Sofía Vergara Fell Over When Chef Boy Bonez Popped His Eyes Out of His Head (VIDEO)
The rapper shocked the Judges with his Season 15 Audition in 2020.
Warning: if eyeballs make you squeamish, continue at your own risk.
America's Got Talent Judge Sofía Vergara wasn't having a minute of this Act. While Chef Boy Bonez presented himself as a battle rapper, his real talent is bulging his eyes in and out of their sockets, a trick that the actress did not appreciate. Not only did she give him an X, she went and sat in the audience just to get away. Find out how it all unfolded, below.
Chef Boy Bonez had Sofía Vergara "poppin' out"
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The rapper revealed in a Season 15 Audition episode from 2020 that he fell in love with hip-hop as a teenager. He declined to say when or how he realized he could do this one weird thing with his eyes. Taking the AGT stage, he went right up to the Judges to ask, "Hold up, is we poppin' right now?" and somehow ejected his eyeballs from their sockets.
Judge Simon Cowell looked absolutely gleeful, but Vergara ducked, unable to stomach the sight. She pressed her X button to remove Chef Boy Bonez from the competition and admonished fellow Judge Howie Mandel, "Push it!" Finally, it was all too much, and Vergara left the Judge table, tripping and falling into some audience members sitting in the front row. They were happy to catch her and let her sit with them for the rest of the performance.
Afterward, Vergara laughed but didn't change her mind. "I’ve never seen anything more horrible. You’re gonna hurt yourself. How was I the only one that gave him an X?" she asked.
"You're a baller! An eyeballer!" Mandel joked. Vergara's Modern Family co-star Eric Stonestreet was filling in for Judge Heidi Klum at the time and delivered the final "yes" that sent Chef Boy Bonez through to the next round, but Vergara doubted how much that Act would be able to offer the audience. "How is that gonna get better? What else is gonna pop out?" she speculated.
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Sofía Vergara is the queen of the overreaction
No matter what's happening on stage, cut to Vergara and you're guaranteed a camera-worthy moment.
At the 2025 Golden Globes, the actress lost her category to Jodie Foster, who already has five Globes to her name, while Vergara has five nominations but zero wins. In protest, she stood up and shouted, "no! No! Give me one!" eliciting laughs from the audience. Sofía, try bugging your eyes out next time?
