But I Am Latin, So I Get To Feel Whatever I Want

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But I Am Latin, So I Get To Feel Whatever I Want refers to a memorable quote said by Modern Family character Gloria Ramirez Pritchett in response to her husband for dreaming about another woman in his sleep. Online, a still image of the character paired with the caption has circulated on Twitter and Facebook, often used when a Latin American or Latino person overreacts to an online argument or news that they disagree with.

Origin

On February 5th, 2014, episode 14 of season five of Modern Family, titled "iSpy," premiered.^[1] In one scene, the character Gloria Ramirez Pritchett is angry at Jay Pritchett, her husband, after he had a dream about another woman one night. At one point, she looks at the camera and agrees that her reaction was a bit exaggerated and says "but I am Latin, so I get to feel whatever I want." A clip of the scene was posted on YouTube^[2] by @EntertainmentAndYou on December 12th, 2022, garnering 27,000 views and 1,400 likes in seven months (seen below).

Spread

A few days after the episode aired on TV, Facebook^[2] user @hugonarcis posted the still image of the scene paired with the caption on February 17th, 2014. The post (seen below) received seven likes in nine years.

The image macro was used as a reaction image on Twitter^[3] on August 14th, 2020, when user @livbrandao connected the quote with a Brazilian who broke some art pieces at a NY gallery to defend her restaurant staff. The post (seen below) garnered 1,506 likes and 176 retweets in three years.

The scene also became a lip dub trend on TikTok. For example, on February 25th, 2022, TikTok^[4] user @cinematvfreak posted a clip of the scene (seen below, left) garnering 10 million plays and 1.8 million likes in a year. The video was used as the basis for a lip dub video uploaded on March 1st, 2022, by TikToker^[5] @kattreyasmith. The post (seen below, right) received 15,900 plays and 1,800 likes in a year.