Boman Martinez-Reid

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Boman Martinez-Reid
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Boman Martinez-Reid, also known as Bomanizer, is a Canadian creator of TikTok comedy videos. [1] His videos parody reality television by featuring his own family and friends getting into overly dramatized fights and feuds about small, everyday matters. [2]

Martinez-Reid, the son of a Jamaican Canadian father and a Spanish Canadian mother, [1] grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. [3] and launched his TikTok account in 2019 while studying radio and television arts at Ryerson University. [2] He broke through to mass popularity on the platform in 2020. [4]

In 2021, he appeared in a second season episode of Canada's Drag Race as a celebrity contestant in the Snatch Game, [5] and did work with The Gag, Comedy Central's internet-based platform for emerging LGBTQ comedians. [6] In the same year, he was named as an Icon in TikTok's inaugural Discover List of top content creators on the platform, [7] and was first runner-up for Best Local Comedy TikTok in Now 's annual Best of Toronto reader poll. [8]

In 2023, Crave announced production on Made for TV, a mockumentary series in which Martinez-Reid will play a version of himself trying out various television occupations as he tries to "find his genre" for a television series. [9] The series premiered July 12, 2024. [10]

He is out as gay. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Liz Calvario, "Boman Martinez-Reid on His TikTok Success and How to Diversify Your 'For You' Page". Entertainment Tonight , June 26, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Becca Longmire, "Canadian Boman Martinez-Reid Talks Huge TikTok Success And Why He Thinks People Loved To Watch His Videos During Quarantine". ET Canada , July 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Before the pandemic, I was about to graduate from Ryerson with no job prospects. Now, I’m signed to the same agency as Beyoncé". Toronto Life , July 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Katherine Singh, "TikTok’s Bomanizer Is Going to Be Your Lockdown Saviour". Fashion , November 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ Rebecca Alter, "Canada’s Drag Race Recap: Snatch and Release". Vulture , November 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ Mikelle Street, "Meet The Gag, Comedy Central's Go-To Spot For Your LGBTQ+ Comedy Needs". Out , February 11, 2021.
  7. ↑ J. Clara Chan, "TikTok Launches First “Discover List” to Highlight Top Creators". The Hollywood Reporter , October 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ Richard Trapunski, Kevin Ritchie and Radheyan Simonpillai, "Readers’ Choice 2021: Toronto’s best tech, apps and social media" Archived 2021-11-14 at the Wayback Machine . Now , November 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ Taimu Sikander Mirza, "Crave orders comedy Made for TV with Boman Martinez-Reid". Playback , August 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ Greg David, "Bomanizer ventures into television with new Crave original series Made For TV with Boman Martinez-Reid, streaming July 12". TV, eh?, May 29, 2024.
  11. ↑ Mikelle Street, "Bomanizer, One of the Funniest Men on TikTok, Is Just Getting Started". Out , April 23, 2021.
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