He is a native of Córdoba.
He stands out for his humor, ease and charisma, something that he knew how to convey very well on TikTok and Instagram, where he garnered more than
717 thousand followers
.
“He gave everything naturally,” he says.
He grew up surrounded by lawyers but chose architecture.
“I entered college without knowing how to draw,” he confesses, laughing.
He didn't think that this was going to be the starting point to find his true passion, something that was latent.
“Since I was a child I was very extroverted.
I liked to teach lessons and I had no drama in making a fool of myself.
The first intervention in the world of videos was in my facu.
The rector told me: 'You are very proactive and we love the way you speak: we want you to be an actor in the promotional video for the degree,'” he remembers and reveals that acting always caught his attention.
“I went to a casting, I told my life, that I worked in an architectural firm.
At the same time they called me and told me 'We love you'.
I had a day of recording and I started to appear on the screens.
There a little light went on that said I liked the videos,” she explains.
At the same time, he began to work with his brother “Willy Magia” giving life to an
anti-magician
.
“People laughed, they identified with me in the videos because I failed at the tricks.
We took him to a show called
Por Sorpresa
,
we did a season at Carlos Paz and we won a prize
.
It was a dream, I was excited to work with him and achieve that,” she confesses.
Gastón Massa with his brother "Willy Magia" in Villa Carlos Paz.
His life took on a faster pace: he worked as an architect, acted, and managed accounts as a
community manager
.
But, over time, everything intensified: the character of “the mother” emerged on social networks.
The pandemic and the home office led him to look for something else.
Thus, he began to capitalize on TikTok.
“The works were stopped and he designed from home.
I started playing with acting and humor, which I am passionate about.
The Internet showed me that anyone could upload videos: you can be a cook, a dancer, whatever you want, there is a world that supports you, no matter how old you are.
I started testing and
saw that my videos had 50 thousand views
, I thought 'it can't be' and I kept creating," he explains.
He liked to interpret everyday situations and that is how he found his true character.
With generic videos, she saw how she made so many mothers feel identified.
“I saw a wig in a closet in my house and said,
'Ma, I need something that characterizes a mother
. '
She gave me the Italian silk robe that she brought from I don't know where.
She could never use it again,” she says, laughing.
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His mother's name is Cristina and she is his "first fan of the character."
"She is embarrassed when she goes out with me because
they look at her a lot knowing that she is the real one.
She is very flirtatious and the only thing she tells me is to comb her wig more," she says, laughing.
There is also her father, Guillermo.
"She is very similar to him (the character) with her gray hair and her way of arranging everything in the house."
Gastón maintains that the people's reaction is what motivates him.
“If there is a mother who is laughing or who was reunited with her son, we are doing things right,” he reflects and points out: “A mother wrote to me saying that she had
been estranged from her son for a long time and that thanks to the videos, they had put back together
.”
Regarding his work, he emphasizes: “I love it, it is already my lifestyle.
I experienced situations that helped me make decisions.
I was doing too much at once and I wasn't enjoying it as much.
Now I want to dedicate myself 100% to acting and networks.”
Fame and what he generated on the networks led him to watch the Qatar World Cup: "I did a campaign with the Binance brand against two other influencers, people had to subscribe to their platform and the one with the most subscriptions took it." , account.
The prize was only until the round of 16 but Gastón also went up to La Scaloneta.
Gastón Massa and "The Mother" at the Qatar 2022 World Cup where he arrived by winning an influencer contest
"They liked the content I did so much that they renewed my ticket, tickets and stay until the final where
I saw Messi lift the cup
. People treated me as a joke because I had been watching Argentina since the Finalissima in London when I was present and We came out champions."
The day Gastón Massa found out he had cancer and how it changed his life
The body speaks.
And she understood that very well.
“You think that, because you are young, you can do everything but your body forces you to stop,” he says excitedly after remembering the hardest moment of his life when he found out that he had cancer.
“I was very tired.
My eyes would close and I justified it by saying 'I had a show, I went to bed late, today I got up to go to the company.'
He was sure it was because of my pace of life.”
Gastón Massa playing "the mother" and his real mother, Cristina
He spent two weeks in the same state: exhausted and with different symptoms.
“I woke up every morning completely sweaty, my body itched, my throat closed and my glands became swollen.
He said 'it's going to happen.'”
And he adds: “One day I went to a friend's wedding.
I got to the church and couldn't give it any more.
I took a pill thinking it would pass but at night, I fell again.
'This isn't enough anymore,' I thought."
A doctor evaluated him for an hour and suggested he go to the hospital.
“You could have dengue, pneumonia or lymphoma,” she told him.
Gastón Massa found out that he had cancer at the height of his career and overcame it with treatment
He went to get studies.
“
I was surprised that it took them so long to give me the refund, until they told me to stay hospitalized.
I went from spending a Sunday at home watching
Harry Potter
with my girlfriend to being hospitalized,” he says, still surprised.
Fear and uncertainty invaded him from head to toe.
“A doctor who was about 80 years old came into the room and told me: 'Baby, stop: you have lymphoma.
Stay calm, it's going to happen quickly, you're young.'
I didn't know what it was.
The word 'cancer' was not in my head.
Two days ago I was playing soccer and I had a whole life ahead of me with projects.
My world collapsed and my family was destroyed,” he recalls about the day he was diagnosed, April 7, 2023.
Gastón with his father Guillermo and his brothers Héctor, Willy and Rodrigo.
His discouragement was short-lived.
He had to face the hardest thing in his life but he put in something that is in his DNA: humor and attitude.
Twenty days after hearing the news, he started chemotherapy.
And he found a way to make it “as bearable” as possible.
“I showed my videos to the doctor, she smiled and made jokes.
The first chemo session I sang Chayanne - of whom he is a fan.
I didn't fall much.
I didn't understand why it happened to me, until later I started to ask myself 'Why not me?'.
I understood that life is not always going to be easy and fun without any blows.
It can happen to anyone,
that's why getting checkups is key
.
I said: 'Let's face it with humor and attitude as always,' more than anything for my family who was in a bad way."
On Tuesdays I had treatment and the effects lasted until Sunday.
“I couldn't even walk,” she details.
For this reason, she put together a routine to
“start living from Sunday to Tuesday”
, until the next session.
Two months later, a key study revealed that the treatment was working.
“We are winning by a landslide 3 to 0, keep going like this champion,” his doctor told him.
“I knew that would cure me,” she reflects.
Despite “coming out destroyed,” he looked forward to every Tuesday.
Gastón Massa proposed to his girlfriend at Disney
After chemotherapy and radiation sessions, finally, on September 18, the bell rang.
“It was the most beautiful thing.
When I came out, my girlfriend, family and friends were waiting for me with signs, there were even followers,” he says excitedly.
Love was fundamental during the process.
“The people who support you are key.
If I get bad about something, I say: 'Life happens somewhere else.'
“I learned a lot about talking to someone and being present without thinking about anything else,” she says of his biggest life lesson.
Gastón with Camila, his future wife
And as if this were not enough, he decided to “crown” 2023 by proposing to Camila (29, economist), with whom he has shared a life for five years, in a Disney park.
"It was very exciting.
When you find that partner that makes you feel and you get along so well, and that you love so much, you project,” she confesses with emotion on the surface.
New projects
Gastón, or rather “the mother”, is already working on a new project that has him very excited.
This is a video production that will be released on YouTube in which
he will interview mothers from the show
.
“It's going to be relaxed, in every mother's house, where we talk about motherhood, play games and laugh,” he details while revealing that very famous women acclaimed by the public will appear.
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