A TikToker requested for assist figuring out a airplane passenger who seemed like a star. Her video blew up, and caught the eye of the 'Mexican Jim Carrey.'

• TikToker Paige Craig requested her 1.1 million followers in the event that they acknowledged a close-by airplane passenger.
• The add acquired over 29 million views and 1000’s of feedback who wrote it was Eugenio Derbez.
• The Mexican actor caught wind of the viral second and responded by introducing himself.

An influencer posted a video asking viewers to assist her establish a possible celeb she noticed on a flight. In beneath a day, her video had blown up and caught the eye of the person in query — a Mexican actor who obtained in on the joke himself.

On Could 12, 31-year-old TikToker Paige Craig from Orlando, Florida, posted a video she’d filmed throughout a flight to Los Angeles, which featured an on-screen caption that requested if somebody might inform her who a close-by passenger was, as folks saved taking footage with him however she was too scared to ask him immediately.

The video then panned to briefly present a seemingly oblivious passenger in a close-by seat, whereas the observe “Who Are You” by The Who may very well be heard taking part in within the background. “He speaks spanish and is a really good man,” the TikToker added within the caption as an additional clue. 

The add acquired a staggering 29 million views and over 40,000 feedback as folks excitedly knowledgeable Craig she was on a flight with the actor Eugenio Derbez. A remark with over 7,000 likes described 61-year-old Derbez because the “Mexican Jim Carrey” whereas others listed particular movies he had starred in, together with “CODA” which received an Oscar for Greatest Image in 2022.

“I used to be considering taking it down since I had my reply after which I would not should threat the poor man discovering out I did this once I needed to sit subsequent to him for five-ish extra hours,” Craig informed Insider in an electronic mail change, however mentioned she finally determined to maintain the video as much as be taught extra from the feedback concerning the movies he had featured in.

Nonetheless, so many individuals tagged the actor beneath the video that Craig felt compelled to put up a remark of her personal which acquired over 48,300 likes, asking viewers to cease, alongside a string of emojis which might be sometimes used to precise embarrassment.

“I spent the remainder of the 5 hours stressing that my video would pop up on his telephone,” she informed Insider.

The actor caught wind of the web furor 

On Could 13, Craig posted a follow-up video and wrote within the caption that she initially thought she’d gotten away with the actor not recognizing the web commotion. The add, which acquired 1.3 million views, then confirmed what seemed to be an Instagram story uploaded by Derbez which had tagged Craig. (The story will not be at the moment out there to view on his account.)

The footage started with the clip of the unique TikTok after which reduce to Derbez who filmed himself in a automotive and mentioned, “Hello Paige. Let me introduce myself.”

He mentioned he was an actor and director, and gave a rundown of a number of the characters he had performed which included a billionaire in 2018’s “Overboard” and a titular Latin lover in 2017’s ” Be a Latin Lover.” On the finish of the video, Derbez referenced Craig’s unique attraction and requested his followers, “Now can somebody inform me who this woman is?!”

“I assumed his response video was hilarious,” Craig informed Insider. “It was additionally good understanding he wasn’t going to place a restraining order on me for the creeper vibes,” she joked.

To reply his query: Craig has over 1.1 million followers on TikTok the place she uploads movies from the angle of a mother, and movies together with her husband, the skilled Supercross bike rider Christian Craig, in addition to a YouTube channel with over 106,000 subscribers the place she posts Supercross-themed vlogs.

On Could 13, Derbez additionally posted a photograph to his 18.9 million followers on Instagram which acquired over 100,000 likes, the place he may very well be seen holding his telephone whereas he seemed off within the distance, with a caption that learn, “Now I’ve to look in every single place” and tagged Craig. The caption added in Spanish, “simply in case persons are filming me.”

Derbez didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.

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