- (Thomas) ...feel really amazing. - You can see how she glows
after this whole thing. - Falling in love with yourself
is such a great feeling.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So, for today's episode, we asked the FBE SuperFam
to choose what you would be reacting to.
- Oh, gosh. - (FBE) And they decided to cover
the popular Netflix series, "Queer Eye."
- Oh my gosh. I love "Queer Eye."
- I love the SuperFam so much. "Queer Eye" is my jam.
- I've never watched it, but I've heard of it,
and I've heard great things.
- (FBE) We're gonna start off the episode by showing you
some of the most emotional and talked-about parts
of the most recent season. - Yes. I'm so excited.
- No! I'm gonna cry. Oh my god. Okay.
All right. Actually, I'm ready.
- (Thomas) I'm not very sociable. I find it just kind of hard
to go out... ...find it just kind of hard
to go out and... - Okay. Hey, me too, buddy.
- (Thomas) "Hey, how's it going?" - It's always really cool too
just to see how they are in the beginning and then how much
they change after "Queer Eye." - (Krissy) I'm throwing him a party,
and I'm really, really hoping he gets the opportunity
to just open up and have a good time. - Oh, this episode...
[bleep] me up.
- Oh my gosh. - (both gasps)
- Yay! - I would die if that happened to me.
- (Tan) It's your birthday! - I feel like they'd be fun
to hang out with. - (Antoni) All right, Thomas.
I wanna teach you how to prepare a full-on meal
from scratch. - God, I need this too.
- (Antoni) ...bringing up your little friend...
- He's so nervous. - (Antoni) ...the brussel sprout.
- Honey, you can make me brussel sprouts.
- Antoni. - Wow.
- What a man. - (Antoni) Other than tater tots
and veggie patties, Thomas has never really
prepared a meal for himself. - See? Some people just don't know.
They don't know how to cook. - (Antoni) Here, try one.
So, you just go down with one. Perfect.
- I just love these segments, 'cause I'm like...
I'm not a chef at all, but I learn so much
from watching these. - (Antoni) Thomas is at an age
where I think he's open to these new experiences.
And part of that is tasting brussel sprouts that don't taste like farts.
- (chuckles) That's so true. Some brussel sprouts are just nasty.
- (Antoni) Part of that is tasting brussel sprouts that don't
taste like farts. - (laughs) I love them.
They're all so funny. - (Karamo) We talked about
how you've building the wall up.
- Oh, we're gonna go deep now. - (Karamo) ...pieces of your life
that have built up that wall. - Girl, I have a big-ass wall too,
but that doesn't mean I can see through it.
- (Karamo) Now, what does this represent?
- (Thomas) It's definitely kind of like
feeling empty. - Awww.
- He always brings out the emotions in everybody,
which is really cool. - Aww, his mom.
- (Thomas) Staying at home, playing games, I'm missing out a lot
on just kind of life. - Awww.
- (Karamo) Are you ready to tear down this wall?
- (softly) Yes! Tear it down. - Tear it down.
- Yay. (claps)
- Yes, Thomas!
- Aww. - (Krissy) ...how dapper you look,
Thomas. - (Thomas) Thank you.
- (Krissy) Wow.
- That's fancy! - (Thomas) I feel really amazing.
- Oh my god. He looks so good. - (Thomas) I feel really amazing.
- You can see how she glows after this whole thing.
- (Thomas) I've had this experience with the Fab Five.
It's definitely... - This was a great episode.
- (Thomas) ...10-year-old Thomas in me. - I'm like in bed by myself.
I'm like, "Woo! You did it, buddy!" - I've sat through some
of these episodes, and I'm like,
"Gosh damn. I didn't realize that that was something
that other people go through. I thought that was just
a me problem." - From an outside perspective,
we'd be like, "Oh, that's so cheesy." But it's not!
These people need to hear that, and that's just so nice to see.
- (Karamo) Hello, Rob. - (Rob) Oh, hey!
Come on in. - (Karamo) Can we come in?
- (Rob) Absolutely. Nice to meet you. - Aww, he's a dad.
- (both) Aww, Tan! - His hair is perfect!
- (Rob) ...take Allison's space is how I felt.
And I know that was silly. And I know if she was around,
she'd be like, "Dumbass, put your stuff in there."
- Aww, did his wife pass away? - (Tan) ...all over this house.
I can't imagine... - Tan is also great.
- (Tan) ...thinking I wanna get rid of my partner's space,
but it is something that he does need to do.
- Ah, I'm gonna cry. - (Rob) There we go.
- Yes, slay. - (Rob) Love the shirt.
- So precious. - (Rob) I felt a little nervous
putting them on, but I love the look.
- He's so cute. Oh my god.
- (Tan) And I wanna show you, if you wanted to...
- I love the positivity of this. - (Tan) ...from your closet...
- And French tuck it. (laughs)
- (Tan) You can take a jacket from your closet...
- Oh, the French tuck! (laughs) - He looks so happy.
Gotta get the French tuck. - Cute. Look, he's smiling.
- His level of confidence now. - (Tan) ...feel as stuffy.
- Look how happy he looks and excited about himself.
That's how you should be every day. Do stuff for yourself. It's amazing.
- (Tan) Are you ready? - (Rob) I can't wait.
- (Rob laughs) Wow. Wow!
- Oh my gosh! They redid his house? Ah!
- (Rob) Wow!
- This is one of my favorite parts, when I get to see their new home.
- (Rob) Holy schnikeys. - I need them to come do that
to my room right now, honestly. - (Bobby) When we were packing up...
- I love Bobby, too. - I love all of them.
- (Bobby) I told you I wanted to make sure I made
a very special place for you to keep your memories.
- Okay, so what did you do? Surprise us. Come on.
- (Bobby) And all the cards said, you know...
- (Bobby and Rob) "Be nice to your brother."
- Aww. - (Bobby) So what I did was...
- (Rob) Oh my goodness. - (Bobby) ...I had it made
in her handwriting. - Oh, wait, wait. (laughs)
- (Bobby) ...I had it made in her handwriting.
- That's so sweet! I love that!
- (Rob) Oh, that's beautiful. - I'm not gonna cry.
I'm not gonna cry. - I'm gonna cry. That's so sweet.
- (Rob) That is amazing. - Bobby puts in the most work
and doesn't get enough recognition! - (Rob) I'd like to thank everybody
for showing up here, and I want you guys to know,
you're all so much a part of this. Everything you guys did
through Allison's treatment and helping me out afterwards,
well, I was kind of going through all the emotions and...
- (whispers) Stop. - That's so sweet.
- (Bobby) And I want you guys to keep being around after.
- This is so adorable! Oh my gosh!
- Aww, Jonathan! (giggles) Oh my god!
- They take each person's situation, everything that they've gone through,
and they're like, what's the best you that you can be?
Not the best-- "Oh, we can model you into this."
- Someone could just make somebody up, but you have to touch the inside.
You have to touch the outside and the surroundings of that person
to kind of be able to change their life.
- And they do it every single episode.
- (Karamo) This is my friend Jess. - (Jess) Hi!
- Hell yes. This is my girl.
- (Karamo) So, what does it mean to be black?
- (woman) To be unique. - (Karamo) Ooh!
- (woman) To love yourself. To love your natural black melanin.
Yes. - Yes!
- (Jess) Seeing these really beautiful women dancing
and just being themselves... - This is my favorite episode.
- (Jess) I feel bad for... - I loved this episode.
- (Jess) ...for not embracing that, 'cause that'd be cool.
- It's just so nice to make people who are so down about themselves
feel uplifted about who they are. It's so beautiful.
- (Jess) When you think about it, black people have been through
slavery and constant oppression, even today.
And they still find a way to survive and stand tall.
- (Karamo) But you are those things. - He's so sweet.
- (Karamo) But you are those things. Why don't you see that yet?
- Oh my god. This is so beautiful.
- (Karamo) Anything you do is your identity.
- I want a motivational talk from Karamo.
- (Karamo) ...a strong black lesbian woman.
- Yes! - (Jonathan) Can we take
your hair down and look at it? - (Jess) Yes.
- (Jonathan) Okay. - I love JVN.
- (Jess) Used to have really thick... - Makeover time. I love these.
- (Jess) ...in middle school, my grandmother permed it.
And then people stopped bullying me for my hair and started bullying me
for being gay. - (sighs)
- (Jess) ...at least they were laying off my hair.
- People are so mean. They'll find anything
to bully you about. - (Jonathan) Let me see you.
- (Jess) Oh my goodness. - Wow! Cute.
- (Jonathan) A whole new you. Look how fem she is.
- Oh my god. There's no better confidence booster
than looking at a new you in a mirror. - (Jess) I can't even...
- So cute! - (Jess) ...imagined my hair
doing anything like this. - Falling in love with yourself
is such a great feeling. - (man) Aww, that's all her friends.
- Ahh! I love the afterwards, when they're just watching all these.
- (Jess) Hi! - (people squealing)
- Perfect attire. - Oh my gosh, with the hat.
She looks so good! - Oh my gosh.
Just look how much she carries herself.
From the first scene you showed me, she's just hunched over and sad,
and now she's standing tall and embracing herself.
- (Jess) This week has been the best week of my life.
- Dude, a lot of reality TV is very, very fake.
But you can see such a transformation just in their eyes.
- (Jess) I feel like the strong, beautiful, black...
- She just already looks more confident.
- (Jess) Now that I'm confident in who I am,
I'm not afraid of tears or emotions.
- Good for you, honey. You look great.
- (Jess) I went from being this lost teenager
who lost her whole family and didn't know where to go
to being a fierce queen. - Go off!
- (all) Yes! - (Karamo) Yes!
- (sighs) I think this episode touched me the most,
because there were bits and pieces of her
that I saw in myself. And there were a lot of parts
of her story that I could relate to. And that's one thing I love
about this show is that I can relate to almost everybody
they end up making over in some way, shape, or form.
- I love that! I didn't realize that it was
so much positive affirmation. I thought it was more
just a makeover show, you know, they're redoing the house
and adding new clothes. - It's not the superficial like,
"Oh, we're just gonna change your look
so you can be pretty and stuff for these people."
It's like, "No, we want you to feel as great on the inside
as you wanna look on the outside." I wanna just shoot hearts everywhere.
I'm just like, "I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it."
- (FBE) So, the "Queer Eye" team is made up of the Fabulous Five,
Jonathan, Antoni, Tan, Bobby, and Karamo.
And they all work on different areas with every person they make over
to help them grow in the different areas of their life.
So, here they are. - Okay.
God, I'm convinced that nobody dubbed them the Fab Five.
You just look at them, and you're like, "Yeah,
that's the Fab Five." There's no other name
I could possibly think of. - Fashion, grooming... (chuckles)
Interior design, culture, food. That's awesome. What a team.
- I have a crush on JVN and Antoni for sure.
- They're so cute. And Tan is so sweet.
- I feel like I would love to be either the fashion
or interior design, because I love going into a space
and Mary popping into that bitch. - Karamo is amazing,
'cause he's so smart. Antoni's so cute and adorable.
Tan is so just mature and fashionable and stylish.
Jonathan is just this piece of sunshine.
We don't see Bobby as much, because he's working so hard,
but he's doing SO much. And I really like Bobby.
- In almost every episode, at least one of them
is able to relate to the person that they're helping out.
A lot of them end up having similarities in,
you know, things that they've been through.
They represent different facets of the LGBTQ community,
and they show that being gay isn't a stereotype.
- (FBE) So, "Queer Eye" is one of the most popular shows right now
with over 100 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes
for their latest seasons. - Damn! Good. I'm like, "Yay."
I love it. Everyone else loves it. - It's kind of one of those shows
that everybody can get into, so I'm not surprised by that score.
- How can you not love it? It has something for everyone,
and it's so heartwarming and beautiful.
- This is honestly just one of the best shows I've seen recently.
- (FBE) So, from what you know and what you saw today,
why do you think that people like this show so much?
- Oh! I mean, not only does it cover every single area
of, like, "Oh, you like interior design?
You like food? You like fashion?"
It's got all of that, but it's also just so heartwarming
and so positive. - All around, just super relatable
and super inspirational. And I think it's a positive light
in such a negative time. - Every episode is so unique,
because it's not like you have the same case with anybody.
Everybody goes through different things,
which makes it super relatable. - There still is oppression
towards black people, gay people. It doesn't really matter what you are.
Everyone's going through something. So, a show like this is great
to turn on and either learn something from,
laugh at, forget about all of those negative situations
you're going through, and be sort of entertained
by a group of great people, who wanna see the world
become a better place. - It's such a good feeling
to just watch someone succeed and flourish even though
they've been through negative things or maybe they don't feel confident
or whatever has stopped them from being happy in the past.
I just love that they can go in and push through all of that
and help them rediscover why life is worth living.
- (FBE) So, this show actually originated in 2003 on Bravo.
- Wow. What?! Oh my gosh. - (FBE) And it was titled
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," where the premise was for five gay men
to make over the life of a straight man.
- Oh, okay. - I didn't really like the original
just 'cause it was kind of like... ehh...
- (FBE) So, after it aired, it quickly became a hit,
creating spin-offs and international versions
of the show. - Oh, yay.
- (FBE) And in the original, Fab Five ONLY made over straight men,
many of which lived in conservative areas,
some of which claim to have never met a gay man before.
- Mm. - Yeah, I think that was
what the whole pull of the show was is that a lot of times
the Fab Five back then weren't accepted.
- In the beginning, the show was so much more
about the fact that all five of them are gay.
And as the seasons have gone through, it's so much less
about that part of it and so much more
about connecting with people. - The biggest way that change
is going to be made is if people talk about their different views
and people see why somebody feels this way about certain things.
- Just to be able to touch these other demographics
that maybe have never even seen gay people on TV or in person,
it gives them a face to sort of connect with
and just taking away the homophobia and hopefully just pushing forward
towards a more positive view. - (FBE) So, something that's changed
from the original show to the newer version
is now that they make over any person: men, women,
duos, people in transition, and more.
So, do you think that we've come a long way since
the original "Queer Eye" to where the show is now?
And how much further do you think we still have to go?
- Well, I mean, I think it's interesting how it kind of
reflects the journey of accepting homosexuality in America.
It's cool to kind of see that it's almost the new normal.
It's not even a thing where we need to be like,
"This is the message." It's just like, "This is reality."
- At that time, it was a way of getting the show on air
and sort of poking fun at the LGBT community,
because at that point in time, it wasn't cool to be gay.
It just wasn't. So, in order for us
to have visibility, we had to sort of make fun
of ourselves and go into the categorized section of
what is a gay man's purpose? Helping the straight man
get a woman. As long as we're promoting the health
and betterment of each individual type of person there is,
I feel like let's keep changing. - We've definitely reached a peak.
I don't know if it's THE peak. They look at it in the sense of,
"Okay, well it doesn't matter your gender or your orientation,
any of those things. It's just you're a person
that wants to make a change, and we can help you with that."
- Honestly, there's always gonna be a lot more to conquer.
You're not gonna be able to win over everybody.
So, I think there is always we can do more and show everyone
love and kindness and how far that goes.
- Just seeing how well received this new version of it is,
to me, says a lot. I mean, of course there's
a very long way to go in this country and worldwide,
but there definitely is progress being made,
and I have hope for the future.
- Thanks for watching this episode of College Kids React.
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