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HOW QUEER EYE SEASON 1 CAPTURED THAT EMOTNAL COMG-OUT SCENEIN EPISO 4 OF THE REVIVED REALY SERI, A MAKEOVER RECIPIENT OUT TO HIS STEPMOTHER A TEARY, HEARTWARMG REVELATN. HERE’S HOW ME TOGETHER.BY YOHANA DTAJUNE 11, 2018JONATHAN VAN NS AND AJ BROWNCOURTY OF NETFLIX.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAS EMMY NOMATNS APPROACH, VANY FAIR’S HWD TEAM IS ONCE AGA DIVG EP TO HOW SOME OF THIS SEASON’S GREATT SCEN AND CHARACTERS ME TOGETHER. YOU N READ MORE OF THE CLOSE LOOKS HERE.THE SCENE: QUEER EYE SEASON 1, EPISODE 4THIS EPISO OF QUEER EYE, THE NETFLIX REBOOT OF THE ORIGAL BRAVO MAKEOVER SERI, WAS SIGNED TO MAKE YOU CRY. IN , THE FAB FIVE—KARAMO BROWN, TAN FRANCE, BOBBY BERK, ANTONI POROWSKI, AND JONATHAN VAN NS—GIVE A MAKEOVER TO A.J., A GAY MAN A VOTED RELATNSHIP WHO IS NOT YET OUT TO HIS STEPMOTHER, HAI.OVER THE URSE OF THE EPISO, A.J. REVEALS STILL BOTHERS HIM THAT HE NEVER ME OUT TO HIS LATE FATHER AND THAT HE DON’T WANT TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGA WH HAI. SO HE CIS TO THROW A GET-TOGETHER WH HIS IENDS AND FAY AFTER HIS MAKEOVER. SHORTLY AFTER HIS STEPMOTHER ARRIV, HE TAK HER TO HIS ROOM AND READS HER A LETTER THAT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO SHARE WH HIS DAD. AS HE REVEALS THAT HE’S GAY, HE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN AND SOB. IT DON’T TAKE LONG BEFORE A.J.’S STEPMOTHER IS SOBBG, TOO, CRADLG HIM HER ARMS AND TELLG HIM THAT SHE ACCEPTS HIM AND THAT EVERYTHG IS GOG TO BE FE.THE MOMENT IS A RAW AND EMOTNAL BENCHMARK FOR THE SERI, CLCHG EVERYTHG VIEWERS WOULD E TO LOVE ABOUT THE NEW ERA OF QUEER EYE—AND SETTG A HIGH BAR THAT THE SHOW MIGHT SPEND THE RT OF S N TRYG TO REACH AGA.HOW IT CAME TOGETHERDAVID COLLS, THE EMMY-WNG CREATOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF QUEER EYE, SAYS WAS A.J.’S IA TO E OUT ON MERA. THOUGH MOST REALY-PETN SHOWS HAVE TO PROD OR MANUFACTURE THEIR PLOT POTS, COLLS PROMIS THAT EACH QUEER EYE EPISO IS LARGELY LED BY THE MAKEOVER RECIPIENT—OR EPISODIC HERO, AS HE LLS THEM.“THIS IS HIS OR HER JOURNEY,” HE SAID A RECENT PHONE TERVIEW. “IT’S NOT THE PRODUCER’S JOB TO RI THAT JOURNEY WH THEM. IT’S SIMPLY THE CREW’S JOB TO HELP ALLOW THAT PERSON [TO] HAVE THE MOST THENTIC, REAL EXPERIENCE WH THE FAB FIVE OVER THOSE DAYS AS POSSIBLE.”EVERY EPISO TAK PLACE OVER THE URSE OF A WEEK, WH EACH OF THE FAB FIVE HELPG TO IMPROVE A DIFFERENT AREA OF THEIR SUBJECT’S LIFE, OM GROOMG TO FASHN. ON THE FIRST DAY OF A.J.’S MAKEOVER, BROWN, WHO HANDL “CULTURE,” HAS A HEART-TO-HEART WH A.J. ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS LATE FATHER. AS THE PAIR CHAT, THEY QUICKLY BOND OVER THEIR SHARED EXPERIENC AS GAY, BLACK MEN AMERI, A NVERSATN THAT GAVE A.J. THE NFINCE TO BE MORE VULNERABLE, ACRDG TO COLLS.IT’S THEN THAT A.J. REVEALS ON MERA HE HASN’T TOLD HIS STEPMOTHER THAT HE’S GAY, AAID THAT MIGHT DAMAGE THEIR RELATNSHIP. ONCE HE SHARED THAT RMATN, THE SHOW’S PRODUCERS REALIZED JT HOW MUCH THEIR EPISODIC HERO HAD PARTMENTALIZED HIS LIFE. BUT AFTER TALKG TO BROWN, HE WAS WILLG TO TEAR DOWN THOSE WALLS.“I THK HE REALIZED HIMSELF THAT HE WAS AT A SEMAL MOMENT,” COLLS SAID. “HE WAS KD OF AT A PRECIPICE WHERE HE REALLY DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNY TO MAKE A BIG CHANGE.”WHEN THE DAY ARRIVED, COLLS REMEMBERED A.J. BEG A BUNDLE OF NERV, AAID THAT HIS STEPMOTHER WOULD REJECT HIM. EVEN BEFORE SHE ARRIV AT HIS APARTMENT THE EPISO, HE’S PICTURED STG ALONE AND CRYG TO HIMSELF, READG AND RE-READG THE LETTER HE’S GOG TO SHARE WH HER. “HE ACTUALLY IS SRED THAT THIS ULD GO THE OPPOSE WAY AND REALLY CHANGE THGS FOREVER FOR THE WORST,” COLLS SAID. “THAT’S A REALY FOR HIM STILL. THAT’S, FOR ME, PROBABLY THE HEAVIER PART OF THE EPISO.”MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRACHEL LEVISS SEEMGLY QUS VANRPUMP RUL WH HELP FROM BETHENNY FRANKELBY SAVANNAH WALSHRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHA.J. ULTIMATELY CIS TO BRG HAI TO HIS BEDROOM FOR THE BIG MOMENT. TO GIVE THEM SOME PRIVACY, COLLS ONLY ALLOWED ONE MERAMAN AND ONE D PERSON TO JO THEM. HE AND THE RT OF THE CREW WAED OUTSI OF THE APARTMENT, NERVOLY WATCHG THE NVERSATN UNFOLD ON A GROUP OF MONORS. ON THE SHOW, A.J. READS THE LETTER, THEN SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO HAI: “I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU MY TTH—THAT I’M GAY. I WISH I ULD SHARE THIS MOMENT WH DAD.” MOMENTS LATER, THEY BOTH BURST TO TEARS AND HOLD EACH OTHER. “I’M ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE FOR YOU,” HAI TELLS HIM WARMLY.OUTSI OF THE APARTMENT, COLLS AND THE ENTIRE CREW WERE BAWLG AS WELL. WHEN THE FAB FIVE WATCHED THE FOOTAGE BACK LATER ON AT THEIR LOFT, THEY TOO BURST TO TEARS, WATCHG AWE AS THEIR HERO’S LIFE CHANGED FOREVER.IN EARLY MAY, A.J. GOT MARRIED TO HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, DREY, ADDG A HEARTWARMG EPILOGUE TO THE MOVG EPISO. “HOW OL FOR HIM!” COLLS EXCLAIMED, NOTG THAT A.J.’S EPISO HAS BEE A BEAN OF SOMETHG GREATER, PARTICULARLY FOR VIEWERS WHO ARE PART OF THE L.G.B.T.Q. MUNY. “HE DID SOMETHG THAT REALLY IS PAYG OFF FOR SO MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD, ACROSS THE GLOBE. HIS G-OUT STORY IS A STORY OF HOPE . . . ANYTHG’S POSSIBLE.”PHOTOS: TRACEE ELLIS ROSS REIGNS1 / 6CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPHS BY LREN DOFF.ROSS HAS TWO EMMY NOMATNS FOR HER ROLE AS BOW JOHNSON BLACK-ISH. ROSS WEARS A DRS BY NORMA KAMALI; RG BY JENNIFER FISHER; HEAD WRAP BY GIGI BURRIS. THROUGHOUT: HAIR PRODUCTS BY MIZANI; MAKP BY CHANEL.YOHANA DTA
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