MEET Isaiah, Zashia and Yarelis. Zashia is Isaiah’s mom and Yarelis is his girlfriend. The couple have been together for a year and a half and neither felt nervous about her meeting his mom. Isaiah said: “They clicked immediately. And they've been close ever since.” The mother and son describe their relationship as being like best friends and Zashia describes Yarelis as being like a daughter. Zashia has been creating content for years and it was only recently that the trio decided to film and post videos altogether. For the most part, the response to their content together and separately has been very positive but one video in particular garnered a lot of attention. Yarelis said: “The first time we [she and Zashia] wore matching outfits, it was just really crazy. It went viral. So many negative comments. We thought it was cute?!” Some comments accused Isaiah of having ‘mommy issues’ and that his mom was ‘his type’. Isaiah said: “If someone tells me I have mommy issues, I just think they dislike their mom.” Zashia added: “I don't understand why it has to go there because when a woman has a good father figure in her life and tries to find a man that is like her father because he was such a good father, a good man, that’s not weird - that's fine. But when a mother is a good mother, a good woman, a good provider… Shows love, shows care, shows compassion - then it's weird.” They have decided to use the attention to their advantage to create more fun, popular content together, ignore the haters and the ridiculous comments while continuing to be a strong, happy family.
00:12The first time we wore, like, matching outfits,
00:15it was just really crazy.
00:17It went viral.
00:18It went viral.
00:19So many negative comments.
00:21We thought it was cute.
00:22So you're basically your son's type.
00:24First I'd say I'd pick up your matching outfits.
00:28Good morning.
00:29Morning.
00:30Morning.
00:31I'm making eggs.
00:32Do you guys want?
00:33How would you guys describe your relationship?
00:36We are, like, best friends.
00:39You feel me?
00:40Yeah.
00:42My name is Isaiah, and I'm 20 years old.
00:45My name is Yarelis, and I'm Isaiah's mom.
00:48I'm so sick of you.
00:52I'm Sasha.
00:54I'm Isaiah's mom.
00:56Isaiah's girlfriend.
00:57There is a difference.
00:58I swear there's a difference, bro.
01:01When Yarelis first met my mom, it was quick.
01:05Like, they clicked immediately.
01:07And, yeah, they've been close ever since.
01:11Yarelis and I met in sixth grade.
01:13We went to school together.
01:15And we've been together for a year and a half.
01:17Oh, yeah.
01:18Are you sure you don't want anything?
01:20I need that.
01:21I'm kind of just going to take a bite.
01:22Are you a good boyfriend?
01:28I would say yes.
01:32My mom raised me right.
01:35How did you feel about meeting Sasha?
01:37Okay.
01:38Were you nervous?
01:39I was not nervous, though.
01:40Okay.
01:41I didn't think so.
01:42I'm not scary or nothing.
01:44No, I was just like...
01:45Do you see the similarities between you and your...
01:49The similarities between me and Yarelis have everything to do with our personality.
01:54Yeah, and I feel like how we were raised, too.
01:56It's really...
01:57100%.
01:58Same place.
01:59If you know a Latina from Miami, you know that we are loud and crazy and have a very, very strong personality.
02:08I know me and Yarelis already coordinated, clearly, because we want to do TikTok videos.
02:12As far as us dressing alike, clearly, it's intentional.
02:17We do social media.
02:19I'm going to drive our pages in the way that it's supposed to be driven.
02:24We get attention when we do that, so why not?
02:26Why not?
02:27Because why not?
02:28All right.
02:29So, I got these from, like, this gifting suite.
02:34I'll wear the blue one.
02:36You can wear the pink one.
02:37And then you have, like, this pink little clip.
02:39Okay.
02:40When we match, I don't feel like Isaiah cares at all.
02:45Yeah, no.
02:46I don't even think he notices.
02:48Like, I don't think he knows.
02:50I don't think he knows.
02:51You're probably right.
02:52He's like, oh, you guys look nice, huh?
02:56How would you describe me?
02:58Um, almost like my older sister.
03:01That's the vibe.
03:02Honestly.
03:03That's the vibe?
03:05How would you describe me?
03:07You know, it's like a daughter.
03:08You're a daughter to me, for sure.
03:10Aw.
03:11In a good way.
03:13Would you describe your styles as being similar, anyway?
03:16Yeah.
03:17Our styles are pretty similar.
03:18Yeah.
03:19And, like, the good thing that I love is that me and Zasha are the same size.
03:22So, I'll be in her closet.
03:23Listen.
03:24My Fashion Nova closet, she...
03:26I'm in there.
03:27In there.
03:28In there.
03:29She's like, oh, this is...
03:30Oh, okay.
03:31This is so cute.
03:32The first time we wore, like, matching outfits, it was just really crazy.
03:36It went viral.
03:37It went viral.
03:38It went viral.
03:39So many negative comments.
03:40We thought it was cute.
03:41We thought it was cute.
03:43People did not think that.
03:44Yeah, no.
03:45It was not okay.
03:46Uh oh.
03:47Uh oh.
03:48What are you guys doing today?
03:49So, what we're doing today, we thought it would be fun to do another TikTok video together
03:54in a matching outfit to see what we can get.
03:57Yeah.
03:58What controversial comments can we get today?
04:03When did you guys decide to start creating content together?
04:07I started posting online, um, 2012.
04:12I've been doing this for a very, very long time.
04:14We first did a video together, like, two months ago.
04:17Look.
04:18Look.
04:19It's cute.
04:20Today we're asking my son and his girlfriend old school terms to see if they know what it
04:33is.
04:34Okay.
04:35Burn a CD.
04:36Okay.
04:37Yo, she lost it.
04:38She was like, uh uh, no, absolutely not.
04:40Burn a CD.
04:41Burn a CD.
04:42Like, lose all evidence?
04:44Lose all evidence is crazy.
04:47Floppy disc.
04:48A game.
04:49Floppy disc.
04:50A game.
04:51Floppy disc.
04:52A game.
04:53Floppy disc.
04:54Oh, you said you want the, the, the, no, and it has two circles?
04:58I don't know.
04:59Alright, it was not that bad.
05:01Oh.
05:02Beep.
05:03First of all, first off, do we like how we look?
05:06Is this good?
05:07No, yeah.
05:08Yeah.
05:09Is it giving too matchy-matchy?
05:10The response has been really good to our content.
05:13I feel like most of the content.
05:16Yeah.
05:17Yeah.
05:18It depends on what it is.
05:19We've gotten a lot of negativity out of like for our relationship from the public.
05:24I feel like as far as my and my son's relationship, we get a lot of negativity because they think
05:30we're too close.
05:31So some of the crazy comments that people leave.
05:34What in the Sigmund Freud?
05:36This dude definitely has weird mommy issues.
05:39So you're basically your son's type.
05:41I don't understand why it has to go there because when a woman or when a young lady has
05:48a good father figure in her life goes and tries to find a man that is like her father
05:55because he was such a good father, a good man.
05:58That's not weird.
05:59That's fine.
06:00But when a mother is a good mother, a good woman, a good provider shows love, shows care,
06:09shows compassion for her son to find someone with those characteristics.
06:14It's very common for like the parents not to like the son-in-law or the daughter-in-law,
06:21you know?
06:22They push the parents, push the kids away when we can just all be one big family because
06:27that's how that works.
06:28If someone tells me I have mommy issues, I just think they dislike their mom.
06:33Honestly, I just try not to let the comments get to me because I know my relationship with
06:39my mom and my girlfriend.
06:41For every negative comment, there's like 10 positives.
06:44So thank you guys.
06:46And this is my wife, Taylor.
06:51We've been together a couple of years now and she is a big part of this family.
06:57Huge.
06:58I think Zasha and Isaiah, their relationship, they're very close.
07:02They're like best friends for real.
07:03It's beautiful to see.
07:04If I had to describe my family, I'd just say that we're cool, fun, funny, amazing.
07:10I feel like it's a safe space.
07:12We are open.
07:13We're able to talk about everything.
07:15Yeah.
07:16We're really close.
07:17Everyone says that me and Yerenice look alike.
07:19What do you think?
07:20No.
07:21It's annoying actually.
07:22We get a lot of hate comments, but to see them getting hate comments, it eats me alive.
07:31It really upset Taylor to a different level.
07:35There's a comment that came up and it made us laugh.
07:39It was the looks like incest type of, and I'm just like, y'all are, y'all really reaching.
07:46Y'all are dumb.
07:47So it's, yeah, it's funny.
07:50I feel like the only thing you really can do is laugh at all.
07:53As for the future of this family, especially with Yerenice and my son, I try my best to guide them in the way where it can be something that lasts forever.
08:04You know?
08:05I just hope that in the future that we continue to do what we are doing and let nothing or no one change us.
