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Growing up, Brett Neustrom always knew he’d end up in Hollywood. But that was a long way from his home in Des Moines, Iowa. “I really wanted to be that 18-year-old who's like, ‘I didn't go to college. I moved right to LA.’ But my parents were like, ‘No, you have to go to college,’” the social media star says. He’s Zooming me from his LA home, so you’d think his dreams came true — but there’s still something off.
“I have a stye right now,” the 27-year-old says, pointing to a lump near his eye. “But I still had to film four brand deals yesterday. I'm like, OK, nobody say anything about the huge sunglasses I’m wearing in this video.”
This stye may have completely derailed a younger Neustrom, but after several years in LA, he’s now learned how to deal with the city’s little punishments. “If I moved to LA at 18 like I wanted, I would've lasted three weeks and been like, ‘I'm so scared, I need to go home.’”
He made the big move at 22, intent on pursuing his acting dreams at long last. But life had another plan for how he’d find fame. Instead of getting cast to play parts on the big screen, Neustrom brought his characters to TikTok, garnering million...
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