>>> IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME,
YOU LOVE A SHOW THAT DEBUTED IN
2003, CALLED "QUEER EYE FOR THE
STRAIGHT GUY."
FIVE MEN PERFORMED A MAKEOVER ON
A MAN.
15 YEARS LATER, THE SHOW IS BACK
WITH A NEW INSTALLMENT.
AND THESE MAKE-BETTERS GO MUCH
FURTHER THAN SKIN-DEEP.
WATCH.
>> I HAD A GREAT TIME, GUYS.
>> WE DID, TOO.
>> WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN'T
TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS,
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU CAN REINVENT YOURSELF
WHENEVER YOU WANT.
>> FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS
YOU SAID, YOU CAN'T FIX UGLY.
>> YOU HAVE FIXED UGLY.
>> WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH
YOU.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE THIS
MOMENT WITH YOU.
AND YOU WERE SUCH AN AMAZING
MAN.
>> YOU GUYS ARE MAKING ME CRY.
>> OH.
PLEASE WELCOME BOBBY BURKE, TIM
PRINCE, ANTHONY BOROWSKY.
>> I'M CRYING.
>> I KNOW.
I LOVE THAT ONE.
YOU CHOSE WELL.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THAT GOT US ALL EMOTIONAL, TOO.
WE CHOSE IT.
EVEN MY HARDENED PRODUCERS WHO
CRY AT NOTHING WERE CRYING AT
THAT.
>> IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT.
>> IT CAPTURES WHAT YOU'RE DOING
FOR THIS SHOW, RIGHT?
YOU'RE GOING DEEPER THAN
SKIN-DEEP.
>> WE'RE STILL FUN.
BUT WE'RE HAVING EMOTIONAL
MOMENTS.
WE'RE IN THE SOUTH.
WE'RE ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE THAT
HAVE NEVER ENGAGED WITH FIVE GAY
MEN.
SOME OF YOUR AUDIENCE CAN RELATE
TO THAT.
WE'RE BRIDGING THESE GAPS AND
SEEING HOW WE'RE MORE ALIKE THAN
DIFFERENT.
>> NOW, YOU'RE IN ATLANTA.
USED TO BE IN NEW YORK.
>> HOTLANTA.
>> IT'S EASY TO STYLE ANY MAN IN
NEW YORK CITY.
THERE'S CLOTHING AND OPTIONS.
IN ATLANTA, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET
IN REAL AMERICA AND SEE WHAT YOU
CAN DO FOR REAL GUYS.
>> IT'S ADDRESSING THEIR NEEDS.
WE COME IN WITH OUR SKILL SET.
BUT IT'S FINDING OUT WHAT'S
NECESSARY FOR THESE PEOPLE IN
TERMS OF THE MARKETPLACES AND
WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO
THEM.
>> WHEY LOVE ABOUT ATLANTA --
NEW YORK, A LOT WAS BACHELOR
SINGLE GUYS IN APARTMENTS -- WE
GOT TO INFECT -- INFECT.
WE GOT TO AFFECT DAD, MOM, KIDS.
IT WAS ABLE TO HELP AN ENTIRE
FAMILY.
>> AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS
IS IT WOULD BE TOO EASY TO HAVE
IT IN NEW YORK.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING AT OUR
FINGERTIPS.
MOST GUYS AROUND HERE DON'T NEED
A MAKE-BETTER.
WE NEEDED TO USE STARS THAT WERE
ACCESSIBLE.
IT WAS A SMALL TOWN.
ALL I HAD WAS A VINTAGE STORE TO
GO TO.
ALL I HAD WAS A TARGET.
IT'S NOT EASY WHEN THAT'S WHAT
YOU HAVE TO OFFER.
BUT IT MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE FOR
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
>> HOW MANY WATCHED THE ORANGE
AT "QUEER EYE"?
>> WE ALL DID.
>> IT WAS FUN.
BUT IT HAD AN ADDITIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE TO IT.
IT WAS ON TV IN A DAY AND AGE
WHEN GAY MEN WERE NOT FEATURED
THAT PROMINENTLY ON TELEVISION.
THE ORIGINAL SHOW WAS FIGHTING
FOR TOLERANCE.
THEIR SHOW IS FIGHTING FOR
ACCEPTANCE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT WAS ME WHO SAID THAT
DURING AN INTERVIEW.
AND IT'S A COMMENT I STAND BY.
THE ORIGINAL SHOW, IT WASN'T A
TIME IN AMERICA OR THE REST OF
THE WORLD WHEN THEY COULD TALK
ABOUT THE INTIMATE MOMENTS OF
THEIR LIVES.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD SHOULD BE
READY TO HEAR THAT SOME OF US
ARE MARRIED, NOT TO EACH OTHER.
SOME OF US ARE MARRIED.
SOME HAVE CHILDREN.
SOME ARE CAT MOMS.
WE WANT TO BE ACCEPTED AS YOUR
KIN, YOUR SIBLINGS, YOUR
BROTHERS, YOUR LOVERS.
WE WANT YOU TO TREAT US AS
ANYONE ELSE YOU WOULD TREAT THAT
YOU LOVE.
>> YOU WANT TO SHOW AMERICA WHAT
IT'S LIKE, NOT JUST TO BE A GAY
MAN.
BUT IN YOUR CASE, IMMIGRANT,
PAKISTANI, AND A GAY MAN.
>> 2018, BABY, YEAH.
>> THE BEAUTY OF THE SHOW IS
THEY DON'T STOP US FROM CHECKING
OUR OTHER IDENTITIES.
WE'RE NOT JUST ONE THING.
WE BRING ALL OF OURSELVES TO THE
SHOW.
AND IT'S AMAZING.
THERE'S AN EPISODE WITH A COP.
A SOUTHERN, WHITE COP.
FOR ME, I WAS LIKE THIS, IS
GOING TO BE FRIGHTENING.
AND HE HAS TURNED ME INTO A
LONG-TIME FRIEND.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
>> WE DID.
THE BEAUTY OF OUR SHOW IS THAT
WE'RE OPEN.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THEY CAN
BE OPEN, TOO.
IF THERE'S PEOPLE OR
PERSPECTIVES YOU'RE NOT OPEN TO,
BE OPEN TO THEM.
SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO HEAR
EACH OTHER THAN TO BE CLOSED
OFF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> BOBBY AND I, I'M FROM A TOWN
OF 30,000 PEOPLE IN THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THE FIRST VERSION OF "QUEER EYE"
WAS SO IMPORTANT TO LOOK UP AND
SEE PEOPLE DOING THEIR THING.
I'M FEMININE AND AFFECTIONATE
AND I'M FLAMBOYANT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY
TO SEE THAT.
I GOT MESSAGES THAT SAID, THANK
YOU FOR BEING YOU.
I NEVER THOUGHT SOMEONE WOULD
SAY THAT.
>> YOU FIND THAT THE SHOW IS
CALLED "QUEER EYE," THAT IS
SECONDARY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE ABLE TO RELATE TO WHAT
WE'RE DOING, WE CALL THEM
HEROES, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
I WILL TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW TO
BE A BETTER HUSBAND.
HE WOULD TALK ABOUT HOW TO RAISE
YOUR CHILDREN.
HE HAS TWO AMAZING CHILDREN.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE FUN.
>> NICELY DONE.
FUNCTIONING ADULTS.
IT'S HOA EE'S HARD TO DO.
>> THEY HAVEN'T MOVED OUT OF THE
HOUSE YET.
>> SO MUCH MORE THAN MAKING THEM
PRETTY.
GAY MEN ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN
JUST MAKING THINGS PRETTY.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING IN THERE
SAYING, WE THINK WE KNOW THIS
BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE GAY MEN.
WE'RE GOING IN THERE AS FIVE
GUYS THAT WANT TO HELP.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT.
YOU'RE A LIFE COACH.
EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT
SPECIALTY.
LIFE COACHING, FASHION,
GROOMING, INTERIOR, AND COOKING.
YOU HELPED THAT MAN EMOTIONALLY.
AND ACTUALLY, FIXING THE EX
EXTERI
EXTERIOR, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS
A WOMAN WHO MET HER HUSBAND WHO
WAS WEARING HIGH-WASTED TAN
PANTS AND A GOLF SHIRT.
>> DON'T CRITICIZE THE
HIGH-WASTED.
>> ARE THEY BACK?
DOUG, HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
>> MEN ARE TAUGHT THEY HAVE TO
HOLD EVERYTHING IN.
THEY CAN'T BE OPEN AND CURIOUS
ABOUT LIFE.
WE LET THEM KNOW, THAT'S NOT
OKAY.
FOR ME, ALL OF OUR GUYS HAVE
THESE CATHARTIC CRIES.
LADIES, YOU'RE GOING TO CRY WITH
THEM.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM CRYING.
A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE TOLD
THEM, DON'T CRY.
I PLAYED FOOTBALL ALL THROUGH
HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS TOLD, TOUGHEN UP, BE A
BIGGER MAN.
THAT STARTS TO AFFECT YOU AS A
HUSBAND, AS A FATHER.
WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RELEASE.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> ONE THING, ANY CRITICISM THAT
I HEARD OF THE FIRST VERSION OF
"QUEER EYE," IS IT STIGMATIZED
GAY MEN AS DOING HAIR AND
FASHION.
WE'RE ASKED, WHY NOW?
WHY BRING THIS SHOW BACK?
I THINK WE WANTED TO PUT PEOPLE
IN BOXES.
OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE THAT BOX,
TEAR IT DOWN, STEP ON IT
FIERCELY.
NO
NONE OF US NEED TO BE IN A BOX.
>> YOU'RE TEACHING MANY LESSONS.
YOU'RE TEACHING LESSONS TO THE
HEROES ON THE SHOW AND THOSE OF
US WATCHING.
ALL OF THE BEST WITH IT.