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As a kid growing up, I really hated being alone. I was always that kid that was like, 'Do you want to hang out? Let's go to the mall. Let's go to the movies. Let's go to the park.' I would call people and call people and call people. If I was alone when I wasn't at school, then there was something wrong.
Jonathan Van Ness
Alone
You
People
School
Kid
Out
Would
Hated
Something
Park
Wrong
Like
Call
Always
Go
Mall
Up
Hang
Being
Want
Being Alone
Movies
Then
Really
Growing
Growing Up
There are times when you should listen to what people say about you, but also a lot of times you just don't need to listen so much. Don't worry so much and just go. Unless you're, like, in danger, and then don't. And then run, girl.
Jonathan Van Ness
You
People
Girl
Unless
Worry
Danger
Say
Run
People Say
About
Like
Also
Go
Lot
Times
Listen
Just
Then
Much
Should
Need
I think that because I struggled and did get very bullied, that definitely made me learn how to be funny and let things roll off and be able to laugh, and I think that has definitely helped me when it comes to being in the public eye with 'Gay of Thrones' and 'Queer Eye.'
Jonathan Van Ness
Funny
Me
Gay
Made
Think
Definitely
Laugh
Eye
Able
Struggled
Learn
Because
How
Bullied
Queer
Off
Very
Get
Did
Roll
Being
Public
Public Eye
Helped
Things
I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time.
Jonathan Van Ness
Love
Time
Phone
Old
Videos
Channel
Having
Gymnastics
Because
Any
App
Watch
Olympic
If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram.
Jonathan Van Ness
News
Me
Light
Twitter
Side
Out
Something
More
Instagram
Read
Get
Irritates
Really
Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things... there's a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did 'Gay of Thrones.'
Jonathan Van Ness
Gay
You
Never
How
Till
Gotta
How Much
Lot
Get
Did
Goes
Going
Mean
Realized
Much
Really
Producing
Hard
Things
I like people too much. I really do.
Jonathan Van Ness
People
Too Much
Too
Like
Much
Really
I'm from a really little town called Quincy, five hours southwest of Chicago.
Jonathan Van Ness
Town
Hours
Chicago
Five
Southwest
Little
Really
Little Town
Leaving your hair down to sleep causes friction on your ends between your body heat and the pillow case. Securing the ends away from your body helps preserve your ends.
Jonathan Van Ness
Hair
Down
Case
Between
Pillow
Leaving
Causes
Friction
Heat
Ends
Body
Your
Your Body
Helps
Away
Preserve
Sleep
Typically, you're not gonna find me out at night; I don't go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I'm invited, but usually, I'm, like, home by 11.
Jonathan Van Ness
Home
Me
You
Sometimes
Will
Out
Find
Invited
Like
Parties
Industry
Go
Gonna
Night
I wish I was a gorgeous mixologist, but that was not my god-given strength.
Jonathan Van Ness
Strength
Gorgeous
Wish
God-Given
Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength.
Karamo Brown
Strength
Sign
Weakness
Vulnerable
Being
Bangkok is one of those places where it's so rich and full of tradition, but they're so open to different people - different gender expressions and gender identities. As a gay man, I never once felt uncomfortable there. As a black man, I never once felt uncomfortable.
Karamo Brown
Gay
Man
People
Black
Gender
Rich
Once
Those
Uncomfortable
Never
Open
Identities
Felt
Tradition
Bangkok
Where
Different
Places
Different People
Full
Expressions
Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture.
Karamo Brown
Culture
People
Understand
Still
Queer
Lot
Unfortunately
There's so much toxic masculinity out there. I grew up with the notion that the more masculine you are and the less you show emotion, the more of a man you are.
Karamo Brown
You
Man
Out
More
Emotion
Masculine
Masculinity
Toxic
Up
Grew
Much
Notion
Show
Less
Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.
Karamo Brown
Parenting
Says
Easily
Parent
Came
Any
Being
Being Honest
Them
Themselves
Hard
Who
Honest
The funny thing is, we teach - as a culture, we teach people that it's OK to talk about your fitness goals... Like, I want to be more physically fit, I want to drop 10 pounds, but no one's talking about how I can spend 10 days to get happier.
Karamo Brown
Fitness
Funny
Culture
People
Goals
Drop
Funny Thing
Spend
OK
About
More
Physically
Pounds
Days
Like
Talk
Talking
How
Fit
Get
Want
Happier
Teach
Your
Thing
We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.
Karamo Brown
Work
People
Gun
Lose
See
Over
Because
Continue
Senseless
Lives
Violence
Really, I think the extra layer of raising a son as a gay black man comes from trying to raise a son who doesn't subscribe to masculine stereotypes.
Karamo Brown
Gay
Man
Son
Black
Subscribe
Think
Extra
Layer
Masculine
Stereotypes
Trying
Really
Who
Raise
Raising
Although someone's vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don't realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn't make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make.
Karamo Brown
Time
Best
Me
Vote
Hurt
Women
People
Decision
Thought
Some People
Down
Way
Bad
Some
Someone
Structures
Could
Colour
Supporting
Votes
Make
Although
Exist
Person
May
Just
Hold
Realise
Place
Them
Means
I've never done drag, but I'd love to try it.
Karamo Brown
Love
Try
Never
Done
Drag
Bomber jackets, for me, are the new blazers. They're something I can wear with suit pants or slacks - or I can go really urban with it. I think, as men, we don't have the little black dress that women do to go from day to nighttime, but the bomber can be the LBD for men.
Karamo Brown
Day
Me
Women
Black
Men
Think
Nighttime
Pants
Wear
Dress
Something
New
Go
Jackets
Urban
Little
Really
Bomber
Suit
So often, we take photos on our iPhone, and then they're gone in a year, and we don't even remember them. I like to experience life and disconnect from that.
Karamo Brown
Life
Experience
Remember
Year
Gone
Our
Photos
Take
Like
Disconnect
iPhone
Often
Them
Then
Even
It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing.
Karamo Brown
People
Important
Other
Learn
How
Debating
Discussing
Where
Conversations
It's been more than a decade since 'The Real World: Philadelphia' aired. I've grown up. My views have evolved, as has the media landscape.
Karamo Brown
World
Evolved
More
Since
Real
Been
Up
Than
Decade
The Real World
Real World
Landscape
Views
Media
Grown
Grown-Up
Philadelphia
While the Internet has allowed for some extraordinary progress in creating conversations about diversity, it also allows uninformed comments that one has made in the past to live forever.
Karamo Brown
Progress
Internet
Made
Diversity
Past
Live
Extraordinary
Some
About
Allowed
Also
Comments
Forever
In The Past
While
Conversations
Creating
Uninformed
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