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00:00My name is Matt Stapira. I live in New York City. I'm just a normal guy that makes things
00:07on the internet. Except for the fact that I'm super famous. In China.
00:17Last year, I was sitting at this bar. I put my phone on the table. It gets swiped. These
00:22pictures start showing up. Tons of selfies of a guy with an orange tree. And I just remember
00:27being like, you know what, I should do a BuzzFeed post on this. I went to bed that
00:31night and everything has been different ever since.
00:35Chinese Twitter loved this. They made me a meme, which is hilarious. And one of the top
00:42comments I always get is, come to China, come to China, come to China.
00:46The internet really wants us to meet. And I'm just happy to give the internet what they
00:50want.
00:52What's up, Brother Orange? How do you like Britney Spears? Hey! So nice to meet you.
01:01Why I come to China? Is everything what you expected? I'm overwhelmed.
01:09I'm in another country on the other side of the world. Okay, so I'm not good with chopsticks.
01:16We've both been thrust into the spotlight at the same time. I think that's part of why
01:21we're growing closer.
01:23There was one thing, though, that I was afraid to tell Brother Orange. And I was told to
01:26be very careful about it.
01:28I haven't come out to him. It's embarrassing.
01:31I gotta tell you something.
01:33I think he's gonna react badly. That's what everyone always thinks when they come out.
01:39One of the things that I've learned through this is that the Chinese really believe in
01:42faith.
01:44So the fact that me, some guy who lives in New York, and then Brother Orange, some guy
01:48who lives in southern China, can be connected by a thread is more than coincidence. It's
01:54kind of like a meant-to-be type thing.
01:59You said at the beginning of this that I would be crying at the end of this.
02:03You said at the beginning of this that I would be crying at the end of this.
02:08I would think that you were insane.
02:14Oops, I did it again.
02:17Oh, I did it again. Oh, baby, baby.
02:23Yes!