About six years ago, there was a name that had a lot of weight on social networks and in the media: MrBigBomb. Behind this pseudonym is Sergio Soler, a young man from Alicante who became famous on YouTube thanks to street pranks. What seemed like light content ended up turning him into the epicenter of a storm when one of his pranks got out of control, leading him to face an avalanche of criticism, lawsuits and the closure of his channel. Today, some time after this scandal, his life took a radical turn.
The trigger for his disgrace occurred in 2016when Sergio decided to record one of his usual pranks on the street. On this occasion, his target was a delivery man whom, apparently innocently, he decided to call “anchovy face”. What the influencer didn’t know was what his victim’s reaction would be.The delivery man, furious at the insult, slapped him, which was captured on video. The incident, far from going unnoticed, quickly went viral. Thousands of people shared the video and commented on what happened.
What happened after the incident?
Following this scandalous altercation, a legal procedure began that kept the former YouTuber at the center of the controversy for months. The delivery man decided to file a complaint, alleging that his image had been used without his consent and that the insult had damaged his honour. Although the Alicante court eventually closed the case, a fine of 30 euros for a minor offence of injuring a worker. But the damage was done and Sergio Soler was already being judged not only by the courts, but also by public opinion.
The impact on Soler’s life was devastating. The “anchovy face” mockery became synonymous with humiliation and the young man was forced to distance himself completely from social networks. He closed his Twitter account and sold his popular YouTube channelwhich had been his main source of income and his platform for creativity.
What was once a space to make his audience laugh became a hostile terrain, full of negative comments and threats. In later interviews, he said the situation had become untenable. Even when he went out on the street, he received insults and reproaches from strangers. “They insult me and call me a lifer.” Am I so bad for making this mistake?” he commented on the show ‘Public Mirror’.
A change of direction is essential
A temporary distance from the networks was his only way out. For a while, Sergio almost completely disappeared from the digital landscape, looking for a way to rebuild his life away from the stigma that followed him. However, over the years he has shown that, even if the mistakes of the past have marked him, he is willing to learn from them and start again.
Lately, this issue has been making headlines again, but this time for very different reasons. Far from the character of MrGranBomba, he decided to return to the networks, but with a completely different approach. Under his real name, he found a new platform on TikTok to connect with the public, reinventing himself as a content creator. Far from the controversies and the pranks that catapulted him to fame On YouTube, it is now presented in a more authentic way, with more personal and diverse content.
MrGranBomba’s new adventure on TikTok
One of the most striking aspects of his new stage is his physical transformation. Through Tik TokSergio shares with his more than 100,000 followers his dedication to Swedish gymnastics, a physical exercise discipline that has sculpted his muscles and allowed him to boast a completely renewed image. In several of his videos he appears shirtless.showing the fruits of their physical labor, which attracted the attention of a new audience.
Its content is not limited to exercise. Soler shares moments from his daily life, singing with friends, showing different styles of clothes or even appearing in videos with her grandmother. This closer and more familiar facet has allowed his audience to know him from a new perspective, moving away from the controversial image that accompanied him in the past. In addition, he has used his platform to promote his Instagram account and defend social causes, such as the rights of the LGTBIQ+ collective.
Despite his renewed presence on the networks, he continues to bear the consequences of his past. The sentence that forced him to pay 20,000 euros because the moral damage caused to the delivery man is a reminder of the price he had to pay for his mistake. Even though he respected the sentence and paid compensation, this experience left him with lessons which, as he himself acknowledged, made him mature. What does destiny have in store for you?
