Jiovanni Herrera, 21, recently went viral for dressing up as his mother Monique Meza, 41, and attempting to see if he could pass as her while using her identification card, according toToday.
Herrera donned a wig and some of his mom’s clothing — including a pair of skinny jeans, a maroon sweatshirt and some stylish accessories — before strutting his stuff in thepopular clip.
To make the costume as realistic as possible, the young man even made it appear that he had breasts.
“My son wanted to see if he could pass as me,”Meza wrotein the video. She added, “The answer is yes he can.”
Herrera was able to fool a store clerk with his costume, according toToday.
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Meza reposted the original video, which has received about 2.7 million views as of publication, to include the Reba McEntire song, “I’m a Survivor,” after viewers begged her to do so.
In another video posted two days after the original, Meza and Herrera seeminglyfooled a waiterat a restaurant into believing they were the same person.
The waiter was eventually let in on the prank and he told the duo, with a laugh, “You guys look alike! I’m shook!”
Jiovanni Herrera, 21, dressing up as his mom Monique Meza.Moniquemeza13_ and jioherrera0/ Tiktok
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As of late Monday afternoon, the restaurant video has been viewed nearly 30 million times.
Meza toldTodayshe and her son look more alike “the older he gets.” The content creator believes they have the “same shape face” and very similar noses.
Now, Meza is excited to share her passion for content creation with her son.
“I’ve been doing this for eight years and he’s never wanted to do videos with me,” she told the outlet, “but now he’s totally on board and is asking to make more!”
source: people.com
