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But even though thats a joke, its serious.
I looked up to Kyan a lot.
I hope someone will look up to me.
Tan France: Thats a good point about in America, but also, this is a global show.
We havent in a lot of other countries.
My people from Pakistan I know we havent moved forward.
Its not just that we want to make them pretty.
Were like, hey, lets find amazing things about you and help you see them.
Karamo Brown: The casting process, we have a really amazing crew who helped with that.
But we did have a say in every single other thing you see on the show.
For us, that was important, because it allowed us to really show our expertise.
What you see on the show is truly what we believe in and what we wanted.
The times that we felt stumped, and we had each other to lean on.
We had such a great time of saying, Okay, this one might be a little bit tricky.
What can do collectively as a group?
Did you find that people you were working with that one of you related more to?
How did you approach that?Karamo: Whats most important for me is the unexpected relationships.
My thought was,This is somebody I will see and never talk to again.
Tan: It was.
None of us knew what was happening, and honestly, I freaked my shit out.
Bobby: And that was only our second week filming, so were like, whats going on?
So it really was real.
Thats an amazing thing about the show Id never expected.
I understand now why Jonathan took out a camera and started recording.
I can see now why Tan and Karamo were uncomfortable.
That is a sorry state of affairs when we have to say things like that.
Jonathan: Im sorry.
I have been concerned about that from a very young age.
Tan: Im sorry, yes, you are right.
Karamo: This is what I want to pivot with, is that its anybody.
Jonathan: Yeah, yeah.
Thats real for me.
Im scared of them.
In my hometown, you do not talk back, you do not look twice, that is scary.
But Corey is an amazing guy.
Hes not doing that.
I learned a lot from him.
Theres lots of good people, and that most police officers are fabulous.
Tan: We know, of course we know, its not fixed with this one episode.
I remember watching him onQueer Eye.
It was sort of this weird, shame-y,I feel like I shouldnt be watching this.
Its kind of taboo.
The universality of that, just the passing on of this information.
Karamo: Mine was RuPaul, not because I ever dressed in drag or anything.
When I was in middle school, I used to run home to watch his talk show.
Jonathan: That talk show was lit!
Jonathan: The first openly gay U.S. mens figure skating champion Rudy Galindo!
[Everyone cheers].
And Rupert Everett, honey!
Tan: See, we laugh too!
We dont only cry.
Bobby:We do it all.
Jonathan: I think I just pulled my neck getting excited about Rudy Galindo.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
