the first time I saw tan was when I went
to the gym in the morning at the hotel
and I looked at him and he was on a
treadmill and I was like who's this guy
with immaculate hair at seven o'clock in
the morning he was running on a cello
eating him up we all met at casting at
the queer eye auditions we were in LA we
were in a hotel it was a cocktail party
where was a meet-and-greet with in the
February yep 17 the cocktail party space
was a super intimidating there's like 90
or 80 gays or 60 or 50 or 90 and so
funny that number and all of our heads
changes other I think forty two guys in
who were auditioning I thought there was
almost 200 no well I really gathered
around the boss it was like a wig wash
and sub tan and I we went by the food I
was I didn't meet because we were so
focused on the food eating food yeah
to be very honest with you the only
people I really honed it on were the
people that are here gramo and tan were
the very first two that I met and we had
something kind of clicked I ran into ten
first we saw each other at the elevator
and I immediately thought 10 is gonna
get this show and I also thought he was
so handsome and then when we got to
casting we immediately all sort of met
each other within first five minutes me
Bobby and tan immediately then you came
over no you came over next Anthony I
thought was nervous nervous nervous
Nellie oh I thought for sure that I
didn't get aunt Anita have you been cut
like this lady came over and gave him a
hug and he thought what that meant that
she had cut him so he like he like got
his stuff to go to leave and then
everyone had to stop him where are you
going he going dude he's like I'm cut
and he's like I'm you're not high like I
said nice rise she gave everyone a hug
as she was like thank you she was
consoled and she was consoling me
because somebody else had gotten cut and
it was somebody who I befriended I tried
to talk to you what city were really
nervous and so that all you ever nervous
to me he just was really appendix I
wouldn't stop talking about anal my
first interaction with Jonathan he ran
across the room yelling where is she
where is she where is she and he was
looking for his coffee
yeah XS my first impression of Jonathan
was that there's no way he could be real
because nobody could have that much
energy naturally but then by day two it
didn't waver and I was like wow no he
just has that much energy
naturally I remember ready meanly
thinking oh no I don't think Jonathan a
well because he told me a very very
personal story it shocked me but now
Jonathan is one of my favorite people on
the planet two days after we got cast I
took him to a birthday party with like
of friends I was like 20 years and the
stories he told them I loved any I I
loved any whether the second many I
loves me and I love many and she did not
think that was a weird story at all your
friends loved me just so you know I
didn't say they didn't love you I just
thought I wish I ever been invited about
how you share I ever been invited back
absolutely not I definitely thought that
tan was very buttoned up very
professional looked very sleek I mean I
was so attracted to because of his that
gorgeous skin in that Camel co-head I
thought that tan was so confident within
the first few minutes Kurama was already
covered up with tans jacket because he
is always cold and it was not cold I was
freezing and he just was like he loved
take my jacket when I first met crevo he
was the first person to greet me Kurama
I instantly knew was going to get the
role or the role get the job Quran was
very big on like yes intimate like
one-on-one like hey here you are I'm
addressing it and I remember thinking
he's attractive my first impression of
Bobby was that he was a total worrywart
because we were standing next to each
other and he messed up these two guys's
names that were in unmaking yes I
remember I came over here I just called
that one the wrong name I called that
one by that one what should I do and I
was like look I turned my head to see
who he was talking about and when I saw
I was at Rebecca's like you know I don't
think that's that big of a deal but by
the time I said that he'd already be
lying across the room was talking for
both of them and you're telling them how
sorry he wasn't he'd messed up their
names a little I would say Bobby was the
most intimidating because he had like
seven suits laid out on across a table
Bobby was giving me like a lot of
brightness the people at casting said
that the Netflix executives saw my
bright blue colorful suit online I was
loving about Google and they wanted to
see that Bobby it were like a caricature
of Bobby Bourke gives you had these real
glasses on this really blunt spike you
had these super bright suits no not all
the body down
and was like an offensive legion tone -
it was like I picked it we got you there
we knew immediately that we'd be friends
it was no doubt in our minds i had
actually started a five-year text before
we were even cast between the five of us
i think that's what the producer saw
outside of each of our individual skills
I think they saw a natural blonde and
also they saw us fighting for each other
meeting Jonathan has changed me because
he's so open-minded non-judgmental he's
so opinionated he's so well-informed
he's very very studied in many many
areas and so he's taught me so so so
much I know that a lot of people in
production right now I would like roll
their eyes and no shade but I'd become a
lot more patient I would agree
Jonathan has definitely become more
patient hanging out with the four of us
meeting Anthony has made me more
sensitive Quran was probably one of the
first people on you within my age group
who actually had kids but also grown-ass
kids and just a sort of like heroes
experience about parenting what I've
learned from 10 is if you say things
that are a little harsher but with a
British accent people don't get as upset
versus if we say it in American accent
you can't have five people who are
really good at what they do and who are
open and honest and transparent not try
to help the other people there with
constantly and comfortable enough to be
like called out on our chef absolutely
we tele are growing we challenge each
other all the time and that's how we met
it is this isn't about how we met but
there were arancini fried little risotto
balls and I shoved one in my mouth and
right when David Collins was coming and
I was really intimidated that's the
officiator and I started choking and I
tried to swallow it in one gulp and I
started getting teary-eyed as I was
talking to him and I think he thought I
was getting emotional which I also
wasn't totally off-brand
but I was actually choking on the fried
rice he almost died on the first day