# @thedaronjenkins on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJUyc4DJu0l
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30269134-thedaronjenkins-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/06f46f58ec.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-06T20:21:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daron Jenkins (@thedaronjenkins) — https://gondola.cc/thedaronjenkins

## Caption

Ok. This is the first time I am ever seeing this video of my first ever stand up on #showtimeattheapollo 

PAINFUL. lol.

Few people know that this even existed. No one knows why I did it.

I was just about to turn 25 and wanted to be an actor but  I had been scared of getting up in front of people to audition. 

So I decided to test myself. First I tried out to be a lead singer of a rnb band (I won't say which..)...it started great but i kinda froze in the middle and that was that.

I also tried theatre..with meh results.

When this opportunity came..I said screw it. I'll try and if I don't get picked, I'd give up trying to be in entertainment. 

I got it (insert shocked 😲 face here)

I'd never done stand up. But this wasn't about that. It was about testing myself in front of the most brutal audience ever.
 
As you can see that didn't end favorably..at least not for most people. For me, it was a huge win. I did it. I didn't finish but I was up there and I made it through ok.

Funny thing is, for weeks after it broadcast (which i never saw) people on the street would shake my hand and congratulate me on just having the nerve to try.

After that, I was auditioning like crazy and got some sweet acting roles.

Nike was right. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daron Jenkins | @thedaronjenkins | https://gondola.cc/thedaronjenkins | Content Producer |

## Tags

showtimeattheapollo

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