Tan France on coming out to his family just weeks before ‘Queer Eye’ premiered: “They were in complete shock”

I thought that ‘Queer Eye’ was going to be a tiny show that only the gays watched.Then, Netflix was like, ‘Hey, just so you know, we’re planning on this being a massive global show and we’re doing a big push, so your family is going to find out. You definitely want to come out to them real quick.’ … It was a lot. It was intense.

They [his family] were just in complete shock that I would be so public with anything because I’d never said I wanted to be an entertainer — ’cause I didn’t. And, so, yeah, they were in complete shock. And then they watched the show, and they’re like, ‘Oh, we can get behind this. You’re just being yourself on TV. Like,

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