of viewers watched the debut episode, Jorge says, despite some technical difficulties (the show ended up streaming at 7 p.m. “They said, ‘You know, we’ve never seen a show launching like this, with that many viewers.” “As soon as it finished, they called me and they were blown away by the response that we generated,” Jorge says. Especially after the debut episode got more interest than Triller producers anticipated. Triller officials weren't made available to comment for this article, but Jorge says they’ve discussed expanding the show beyond its original four-episode run. “Everything that we do and all of the reactions are real,” Jorge says. The Almodovars call it a “reality-comedy show.” They start with a bare-bones script and a few lines of dialogue, but most of it's improvised. Or the father and son are given a list of chores, but instead they goof off. The show features the family in silly, sitcom-style plots: They’re trying to diet and exercise, for example, but they’re all sneaking snacks late at night. “Our Vida Loca with the SWAGmodovars” debuted May 5 and streams every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. On top of their TikTok stardom, the family has a new TV show on the video-sharing platform Triller. “It just kind of blew up from there.” "Our Vida Loca with the SWAGmodovars” “It just became a hit,” says Jorge, a former radio personality for Fly 98.5 FM who now runs online radio station POW! Radio. They post new videos every two days, and each one racks up anywhere from 50,000 page views to millions. Now they have 1.2 million followers and 12.7 million likes on their family TikTok page. Reality TV: Estero teen Casey Bishop lands in the Top 5 on 'American Idol'Ī rising star returns: Casey Bishop of 'American Idol' coming home to SWFL to sing at Fort Myers Beach … It was like, ‘Oh my God, we’ve got something here.’” “We had 100,000 followers in a matter of 20, 25 days. “And then we started getting a bunch of followers. “We woke up the next day and there was, like, 80,000 views in 24 hours,” Jorge says. The Puerto Rican family can’t believe how viral they’ve gone since October, when they first started posting funny videos on TikTok. ‘Cause we’re always laughing, and we’re always bringing the life to a party. “So I was like, ‘You know what? Our family’s like that. “You’re just very easygoing or you’re very likable. “Swag is just a name that you use for either good clothes or when you have good style, as far as personality,” says Jorge, 44. The name fits the outgoing, fun-loving family, says father and Southwest Florida radio personality Jorge “GMan” Almodovar. But they have a different name on TikTok and their new TV show on Triller: The SWAGmodovars. And now, more than 1 million followers on TikTok, too. They’re a Cape Coral family with style and swag.
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