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- Hey everyone, welcome to In Studio.
We have a very special episode for you today
because we have the Fab Five
from Netflix's Queer Eye in the house.
So excited, how's it going guys?
- Great.
- Thank you for having us. - Yeah, yeah.
Okay, so I hear congratulations are in order
because somebody from this group got engaged.
- Ah, that's me!
(clapping)
I did, I got engaged.
- I can't believe you proposed to me, that's so exciting.
- I know, I did, I did.
It was actually supposed to be Jonathan
that I was supposed to be proposing to.
- I can't believe you said no.
- Can we just, can I just say that that was
the most
beautiful, seamless, most well pulled off
surprise after surprise
- It was beautifully choreographed
- I usually don't want to use the word choreograph
for a proposal but it was really impeccably done.
- Earlier the news was asking me, they're like,
"Do you think you'll cry tonight?"
And I'm like, "No, you know I won't"
and then fast forward to pictures in the press
yesterday with me literally in the background going
(sobbing)
- I am happy that I did accurately predict that.
- Yes you did.
- Because they were like, but I was like,
"No, I think it will be so much of a celebration."
I was like, "Karamo's number one objective in life is
- [Everyone] "is to make people cry."
- It is, it is.
- So I'm feeling like I probably will cry,
I don't want to get cocky and I did,
so I thought that was
I feel like I know you really well.
- Thank you.
- And Karamo got Ian, his fiance's family to be there
to surprise them and
- That was so cute when the mom
- That was actually my favorite part.
- I love you guys right now.
- The look on his face when he saw his mom.
- It was probably the best engagement I've ever seen.
No joke. Truly so beautifully done.
- Not to make this about me but you're in my Instastory
engagement on your engagement
(laughter)
was through the roof.
Like so many comments on my Instastory,
they were like it was so well picked,
and I did I saved all of it
then I decided which ones
it was really,
I produced well on that, yeah
(laughter)
There's so much beauty in that day.
- I'm happy, this was a special moment for me.
We've been together for eight years.
But to have my new family be there when I'm also
proposing to my new partner
I mean you know it was like special
it was like all my family members coming together.
So thank you guys for coming.
- Thank you for making it a little bit about me.
- Exactly.
- And I have a feeling he might be tapping a couple of you
guys to help with wedding plans here and there.
- I actually had a day dream where we were ushers,
and we were dressed up.
- [Bobby] No you were the flower girl, honey.
- No, we were ushers.
And we were dressed up as like different characters
from like our favorite movies.
I was Satine from Moulin Rouge.
(laughter)
- I was Baby from Dirty Dancing.
- I didn't get to anyone else, I was too obsessed with mine.
- I've already started planning the wedding in my mind.
- Yes. Yes.
- I love it.
Now, you're not the only ones kinda hearing wedding bells.
There's someone from the Queer Eye family
- Oh my god!
- Tom!
Tom just got married.
Do you guys kinda have some words for advice?
Bobby, I'd love to hear 'cause you're kind of been
married the longest, correct?
- Yes, 14 years.
- We'd love to hear some advice for Tom.
- Wow.
- Some advice, well hmm.
My advice for you guys is to always respect each other.
You know, also
well, should I go here?
- [Karamo] Communication, too!
- Go there!
- Don't fart in front of each other.
I'm sorry that is my golden rule of a relationship.
- I agree. - That is so true.
- That is my golden rule.
- That is a wrong rule--
- No no, we don't, we've been together,
well we haven't been together but (laughter)
- You know what is so true about that?
That is so - Yes.
- This is like this is words to live by
I'll tell you.
Hip tip.
That is like going to a play and you see backstage.
It ruins the illusion.
- Thank you!
- That is a lie!
No no no.
- Marriage? After marriage?
- I still don't fart.
- My partner and I have been together for eight years,
and literally
I have no problem with that.
Why would I be hiding something so natural?
That makes no sense to me.
You've been with him, you haven't been married to him,
watch, when you're married you don't want to fart
in front of your partner.
- I want him to bury his face in--
- [Everyone] Ohhh!!!
- Next question!
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- Let's go back to,
let's talk about the show.
- [Everyone] Yeah.
- I'm so embarrassed. (laughter)
- What has been the most eye-opening response to the show?
- Wow. I think it would be
how people are saying they are having these like,
really cathartic moments.
I don't think any of us were really expecting people to cry
as much as they cried.
Well I was kind of hoping, but
I think that what's been the eye-opening experience
and then also that it's bridging people together
that normally would never come together.
A lot of people felt divided are like,
"Oh I see somebody for who they are now,"
and was really special.
- I think the biggest shock to me has just been the
amount of conservative people who are watching the show.
The amount of messages I've gotten from pastors and churches
who have told me that my scene with Bobby Camp,
the guy with the six kids,
where I was talking about how I used to pray everyday
and beg and cry for God not to make me gay and I still am,
and so many religious people have contacted me
saying that I've completely changed their view on
homosexuality.
That they realize now that I was born that way
and it wasn't a choice.
And that's a big important thing to me.
- For me it's the fact that so many people are using
our show as a vehicle to come out to their families.
- Yes!
- I've never, ever expected how impactful that would be.
But we've never had so many people come up to us saying,
"After watching your show, I felt comfortable telling my
parents I am a certain way."
- I had this amazing girl in Iowa when I went to the
LGBTQ kids Governor's conference there a few weeks ago,
and this girl came up to me with her phone,
and she was like, "This is my coming out post,
"I'm going to say I'm with you,
"And I'm going to do it right now."
- [Everyone] Aww.
- I was like,
"Okay girl."
And she did it.
And then like I met all these other people,
and then she came back an hour later and she's like,
"I'm getting so much support."
It was really, that was like that's amazing.
- But what's nice about that, at least for me,
that wasn't the goal.
Like that wasn't why we had that conversation with AJ.
It was a very simple, very honest,
private conversation, with cameras,
that ended up affecting so many people,
which I just think is a testament to the universality
of the show and why it's important to have these
talks especially now.
- You guys tackle a lot of social issues,
was that the intention from the get-go
or did that kind of naturally progress?
- It wasn't the intention, but for me,
to have culturally relevant conversations
was important, y'know.
Each of us have a different comfort level
of what we're willing to talk about
or what we want to talk about.
But what we are good at is listening,
and knowing that if the hero wants to go somewhere,
it's our job to go there with them.
So with the religion,
with y'know, your cultural background being Pakistani
and Indian,
with me and the police officer,
it was like this moment has presented itself,
so we would do a disservice
if we did not have a conversation
while entertaining.
- The original show was much more light-hearted,
and I think our intention at the beginning
was just to kind of do that.
And then when we got in there
and we realized there are so many polarizing topics
right now, far left and far right,
and we had the opportunity to really bring people together,
like us, kind of on the left,
and people on the right in Atlanta,
that you normally wouldn't see just sitting there
having real conversations.
And I think it humanized us,
in a world right now where we all don't think of each other
sometimes as humans.
- I think the other thing, speaking to that point,
is that you, so much of the time
when we get in arguments or disagreements
with people that are on the other side,
especially like on social media where there's like
so much confrontation.
We weren't trying to change anyone,
like that's not the intention to change anyone,
it's about meeting people where they're at,
and every one of our heroes met us where we're at.
So it's kind of an opportunity or an exercise
in being like,
just kind of accepting someone for who they are.
Like "I'm not trying to change you,
"you're not trying to change me.
"We're just finding commonalities
"where we can both connect."
And then in my case it's like,
We all want to look a little cuter and feel a little cuter,
like I don't need to know that you're a card carrying
member of the NRA,
like we'll leave that for a different day.
Let's focus on a connected issue for now.
- You know I heard you say on that topic
that you guys are kind of, people always ask you,
"You're judging my outfit right now."
- Yep.
- And you guys are kind of these judgmental people,
but how you guys ended that quote is,
"We find what's beautiful about you,
"and lift you up."
And that's so important in America today.
So thank you for doing that.
It really stood out.
So did you guys watch the original show?
- [Everyone] Yeah. - Of course we did.
- Now, we were kinda doing the math
trying to think
some of you guys were teenagers,
- I was 21, 22.
- Were you guys out yet?
Were you watching that?
- No.
- I was out.
So I was on MTV's Real World at the time when
Queer Eye came out.
And so we were sort of doing these parallel
first openly gay black guy and Queer Eye cast
things together.
And I remember the first and only time I've ever won
an award, hopefully not the only time,
but the first time I won an award,
I got the award and they were like, "It's a tie!
"With Queer Eye!"
And I was like
(clapping)
(laughter)
And never at that point did I think will I one day
follow in their footsteps even though I respect
and love them so much.
And to be here now, is pretty amazing.
- I worked in multiple furniture stores in New York
years ago, that Queer Eye filmed in.
So Thom Filicia was in there filming with the heroes
and I just remember standing there watching him,
never in a million years
thinking that fast forward 15 years later
I'd be taking his place.
- What about you Ant?
- It just seems like, it's crazy thinking about it,
but I would watch the show with my,
my sisters would watch it, actually I wouldn't watch it,
I would like sort of pass by and watch secretly
because I still felt like this weird shame
and kind of like engaging in it too much.
And then I worked for Ted.
For Ted Allen. For a couple of years.
Which is like really bizarre,
and when I look back now
I keep on thinking, like
am I completely delusional?
Did I not have that thought?
But I never really did
and now it just kind of all makes sense,
the way it's all sort of fit together.
- It's like us.
How we all fit together.
- [Everyone] Yeah.
(Karamo laughs)
- Now Antoni I just want to ask you something about
people are not nice to you on social media,
kinda criticizing
some of the recipes-- - What are you talking about?
- Some of the recipes.
Do you have a message to those haters?
- Read the New York Times article maybe.
- [Everyone] Yeah.
- I think that it was a lot of attention from the get-go
and when you get a lot of positive attention,
it's bound to sort of like go down,
the way waves sort of work.
And I just think that's part of the process.
Honestly, I stay in my own lane.
I also remember this is not a cooking show.
It's not me trying to show molecular gastronomy or
sous vide eating to somebody
who eats out of cans.
It's about showing what works for that person
and that's what we're there to do to keep it simple.
If I come up with something super intimidating,
then it's a lost opportunity.
It's like bringing up politics right when I meet somebody
who has a Trump banner in front of their house.
I'm going to miss an opportunity to actually connect
on a really human, simple level.
It's about planting that seed
and just trying to have it grow from there.
I'll jerk off in my cookbook with my skills so,
I don't need to do it on the show, but thanks.
- That's the most shocking I've ever been from anything
you've ever said before.
- No but it's like,
that's like there's a place for everything.
- What's interesting about that is
right before you that said that sentence,
I was like, "Great answer."
- That's exactly what I was thinking!
- And then you said that I was like.
- I was like what just happened?
- To be fair, a lot of people forget
that we shoot for five days sometimes 12 hours a day.
And it gets cut into 47- 48 minutes.
- [Everyone] Yeah.
- So all of us have these long moments when we spend
with the heroes.
Antoni will cook meals with them which show them so much.
- Yeah like cross some scenes,
and look at the background,
there's like three other dishes and other components
that didn't even make it.
Like I'm not even going to tackle that
because again, it's not what it's about.
But thank you.
You're absolutely right.
- At the end of day, our show is about
the transformation about the guy, of our hero.
Not what I've done for his house,
not what Antoni taught him how to cook.
It's about showing the transformation of how
we've helped that guy see how beautiful he is
inside and out.
And that's where our editing time goes,
is to the viewers to see him.
- And also it's like human nature, like
you get five guys who are all passionate,
and all good at what we do.
And like everyone is living for a little Queer Eye moment.
Like, of course you're going to have that 7% of trolls
that are going to like, y'know.
And there's like
what are you doing with your day?
(laughter)
'Cause we out here doing this.
What are you out there doing?
Get off Twitter and the Gram
and go do something with yourself.
Is your mom not telling you to get that ass of the couch?
- Now I can't let you guys go, we're running out of time,
and not ask you about Season Two.
What can you reveal?
- I think Tan needs to tell us, tell us.
- So if you love Season One, which you did,
you're going to love Season Two so much more.
I love Season One but there's so much more diversity
in Season Two.
Straight out of the gate, we start with a woman.
We make over a woman,
and people have been asking for this through social media,
ever since we launched the show.
So we actually do take on our first woman
and she is formidable. - Amazing.
- She is an incredible, incredible woman.
You will fall in love with her.
And also, we have our first trans guy.
So there's so much to look forward to this season.
Honestly, I think everybody at home is gonna love it.
- That's amazing.
I actually am so glad that you answered that question,
I hear you have a great American accent.
- Oh my gosh, yeah.
- What are you having for lunch today, Tan?
- Okay, I'm gonna have a burger,
and then I'm going to Starbucks,
I'd like a Venti coldbrew.
And I work at Neflix.
- I just want to let you know that no one sounds
Oh I do sound like that.
You're right.
(laughter)
I was gonna say, "People in America do not sound like that."
- What's really amazing is that people don't realize
that Tan and I actually come from the same place.
And I took an accent removal course.
- And I took my accent removal course.
- And so we both come from Doncaster
but we don't really talk about it too much,
'cause we don't wanna like go against the story
that we've told.
- At some point over the next few years,
he's known me for a year,
and he still can't pronounce--
- Dan-caster!
- It's Don-caster.
- No, no it's Dahn-caster.
- Thank you Dahn-caster.
- That's actually exactly what I've said, Tan.
I'm so sick of you always saying things
about my accent, Tannie.
- Stop it. This is the first time I've ever gonna say this,
'cause Jonathan ordinarily would kill me.
The person who does really good British accent on this show,
is not him, it's him. - It's me.
Hold on, you think it's me. It's me.
- You are so lucky you did that on camera.
- I know that, that's why I waited!
- Cut the tape, cut the tape.
- This about to get real.
- This interview is over and we're gonna be in the hallway
in a few seconds.
- It was so lovely knowing all of you.
He's going to kill me.
- I hope that was worth it.
I hope that was worth it, Tan.
I hope that was worth it.
Thanks for having us.
(laughter)
- I do have a question for you.
- Sure!
- I wanted to ask you--
- How do I put up with this constant verbal abuse?
- Yes!
- I don't know.
I'm honestly a saint.
- I've been dying to ask you this 'cause honestly,
you speak in gifs.
Like you are hilarious.
- And beautiful brilliant accents, I appreciate it.
But that's fine! It's fine!
It's- Tan, it's fine.
It's fine.
It's totally fine.
I don't want you to freak out.
- It's gonna be a dark day for all of us.
- Tan. Don't worry.
This is not as bad as a time,
- I've never been so worried.
- It's not as bad. You're fine.
- [Antoni] You had a question did you?
- Tell me about your question.
- Well I was going to ask you, - I don't want you to worry.
- Were you always so outspoken?
Or is that something you developed?
- Oh, she misspoke.
Have you always been so frustrating?
(laughter)
Or is it something you developed?
- Oh it's starting here.
It's not starting when the camera,
we're doing this now aren't we?
This is where we're at.
- Let this be known as the day where the Fab 5 fell apart.
- As you can see they always have a good time.
- No, I've always been very outspoken
and very much um..
I've always been very outspoken
and very much like, you know willing to live in this lane.
- Yeah.
- Amazing. Guys thank you so much for joining us.
- Thank you for having us. - It was so much fun.
I have so many questions we didn't even ask
because I mean, I could just talk to you guys forever.
Thank you so much and make sure to catch Queer Eye
on Netflix.
- Don't kill me Jonathan Van Ness.
- Season Two.
(laughter)