- Queer Eye joins two dumb guys.
- Aw, let's talk about that.
(Rhett and Link laugh)
(groovy electronic music)
- Good Mythical Morning.
- Today we're joined by none other by the star
of Queer Eye and author of an incredible new memoir,
please welcome Karamo Brown.
- Woo!
- Thank you, you very handsome and smart men.
- Oh, thank you. (chuckling)
- Welcome to the show. - Thank you.
- Now Karamo, what's your favorite self-care
or luxury product for yourself?
- Hmm, hmm, I don't really have,
on Queer Eye we usually go low with our products
so we don't really spend a lot of money on things.
- That's fine. - People think we do.
Only person who spends a lot of money is Bobby.
- I'm like a massage man.
I will throw bookoos of cash-- - Me too, there we go.
- At a good massage.
- I agree with you 100%, a good massage.
- Okay but I think your mentality is going
to contribute well to this game because everybody deserves
a little luxury but you don't always have
to pay out the nose for it, or do you?
It's time for Is This Price Tag High or Low?
We Guess Products with Karamo from Queer Eye, the Show.
We're gonna be presented with two different products.
One is luxury and one is radically lower priced.
A and B and then we have to decide
which one is the luxury item.
- Right, and we're each gonna use these paddles
in order to indicate which one, B or A or A or B,
whichever we think is the truly lux product.
We're gonna be competing against each other
and the person who wins gets a warm hug
and whispered words of encouragement from Karamo.
(Karamo chuckles)
- Oh I'm excited about that.
Let's do it.
(funky music)
- Okay we're starting off with grooming
which is Jonathan's specialty on the show,
but Karamo I gotta say you're clearly
the most well-groomed man I've ever sat next to.
- I appreciate that.
I think you two are probably the most well-groomed men
I've ever sat next to. - Two?
- Oh wow. - I'm just saying.
- And Kevin's here too.
(Rhett laughs)
- Great, when you sat down I told you how good you looked.
- He did. - Yes.
- All right so Kevin is gonna be some sort of subject.
Stevie, what do we have here?
- [Stevie] Yeah that's right, in this round,
you'll be testing hair pomade on Kevin
who needs some help with his hair.
One of these is a $24 OUAI high-end brand hair pomade
and the other was $3.29 from Walgreens so you're gonna find
the luxury pomade.
- [Link] So that one's yellow and greasier
and this one's beiger and looks to be creamier.
- All right let's start with A.
- Question. - Yeah.
- What do white people do with pomade?
- I know I'm a white guy.
You just rub it really hard in your hands
and then you're just like-- - Hey, I can answer.
(Karamo laughs)
- So it's hair grease. - Yeah yeah,
and this one is especially oily here.
Yeah this, oh wow.
Kevin, you're gonna love this.
- Okay hold on, quick question.
Do, from what I remember from all of my white friends
telling me about their hair,
not to make this about race.
But it is right now.
(Rhett laughs)
I thought you normally don't like your hair to be greasy.
- Yeah but I like Kevin's hair to be greasy.
- Got it, okay, so if this is already greasy,
then I'm already assuming this might be the cheaper product
because if that's not something people like,
then just a thought, just a thought.
- Yeah get your hands in there.
- And it's definitely that. - I mean it works well though.
You look great on my side.
- Now we you're not really saving any space
for the other one.
- But I'm confused, so what is this doing
other than making it feel really--
(Rhett laughs)
I don't like this product on you.
- Okay so this, this kinda has a glue consistency.
- I'm gonna tell you the five of us have always joked
if we ever switched categories,
the category I'd want is design but I will tell you this,
I've always wanted to do this.
(claps) Honey, let me tell you something.
We've been here, listen you gotta love yourself, okay?
Do this for me.
I love you so much, okay?
- You know, I've always wanted this too so.
- [Link] It's pretty great.
- Queen, I killed it, you're amazing, love it, fierce.
- And let's see-- - Wow, Kevin.
- The profile too. - Look at that.
- [Link] Okay so are we ready to vote?
- I believe so.
I don't wanna touch my paddle now though.
- Again we are voting for the--
- Cheapest? - The luxury.
- The luxury. - Luxury, okay.
- [Stevie] All right paddles up.
Three, two, one.
- Oh so we agree, so you were kinda setting us up.
- If both of them are greasy,
I assume the one that's greasier would be the one
that had a little bit more luxury to it.
- If you can go, go all the way.
- [Stevie] Okay the luxury pomade was product B.
- Yeah. - Ooh!
(funky music)
- Okay now we're moving onto food
which is Antoni's specialty, also my specialty,
I mean I like to eat a lot.
What do we got here, Stevie?
- [Stevie] Before you are two versions
of traditional Hawaiian poke.
One was made with sushi-grade ahi tuna
from a gourmet grocer for $22,
and the other one was $5 made with Costco tuna
and other ingredients.
Which is the luxury poke?
- We're about to eat Costco tuna?
- Listen, don't sleep on Costco, okay?
As a single father, Costco helped me feed my children.
- Okay. - So.
- But with Costco tuna?
- You know what, we're not really big tuna people so.
- I'm a big un-tuna person.
- Oh yeah?
- So I'm gonna have, I may just go off sight.
- [Rhett] Well I can tell you right now,
they look very different.
This is redder but also less cubed,
you know what I'm saying?
That's uniform over there.
- [Karamo] I see.
- Does this taste like it was sold in bulk?
- Mm.
Yeah that, it's not as good as I'm used to my tuna being
when I eat-- - You don't really like tuna?
- When I eat big chunks of tuna.
- You don't really like it?
- No.
I did just eat some though.
- Mm-hmm, good for you, trying new things.
I'm proud of you.
- Yeah it was really good.
I bet this is gonna be better.
Mm.
- Do they give the tuna out as free samples at Costco?
- I hope not. (Rhett chuckles)
That'd be horrible.
- Hmm, I can't tell if the one that's like,
they both taste pretty good.
- I'm ready to vote because to me this one seems obvious.
- Hold on, since I did my Jonathan impression,
can I do my Antoni impression?
- Yeah do it.
- See when you have the tuna, you gotta make love to it
and stare at it, tell it how beautiful it is.
That's when it's gonna like put flavors
in your mouth, you know?
- Oh yeah, I made love to some tuna in a Costco once.
(Rhett laughs)
- Yeah, make love to tuna.
- I was asked to leave. - There you go.
- You like that tuna.
- You're making me make out with it
but not actually eat it.
I ate some of the seeds.
- I'm ready. - All right,
paddles up, here we go in three, two--
- Luxury one is-- - Luxury one is--
- [Stevie] One.
- Are we voting, are we voting?
- [Stevie] Oh yeah yeah, there was a one.
- Yeah you said three, two, one.
- [Stevie] Locked in and the gourmet poke is product B.
- By the way, I'm oh for oh.
(funky music)
- And now in honor of my silver-haired
confidence booster Tan, we got the fashion quiz.
Stevie, what do we got?
- [Stevie] Please welcome Will and Matt
who are each modeling ultra hip athleisure,
shoes not included.
One of their outfits cost $410 from luxury design house
Aime Leon Dore which is featured
in high-end department stores like Barney's
and the other cost $60 from Fashion Nova,
a bargain brand featured in retailers like
the nearby Burbank Town Center Mall.
Which is the luxury outfit?
- First of all, I want that orange outfit.
So after you're done, I would like to take that off of you
and keep it if that's possible.
- That would be a dream.
- Does that mean it's luxury or cheaper?
- I don't know yet but I will just tell you
it is fly to death.
That orange with the black and white stripes,
I'm loving every part of this.
- And we will be posting that video of Karamo
taking it off of Matt on Instagram.
(Karamo and Rhett laugh)
- The second thing is is that most
of you all are straight here right?
Straight-identified, yeah, so what you don't know
about gay men is that we love straight guys in sweatpants.
(Rhett and Link laugh)
It's just the truth.
- Will and Matt, watch out.
- I'm here to look pretty.
- [Link] I can't help but notice that Will's shirt
and pants are not the same color.
- But you know what, a lot of those high-end brands,
they do stuff like that.
They screw you up by making you think like,
oh it's not supposed to match
and so they put two different things.
- Are you playing me? - No, literally,
I don't know. - Now are you playing me?
- Yeah, now I am, yeah now I am.
No. - Okay I'm ready.
- [Stevie] All right paddles up, three, two, one.
- Oh, oh, we all think we're being thrown off.
- I thought you were playing me.
I thought you were gonna go with B.
- No I'm hoping that A wins-- - But you weren't.
- So that I can really take B.
It was a strategy.
- [Stevie] The designer outfit
is A.
- Yeah we got it. - You were right.
Man.
- Hey, hey, hey. - I'm glad I trusted you.
(funky music)
In the quick break, Karamo said I need a minute.
I thought you were going to the restroom
but you come back with it on.
It looks great. - Come on now.
Look how good this looks.
Are you kidding me, let me tuck in my, this is dope!
(Rhett laughing)
If we get picked up for another season,
I promise you I'm wearing this on Queer Eye.
- All right. - I'm not even joking.
- There you go, Fashion Nova. - I know.
- You just--
- You're losing but you're clearly winning.
- I am.
I feel good.
- Okay well this is perfect timing 'cause we're moving on
to your specialty, culture, and since you have a new book
titled Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose,
Healing and Hope, out now wherever books are sold.
We decided to focus this round on inspiring self-help books.
What have we got, Stevie?
- [Stevie] Okay in front of you are cards featuring excerpts
from two books, one is self-published
with no known accolades and the other is
a New York Times best-seller but which is which?
Find the luxury.
- Okay, let's start over here with A.
Sometimes this grandparenting thing
isn't all it's reputed to be.
Images of shining-faced children and straight A report cards
do not reflect every grandmother's reality,
so what about the pain of having under-functioning
or prodigal grandchildren?
Perhaps the disappointment lies in fractured relationships.
Our children or grandchildren have hurt, ignored,
or been angry with us.
As family matriarchs, we don't sit around moping
because they won't call or visit.
Life has taught us more than that.
This is like a bitter grandma.
- That is so sad. - There was a lot there.
I'm just like I need to Queer Eye whoever wrote this.
- I am so sad for grandma.
- I hope this is not a number one
New York Times best-seller. - I just wanna say
to everyone listening, please never refer
to your grandchildren, children, co-workers, partners,
anyone you're in a relationship with,
never refer to them as under-functioning.
(Rhett laughs)
- I don't even think it's a word really.
- It's not okay.
- Okay so you're on the grandkids' side.
- Yeah. - All right.
Did I really have a reason to feel so messed up?
I'd gotten into a great college.
I was living on my own in a co-ed dorm.
I was killing it in school and to top it all off,
I'd recently lost my virginity to one
of the hot sorority girls on the floor directly above me.
I was living the college dream.
Life was great, right?
Then why I wonder do I feel like (beep)?
- Let me tell you something, that's beautiful.
That's good.
I don't care, this person is not on the New York Times
best-seller list but they should
because this is what people need,
the reality of even in the moments
when you feel the happiest,
you still are like why am I not feeling
as if I deserve this moment?
Why am I not feeling as if I'm happy in this moment?
This is where you dig a little bit deeper
and this is the person who's actually gonna grow and heal.
- Not the person who says my grandkids suck.
- Yeah. (laughs)
I just don't see that one.
- Okay. - Okay.
- [Stevie] Okay so reminder,
you're picking the New York Times best-selling book.
- Yeah.
- [Stevie] So paddles up.
- I want it to be B.
- Oh, you get your paddle.
- I want it to be B.
- [Stevie] All right three, two, one.
- It's gotta be B, right? - I think it's the grandma.
- [Stevie] The New York Times best-selling book is
B. - Yeah, hey!
- [Stevie] But here's the book.
- Okay, this just in, the book.
Control The Crazy, Vinny G.
(Rhett laughs)
From-- - Jersey Shore.
- Jersey Shore guy.
- I'm living.
(funky music)
- And now we're at a Bobby specialty, design.
Stevie?
- [Stevie] For this final round,
we have two chairs each dressed with a throw
and a decorative pillow.
One totals $520 from West Elm
and the other totals $155 from Walmart.
Take a seat in each and see if you can tell
which is the luxury sit.
♪ I'm gonna tell you because ♪
♪ I hang around my Bobby so much ♪
♪ I already know which one is which ♪
- You don't even need to sit in it?
♪ I love design ♪
(laughs)
I do. - All right now this has got
a little shimmy to it.
It's got a little shimmy, got a little shake.
This one, this one's sturdier.
- I didn't know Walmart sold anything like this.
- This one's not going anywhere.
They both look great.
- You think sturdiness is a sign of quality?
- Yeah man.
- This is how confident I am.
I'm not even looking at these things, okay?
- You didn't look?
- No I know what the luxury one is.
- I love the fact that you've got that outfit on.
- [Karamo] Thank you, I appreciate it, it feels really good.
- Here's your paddle. - I don't need that paddle!
I'm gonna show you how this works.
- Oh-ho-ho-ho!
(crew laughing)
- Luxury.
- All right, all right, all right.
- Yeah well that's what I was gonna guess anyway.
- Is he playing us?
That one's sturdier so I was gonna vote that too.
So we're all in agreement.
- [Stevie] I don't think that there's a three, two, one.
Okay you're all in agreement and you are all correct.
- Correct. - Yay!
Bobby Berk, I love you!
Ey, ey, ey.
- Well you know what that means.
That means I was five for five.
I get a warm hug and some whispers
of encouragement from Karamo.
- Go for it. - I'm ready.
- Wow thank you. - What about me?
Tell him what he should think about me.
- Oh no, no. - Come here.
- He lost, he's a loser, Karamo!
- There's no losers in this.
- He should never doubt me, right?
- There's only love when it comes to me.
Love, squeeze in!
- Thank you so much Karamo for being here.
Check him out on season three of Queer Eye on Netflix.
Also buy his book Karamo: The Story of Embracing Purpose,
Healing and Hope and check out his podcast
on Luminary out now, call in.
- And thank you for liking, commenting and subscribing.
- Now you say you know what time it is.
- Oh, you know what time it is.
- Hi I'm Robbie.
- And I'm Hunter.
- And this is Jeffrey.
- [Both] And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality.
- They have a relationship with a plant.
- Yes. (laughs)
- Click the top link to watch Karamo help us
solve problems in Good Mythical More.
- And to find out where the
Wheel of Mythicality's gonna land.
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