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Juan Gabriel es Barbie

August 30, 2024
Barbie channels her inner Juanga with a new inspired doll.
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Mattel is honoring legendary Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel with an inspired Barbie doll ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month. Priced at $55, the Barbie features a glittering bolero jacket and mic, inspired by his iconic 1990 performance at Mexico...
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Get either. Oh OK.
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I'm not gonna do that.
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Sorry. But yeah.
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Juan Guy, Juan Gabriel,
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the legend of Mexican music singer composer El Divo de Juarez.
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Me that icon? They're making a Barbie inspired by Juan Gabriel
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Really? Oh my God.
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Wait, Barbie or Ken.
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No, it's Barbie.
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So that's what people are asking.
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They're like, again,
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they're happy, right?
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But there are other sides to this,
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you know, announcement that,
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hey, why isn't he a Ken?
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Yeah, I mean,
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again, the, the,
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the doll just claims to be inspired by Juana.
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OK. I get it like the doll is cute.
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Very I mean,
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I like the little accents like,
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you know, but maybe they could have,
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people are saying maybe they could have honored a female Maea instead
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maybe like or even like Ana Gabriel,
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you know, another icon I think they said,
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yeah, they've been Selena,
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right? Definitely. OK.
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But I mean, yeah,
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regardless like, I think it's so cool that they're you
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know, bringing these icons that we grew up with to the
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mainstream. Oh, I agree,
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right? Like we're sharing our culture like we always say like
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we don't mind, we don't gatekeep.
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We want to share like,
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our music, our food with like,
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more people, like,
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please, like, we want to put you on most definitely
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And then it's like that,
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you know, back in the day,
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Barbies used to just be like,
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blonde with like, like blue eyes.
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Like it was very,
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just like, oh,
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that's what it was.
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And now we're able to see,
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you know, people that we grew up with and that are
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just different like shapes and sizes and skin tones and being Barbies
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it's just cool.
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Like it's really cool.
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No. Yeah, it's cool because I know you did a
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Juana phone call recently.
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Now the Barbie. So I mean,
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again, please more of it.
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I'm here for, I'm here for the representation for sure,
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for sure. But speaking of like,
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who else do you think should be added to this world of
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Barbies? That definitely is overdue?
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Yeah. That's actually a really good question.
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Who do you like Louis me?
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I'm doing for the dudes,
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you know what? I know his bookie is not dead but
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imagine a bookie like Barbie.
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That would be so cool or I don't know,
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whatever. Yeah. Oh my God.
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To Tokay. What,
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Jen Jennifer Lopez or Jane Rivera Rivera.
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Ok. I got many Toya's brother.
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I mean, that would be cool.
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Jenny would be good.
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I think Jennifer Lopez has been done,
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right? Barbie doesn't have one.
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So in the, in the past there's been dolls but never
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an official Selena doll done by Barbie Motel themselves.
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Another company made two limited edition ones since but it's not like
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official. So Barbie never made a Selena.
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Ok, so there you go.
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You see Selena. Who would else be a Ken?
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Imagine in Cha, it would be so random but like I
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would love that they need to start doing those.
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They sleeping, they sleep in,
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they sleep in and I know there's this account on tiktok.
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I freaking love this account.
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They do reenactments of like telenovela scenes with Barbies and the Barbies
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Like, I don't know how this guy does it,
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but he makes the Barbies look just like the Soraya Montenegro.
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He redo the, the,
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the, the telenovelas with them.
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Aaron Malibu. Aaron Malibu.
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So I love that and I would love to see that there's
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people that are doing this creatively on their own.
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Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
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So I love that.
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I love to see it so funny.