25 "Queer Eye" Facts That Will Make You Love It Even More

Did you know Jonathan can change a tyre in under five minutes?

1. Karamo has been on TV before – he was the first openly gay black man on The Real World on MTV.

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2. Most of the cast met at a huge audition.

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Bobby told Variety: “It was like speed-dating. We’d go in groups of five from table to table with various executives and just rotate until they found who they were looking for.”

3. There's a reason Jonathan always asks heroes how long they spend on their hair when on camera.

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He told Vulture: "I really want to know how much time you’re going to spend on your hair in the morning, because I don’t want to give you some experience on camera that makes no sense for you, because why would you do that for the sake of a transformation? I don’t want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense."

4. Neal from Episode 2 now texts Antoni photos of his meals.

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Antonti told GQ: "With Neil it really touched me, because I went into his kitchen, and it was these relics from 10 years ago from when he used to cook and entertain... I get texts from him on a regular basis. He sends me photos of the things that he makes for his friends, of the omelets that he makes for himself. He's thriving."

5. Tan didn't submit an application for the show – the producers found him on social media.

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And he didn't really want to be cast, he told ET: "The first day I cried because it was so terrifying for me, because I was the kind of guy that didn't really like to get his photo taken. I thought that they weren't going to cast me because I made it very clear to the person that told me I got this job, ‘You are out of your mind. Do not give me this job. I get uncomfortable getting my photo taken.' I went to the audition because I thought I would make some gay friends. I never thought that I would get a job."

6. The people the Fab Five make over in the show are called "heroes."

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7. You may recognise Jonathan from his Gay of Thrones recaps. He's a huge fan of the series.

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8. And he wants Yara Greyjoy to sit on the Iron Throne.

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He told Vulture: "It would be so unexpected right now because she’s so beat down, and I just really love a survivor story. And I feel like [Daenerys] might be too obvious for George [R.R. Martin], you know, because we just love her so much."

9. In a cute twist, Antoni was the personal chef to the first food guide on Queer Eye.

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10. Jonathan's definition of "grooming" is based on body positivity.

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He told Vulture: "If you have body hair, I’m like, 'Have your body hair. Have it sticking up the top of your shirt.' I’m really about body positivity and self-love."

11. Bobby worked seven days a week to get the houses ready.

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He told Architectural Digest: "While my Fab brothers often had three to four days off a week, some weeks, depending on what we were building, I worked seven days a week."

12. And because his role means he has to order in items, he gets a heads-up in advance.

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He told Architectural Digest: "I would get a little one-sheet on the guys or the guys and their families. Sometimes it really wasn't a whole lot to go on. The only thing I had to go on for Remi in Episode 6 is that he wanted to be in advertising, he loved Mad Men, and he wanted to go to Cuba one day..."

13. They really didn't know what was happening when the cop car pulled them over in Episode 3.

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"We had no idea," Karamo Brown told BuzzFeed of the scene. "When we have the driving scene in the morning, we all fight over who’s going to drive. That morning, I was adamant that I wanted to drive. I’m glad that that happened, because then it allowed a conversation to happen that probably wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t been in the driver’s seat."

Karamo told Indiewire that the moment showed viewers a fear many people of colour face every day.

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“Look how beautiful that is, a moment that myself and Tan may experience on a day-to-day basis, we face these fears of when a cop pulls us over. Are they gonna immediately just harass us, just because of who we are? People at home, who’ve never got to see that, are gonna get a small glimpse of what that is, but we don’t fester in that.”

14. There are loads of recipes that don't make it to the final cut.

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Antonti told GQ: "[In Episode 1] we made a salsa with charred corn, black beans, jicama — which is this really beautiful Mexican potatoey-apple vegetable that's crunchy and white — with a lot of cilantro and lime and a bit of salt. He made his own quesadillas with his own skirt steak that we marinated for him using Mexican oregano."

15. Bobby has a home furnishings line.

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16. And Tan has a successful clothing line.

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17. Tan's husband is a Mormon cowboy, and they live in Salt Lake City together.

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Tan told the New York Post: "It made it easier to date somebody who had similarities to me. I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t smoke. We practice some of our religions’ practices. We don’t practice them all. We practice what works for us.”

18. Karamo's nickname is Karoprah.

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Bobby told Architectural Digest: "Karamo was a counselor before, so he really takes the 'culture' category to more of a self-help place. He really gets in there and he's a really great listener, we call him 'Karoprah.'"

19. Bobby Camp's house took a day and half to clean before they could start work on it.

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Bobby told BuzzFeed: "Usually we can get in there and clean things out really quickly, but that took a full day and a half just to clean. With six young kids and a job, it’s completely understandable that keeping a tidy home is the last thing on your mind.”

20. Jonathan is still in touch with some of the heroes via Instagram.

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He told Vulture: "There are two who I still chat with regularly on Instagram and they both have, even now, long-lasting changes."

21. AJ from Episode 3 sold his house after they made it over.

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Bobby told Architectural Digest: "About two weeks after we filmed that episode, I texted him [AJ], 'Hey, how's the house going? Does it feel like home yet?' He texts, 'It sold already.' I was like, 'What?' His boyfriend Dre had a house, so AJ moved in with him and they put the condo on the market."

22. Karamo has an important stipulation in his contract.

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He told AU Magazine: "I’m all about being representation and living my dreams. I make sure that in my contract they must hire two to three gay Africa-Americans to be on crew. I’ve done that now on the past three shows that I’ve been on and that’s important for me."

23. Karamo also runs an HIV awareness organization called 6in10.

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He told AU Magazine: “My background is in psychotherapy and I’m a licensed social worker, so I thought why not start something where we can address the mental health of black gay and bisexual men who are being infected or affected by HIV. That was a big thing for me because I’m negative but dated many men who were positive. But when I come across some men who are negative, for some reason they don’t think it is our issue. That always blows my mind because if it affects one then it affects all of us.”

24. Joe, the comedian from Episode 7, took his website down after the show.

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Karamo told BuzzFeed: "But he took [his website] down! He said, ‘I’m not sure if I’m ready for that point in my career.’ I was like, ‘I’m building you this because in a matter of months, millions of people are gonna see you and flock to your website.’ And he took it down."

25. Jonathan can change a tyre in under five minutes.

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