Today we’d like to introduce you to Gregory Harris.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Gregory. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I grew up in Hillwood a neighborhood just outside of Cloverland in Houston. I was raised by two loving parents, Patience and Gregory Harris, Sr., lived with three older sisters and spoiled by two grandmothers, a grandfather, and many aunts (also three nephews that came later on in the future). Brought up in the church, a couple of key values my family taught was “give to others”, “know when to walk away and turn the other cheek”, and “always treat others just like you want to be treated. A big problem I faced early in my life was the fact that I was bullied and picked on a lot. Most of the time, I felt like no one out of my childhood peers felt I existed. But what distracted me was looking into the world of acting. One hidden dream that many people don’t know about me is that I absolutely love acting. I knew that everyone in love life loves actors…and in a way, I always looked for peoples approvals so I wanted to be an actor really bad. But the peers that I were around mostly laughed at everything I did so shamefully, I put my dream on a shelf.
As I grew up, I reached into my athletic bag and picked up a football and played at Madison High School, and even with that my entertainment dreams wouldn’t fade as by my junior year, I decided to join the choir, even going and winning state in the solo competition. Before I move on, I can say that my father set a great example in my life. He showed me how to work hard, take care of your family, and always love and respect your partner. I have always been a hopeless romantic, but girls just never came my way. Even becoming a teenager, women saw me but my goofiness and strong humility just weren’t enough. I felt as if I had to be this hard somewhat thug to get their attention. After graduating high school, I attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, came home to attend Texas Southern University, but being that I wasn’t playing sports anymore and that I didn’t care about my look, weight gain, and attitude I couldn’t stay focus and fell into a depression. It seemed like everything just would be a spiral of me caring about what others thought and seeing people succeed others that me.
But one day, I had enough! I saw an ad for HCC Fire Academy orientation and ran towards it! I graduated from the academy in 2017 and just graduated from College of the Mainlands EMT school Summer of 2019. Through the process, I still seen my ups and downs, but my hopeless romantic prayers had been answered. I swiped right into my blessing the moment I met my fiance Megan Francisco on Tinder. We instantly and respectfully became friends due to her being in Physical Therapy school at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Tx. I knew after the first date at Beenos Cajun Restaurant that loving evening that I had met my wife and life partner. It had been two and a half years of driving to Galveston every weekend but the day had come. She graduated on August 21st, 2020! She finally became a Doctor in Physical Therapy, and moments later I asked her to marry me and be my wife. Instantly she said YES!
One thing about our relationship was that we wanted to the best version of ourselves for one another. I didn’t have to hide my true self around her. I told her my biggest dream of hopefully becoming an actor and instead of laughing or criticizing my dream, she told me “LET’S GET STARTED! I’M TRYING TO SEE YOU ON HBO ONE DAY”. So from there, we started many projects to promote our love and lessons that come with loving someone. We first started Muscle Millennial, an Instagram fitness page that shows our progress from where we were to the body goals we hope to achieve one (@musclemillennial). Next, we made a TikTok page to kind of get me more comfortable with showcasing myself and also show our goofy side. At first, I felt it was cliche because so many people are famous and haven’t gone big yet and also there are already so many talented people on there. But I had to get out that mindset and just make my own work. So far, we’ve had so three videos go viral and reach to many people (TikTok @gregomymego).
Last but not least was our couples podcast Get It Twogether where we discuss love, sex, and the trials and triumphs of life as a millennial couple navigating the world TWOGETHER (Instagram/Twitter @getittwogether and Web getittwogether.com). Through all of these new beginnings, I’ve picked up my love for acting again and hope to one day achieve greatness through that great avenue with my fiance/partner/coach Dr. Megan Francisco right beside me. No more insecurities, no more jealousy, I love my life through the exact vision I’ve always seen it through…me being that goofy, humble, corny, and friendly you black man that loves acting dramas and romantic comedies, looking at Jamie Foxx as a big inspiration, loving Houston Texans football, and being a loving family man that his parents can be proud of, nephews can look up to, and wife can love for an eternity.
Has it been a smooth road?
It hasn’t. As I’ve said before, I dealt with insecurities, weight gain, battling loving myself for who I am, and not sticking to my dreams in the first place. I shouldn’t have given up on my dreams of acting in the first place. I feel once I stopped playing football that I didn’t care about my weight anymore. And growing up as a child, I was the true definition of a nerd/geek. I had braces, glass, wore shoes that weren’t in style, flooded pants, and just didn’t too much care about being the cool kid in elementary and middle school. This caused me to be picked on, beat up, and bullied a lot growing up. I thought a lot “Why don’t I have friends?”, “Why can’t people just be nice to me for who I am?”, “Why do I feel I have to be mean and none transparent for women to like me?”. It often brought suicidal thoughts to me because I felt people other than my family actually cared.
But once I grew up, hit puberty, became more athletic, and played football, I felt I was on a better path to loving my journey. And yes, I struggled with those thoughts again later on in the future was I graduated high school but I came back to reality and moved forward with my life. My last biggest struggle was constantly failing EMT school after graduating from the fire academy. I almost gave up and ended up going back to my regular job. But I talked to Megan and pushed forward to go through it one last time, and doing it while also taking on a part-time work schedule. After battling and studying, I finally did it! I graduated from EMT school at College of the Mainlands in Texas City, TX.
Please tell us about Get It Twogether and Muscle Millennial.
Muscle Millennial – an Instagram page where me and my fiance post very in-depth workout videos and gradually show our progress. We also take a look into the physical therapy side of our workouts and show others how to rehabilitate. We are proud of the fact that we not only use this platform to workout and push each other for our ultimate goals in fitness, we love the fact that we can reach out to others and help guide them to their fitness goals as well. What sets us apart is that we show the real! We didn’t wait till we were all abed up and cut up for people to see our page. We want people to not be ashamed of that body you have and the goals you aim for. You see us for all-out curves, love handles, breathing hard, and struggles when we workout. We want to take everyone on a journey and show them the work we put in from regular to fit! (Instagram @musclemillennial)
Get It Twogether – A coming of age podcast where Greg and Meg discuss love, sex, and the trials and triumphs of life as they navigate the world together. They’re young, goofy as hell and have a lot of stories to tell. Join them as they let you in on raw and transparent conversations about relationships, family, health and wellness, financial freedom, and more! Listen in, each week, as they give you an ounce of laughter, a pound of love and a ton of reality! We are a millennial couple who met on Tinder, fell in love and decided to conquer life twogether. We’re passionate about spreading positivity, encouraging everybody, living our best life, tackling our fitness goals, and always keeping it 100% transparent and real while making our dreams become a reality! Most people talk about starting a podcast but never do. I’m just proud of us doing this and never giving up on this dream. Also, I love the fact that we’re able to be ourselves on theirs! That we keep it 100% real. What we share with you on there is exactly how we are in real life,
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
I see us opening many businesses, pushing many platforms that most black people only dream of. I see us hosting big awards sows together, maybe even having our own radio station. I see my fiance being a public figure for black women. she is thoroughly the most intelligent person I know and the fact that she keeps it real, 100, and she sticks to her roots just lets me know that young black women everywhere would look for her to provide great advise. I see myself being an award-winning actor. I love writing movies and hopefully can share my thoughts and dreams with the world one day. I don’t want to be a one-trick pony either, I want to be able to create and deliver on multiple genres one day. Drama, suspense, horror, comedy, romance, action, adventure, etc. You name it, I want to be in it. But one thing about us is we always talk about giving back to not only our respected communities but to give back to our people as well. I love Houston with all my heart. There’s not a moment I’ll ever not rep my city. From Law Elementary to Woodson, from Madison to TSU, Sunnyside to Pearland, and Johnson Chapel AME Church to Orange Grove MBC, I’ll give knowledge and constant love and support to young people that want to follow the same path I walked. But this country is in a blaze right now with racism and hurt. We definitely want to be at the front of the race when it comes to helping our fellow brothers and sisters fight the ongoing battle on racism. We believe love conquers all and we hope our love can be a stepping stone for people to love one another and treat people right.
Contact Info:
- Website: getittwogether.com
- Phone: (832) 589-4771
- Email: getittwogether@gmail.com / harrisgregory96@gmail.com
- Instagram: @getittwogether / @musclemillennial / @gregory.k_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetItTwogetherPodcast
- Twitter: @getittwogether
- Other: TikTok- @gregomymego
Image Credit:
Megan Francisco(Fiance), Camille Little (Friend), Jakeitha Mims (Professional Photography) Instagram: @hi.kephotography, Ascari Chahir (Friend)/also creator of the black shirt design/Instagram: @ellove8re8ions
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