(whimsical music)
- Hi.
I am-- - Hold on, hold on.
Sorry, gum, gum.
Sorry. (chuckles) - No, that's fine.
Hi, I'm Phil.
- I'm Michael and I'm gay.
- That's awesome.
- Thank you.
So, we have a podcast coming out about being gay
and what that means
or no, we have a podcast-- - It's about sexuality.
- Oh, how about this?
I'll ask you, what is the podcast about?
- It's about sexuality.
(Michael chuckles)
And it's out now.
So, go listen to it.
- Oh God, my hands
are shaking. - That's the intro.
- When did everybody know that they were gay?
- Literally my birth.
Literally, I had a boyfriend in like kindergarten.
I promise you.
- Oh my God, really? - Yes.
(upbeat music)
- [Phil] We brought together seven gay men.
- I'm gay.
- I'm gay,
- I'm gay.
- I am gay.
- [Phil] One is a liar.
If the group discovers who the liar is,
they'll split a cash prize.
If the liar survives, he or she wins the entire prize.
- When did everybody come out?
I came out when I was 18.
- 17.
My mom actually asked me when I tried to tell her
she basically took the reigns and she's like, are you gay?
I'm like eh.
- I was a little bit later.
So I kind of hid it for a long time.
I was like 23.
- It was like an anxiety round
'cause it's so short you can't really say anything.
So I was like, let me say something.
So then I'm not the one that doesn't say anything
before the round is over.
I came out to my sisters when I was 17
and then I came out to my mom when I was 21
'cause she found a cock ring in my room.
(all laugh)
She was like, "What is this?"
(bell rings)
And I was like...
(timer clicks)
- I guess I just based it off of appearances.
He maybe doesn't fit the gay stereotype.
- I just voted 'cause I was like,
let me just get someone out.
As long as it's not me.
(buzzer buzzes)
- You bitches. (chuckles)
It's not me.
Sometimes people tell me
I don't like necessarily look gay
or quote unquote what people might assume looks gay.
- Just like the long hair and
maybe the clothes just like very, I wanna say bland.
No judgment. (laughs)
(Rico slaps knee)
- Okay, I have a question. - I'm here.
- Okay, let's do a....
Okay, let's do a hypothetical real quick.
If we were all on a baseball team,
would you consider yourself a pitcher or a catcher?
I'm a catcher.
- Pitcher.
- Okay.
- I pitch and catch.
- [Keinin] Okay.
- I'll do both.
- [Keinin] Okay.
- Pitch and catch, I wanna say, yeah.
- I'm more of a catcher.
- Okay.
- I feel like the most obvious question is
like when did everybody know that they were gay?
At what age?
- The birth.
Literally my birth,
Literally I had a boyfriend
in like kindergarten,
I promise you. - Oh my god.
- Really? - Yes!
Literally his name was Christopher
and we kissed on the slide
in like kindergarten and I was like, I'm gay.
- Mine was really suppressed during high school.
If no one knows, I'm trans.
So, I have two coming out stories.
So, that's very difficult to come out
to your parents multiple times.
Well, yeah, technically I had to come out three times.
One, I thought I was a lesbian
'cause I was born a woman.
So, I thought okay, that's a thing.
And then after that I was like, no, I'm trans.
So, I had to come out again after that
and then I was like, yeah, I'm gay.
- Too many times.
I mean, he had three times where he came out, which I get.
You can come in, you can go out, you can come in,
you can go out.
But I'm just like, I don't know, that's way too many times.
And for me, it was just so repressed
'cause my dad was super homophobic
and you know, which happens a lot
in the black community. - Yes, yes.
- So it was one
of those things-- - Yes.
- Where-- - Yes.
- Super heavily protected and guarded.
And then it just kind of came to a point in my life
where like I realized like this is my life.
I need to, you know, do something for myself
and not live in that fear.
So, of course, I ran away to San Francisco
and that kind of helped me like accept it more so...
- That's really nice.
Thank you for sharing that.
- [Maurtel] Yeah, thank you.
- I was just gonna ask
who here was bullied in high school for being gay?
- Well, I suppressed mine, so...
- Yeah, no one knew
about me either. - Yeah, I was dodging
that bullet, I'm not gonna lie.
- I was getting bullied since middle school.
I mean, I wasn't saying like I was gay,
but they're like you sound like a girl, you're gay.
And I would be like...
- I had like, rumors go around
about me when I was like denying it.
So I was like super pissed and now like I don't care.
- Has anyone had sex with a girl?
- I'm allergic.
- I was very drunk.
- I'm allergic.
- I was very drunk.
I was very drunk, pulled out after 15 seconds.
To her face, I was like, this is actually disgusting.
I went back in the house.
(bell dings)
I'm sorry.
(upbeat music)
- He felt a little quiet and reserved
and I just didn't pick up on a lot of gayness from it.
- Rico wasn't mentioning a lot.
Like he would put in his two cents
but I feel like it was surface level.
- I saw the on the run tour jacket that he was wearing
and I thought maybe he was kind of using that
to kind of like trick us all
into thinking he was like a Beyonce fan.
So I was just like, let me get him out.
(buzzer buzzes)
- (sighs) Good luck, guys.
It wasn't me.
- Okay.
So what's everybody's favorite part about our community?
- People are very...
They're more accepting. - Yeah.
- Yeah, and it's super open.
It's nice to have a community of people
they've been through the same thing you've been through.
So, they get it.
- That's what I was gonna say. - Exactly.
- I love how we're like basically just one
but like we have the same story
but it's like different, you know?
- Exactly.
- And the fashion sense.
(all laugh)
- Most definitely.
- So, let's talk about relationships, right?
Who is in a relationship?
- Not I.
- I don't know what that is.
- So exes.
When was your last ex?
- Mine was about two or three years ago
and I broke up with him because he was still in the closet
and I'm like just out there.
- I don't have time for that.
- Like I'll make out to a public.
I wanna hold your hand. - Yeah.
- And the good thing
about it though is like I helped him come out.
So like when he told me about that, I started to cry.
I was in my car,
I was like... - Oh, dude.
- (sobs) Shit.
- I don't really have an ex.
- Never ever been in situationships.
- I mean, like I've been like talking to people
but it was in high school when I was like straight.
- Oh okay.
I was just really suspicious
because every time people started mentioning
like just relationships or just interacting with other men
he really couldn't go that much in depth.
- Who does everybody listen to?
- I'm more of a R and B guy.
So-- - I feel that.
- I'm not as poppy.
- Megan Thee Stallion.
You we're right here.
Look, we're right here, Megan.
- Wait, Nikki or Cardi?
- I feel like she had that one album.
That was it.
I feel like it's...
- Who, Nikki?
- No, Cardi.
Like Invasion.
No, no, no, no.
- Who are you talking about?
(bell rings)
(funky music)
- He wasn't giving me enough.
A part of me was thinking
well he might just be just a well dressed person.
(buzzer buzzes)
- Well, as Bella Thorne once said T-T-Y-L-X-O-X.
(all chuckle)
- And then there were four.
- The final four.
- [Phil] Raise your hand
if you think the mole is still in the square.
Sorry.
Wait, lemme rephrase that.
If you feel that you've eliminated the mole
and you want to stop playing now, raise your hand.
- Oh, just me.
- [Phil] All right, so you guys wanna keep going?
- Yeah.
- Might as well.
- One more round.
- [Phil] Alrighty.
- I see a tattoo of a lady on your arm.
- Yes.
- What inspired her?
- I've dealt with depression
and self-harm and stuff like that.
So, when I'm dealing with that stuff, this is how I feel.
I feel like I just have myself.
So, that's why she's like hugging.
- Gotcha. - Because...
Yeah.
- Why not get a man? (chuckles)
I feel like you like women
if you have a tattoo of a woman.
What did y'all do throughout high school?
- Oh, good one. - Like sports.
- I did performing arts. - I was gonna say,
who's the theater kid?
- I don't know how people didn't know, right?
Because I did musical theater, I did choir,
I did dance, I did a little bit of football.
Like a little bit. - For a hot minute?
- I know.
Yeah, just for a hot minute.
I always attempted every year
to like play football. - But it doesn't work out.
- And then it always stopped when it came time
to actually play football.
(men chuckle)
So I kind of still don't even really know
how to play football.
- I'm right there with you.
- But I train with them.
- What's your guys' like type?
Like when it comes to like a guy.
- Similar looking build and appearance,
but personality-wise I really prefer
like a more feminine personality.
- Okay.
- Balance me out.
- They have to be confident.
So, I do kind of like on the taller side of things.
I've been surprised though.
- What about you?
- I don't have a type,
you guys. - Okay.
- I really don't. - What?
- I don't, I'm just like
if you can vibe with me,
if you can listen to the same music I listen to,
we can like do some activities, go hiking, go...
- Some compatible activities. - On a walk.
You know, it's all good.
No matter what you look like
and no matter who you are, come to me.
Just come.
Just come to me.
(bell dings)
- The baby's kicking.
I'm nervous.
(buzzer buzzes)
- Y'all fake.
Y'all fake as heck.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
- [Phil] Raise your hand if you have any doubt
and you would like to continue the game.
- Okay, good.
- I really didn't wanna have that last round.
I kind of figured we were all gay,
but being selfish I just wanted it to be two of us.
- Okay.
So, let's go back to that guy that you dated.
- Okay. - Who was in the closet.
So, where is he now?
Did you guys get back together after he came out?
- No, because when I,,,
I also fell outta love with him.
So I was like, I can't, I can't.
I tried to get back with him
and I was with him for a while
and I was like, why the fuck am I doing this?
Like, I'm sorry, I don't like you anymore.
- Okay.
Okay.
Once we started that round and I think I went
and gave him a question like right away and he answered it
and I didn't feel he was lying.
So, I was like, oh crap.
That's the only question I had for him.
- I feel like we're all gay.
- (laughs) I know.
- Why do we do this?
- I'm gay as fuck.
- Right.
- I'm gay as fuck.
- No, right. - Gay as fuck.
(clock ticks)
I'm just gonna dance and shit.
(men laugh)
(bell rings)
(clock ticks)
- [Phil] Okay guys, you all voted for a different person.
- Oh, fuck.
I knew they were gonna say that.
- Each one of you guys gets 20 seconds
on why you shouldn't be voted out.
- Okay. I'm gay as fuck.
I'll be sucking dick.
Can a straight person do this?
- Oh!
(all clap)
(all laugh)
- Tens across the board.
- Dang, no. (laughs)
- Okay.
I'm gay (laughs) because I mean it took a while to come
to grips with it but you know,
after coming to grips to it
and just kind of seeing
and kind of showing that we come in different colors
and different styles and different, you know, everything.
So, there's no one right way to be gay.
Just like there's no right way to be straight, you know?
Especially we're in such a time where, you know,
it's good to have representation
of just the whole spectrum of everyone.
Just to show we're all connected, we're all together.
You know, there's someone watching who you know
is in the same situation that I was in
and it's nice to be able to see that
and be able to be like, okay
so there is a way you can still be yourself
and still not feel secluded.
- I am gay.
Literally and what straight man do you
know (claps) could be his face like this.
Literally, I'm saying get into it.
This soft glam.
I'm just saying
like I'm 100% me.
I'm authentic.
Like I'm gay.
I love men.
I've always loved men.
I don't know what else y'all want
from me at this point.
(buzzer buzzes)
- I knew it.
- I'm sorry, Adrian.
- Maurtel, if you did me wrong.
- I did not do you wrong.
I don't think you did me wrong
but I for sure didn't do you wrong.
- Okay.
- So, it's 125 each. (chuckles)
- [Phil] If the lights turn green, you voted the liar out.
If the lights turn red, the liar's still in the box
and you lose.
- I'm good.
We're confident.
Yeah.
Yeah!
- Look at us.
Look at us.
- All right.
- [Phil] Will the mole please step forward?
- Oh see.
- There it is.
- I mean...
- What gave me away?
- You came out too many times.
I was like, one of those times is you went back in there.
(men laugh)
- Yeah, yeah.
- You were talkin' for too much.
I was like...
I'm like mm-hmm, too much.
- That was good.
(money clinks)
Alright.
- If you ain't talkin' money, I don't want to talk.
- Well, it was risky comin' out
to the group here as transgender
'cause a lot of people invalidate just trans people
in general in the first place.
A lot of people still classify me as a lesbian
and oftentimes I do get it within the gay community.
- I actually had a very strong feeling
about Marcus from the get-go.
- I believed him like 100%.
My gaydar and straightdar are very horrible.
They're horrible.
- I think it was important to do this
to kind of show people that
there's, you know, a spectrum of human beings
and even if you identify with one group,
that's not all who you are.
(money crinkling)
- It's a done deal.
We did it.
Me and Maurtel.
Now, we have to clean it all up, right?
- (sighs) Shit.
Thank you for watching.