Although Riky Salvatierra He never set out to be famous; his passion for acting began when he was a child. It was that interest that prompted him to join an acting workshop while still in high school. However, this 34-year-old Tucumán native never suspected he'd become a TikTok star parodying the situations he experiences in his warehouse.
In the videos he shares on the platform he takes the character of a grumpy salesman He doesn't hesitate to tell his clients what he thinks. He's jealous, suspicious, and has no problem losing sales due to his mistreatment.
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“I started dubbing viral audios, but they weren't working. One day I made a video from the store and it went viral,” he said. influencer in dialogue with TN ShowFor him, who always shared humorous clips without receiving many views, it was a surprise to surpass one million views in just a few hours.
When detected by where the interest of his followers was going, never stopped investing in that type of content: “I said, 'This is the way,' and started making sketches of situations that happened to me every day. And they all went viral, I think because people could relate to them. From there, I reached and surpassed a million views.”
To parody the experiences he lives in the warehouse, Riky began to ask your family and neighbors for helpThat's why in her videos we see several friends from her neighborhood who never studied acting: "Most of the people who appear in the videos are neighbors. The youngest is my godson. Cousins and nieces also appear."
In that sense, when we asked him how much reality there was in the character he plays, he asserted that his approach to customer service in the videos is far from his day-to-day work. "I make the clips with people I trust. Obviously, I treat the customers well, although there are times when I wish I reacted like I do in the sketches," he said, laughing.
Today, with more than a million followers and surpassing the 17 million views on TikTokRiky began working for brands in Tucumán that asked him for help improving their social media presence. “They started calling me from clothing stores, butcher shops, and hypermarkets. And I put together sketches with the funny situations they told me,” explained the Concepción native.
As for the arrival of success almost suddenly, Riky assures that it is something he had been thinking about for a long time: “I always liked the idea of being known or famous.I love being recognized on the street and asked for photos. It was a dream come true". Now, the influencer is eager to try new directions: "I'd like to do something on television. I haven't had any TV offers; the closest thing I've gotten was an advertisement for a well-known brand here in Tucumán."
For Riky, fame not only meant collecting millions of followers and various job offers, but he also began to receive negative messages for what he does. “Yes, they send me hateBut the bad comments are few and far between compared to the good ones. They criticize my accent, ask me why it's so awful. I leave comments because all the interactions add up."And he added: "I have a filter so I don't get insulted, but it doesn't hurt me. There are people who like my humor, others who don't. It's a parody”.
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