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- culture
- June 4, 2023
Take it from Karamo Brown: Own who you are
"Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown serves up advice to his younger self.
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\"Ooh my senior photo was lit,\" exclaimed Brown. \"I'm giving you straight Blue Steel.\"
Brown told \"GMA\" that the advice he would give his younger self would be to appreciate his hair.
\"I would say appreciate what you have because you're going to miss those locks one day.\"
3. Own who you are.
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Brown got emotional when we showed him a photo of himself, his oldest son and grandfather, who raised Brown when his own father left him.
\"He stepped in immediately and was like 'I love who you are, you're going to be amazing,'\" said Brown. \"He's in his 90s now so he's had a great life. Now I'm just happy that we've had these generational experiences because especially as African-Americans, you often don't get to see those images. And there is basically four generations of men right there that I mean I will cherish that photo forever.\"
4. Always give it your all.
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\"All the Fab Five, yeah! I love them,\" said Brown, looking at a photo of him and his \"Queer Eye\" cast mates. \"I'm living for Jonathan. That was the first time he ever wore heels and I was like, 'Yes I need to do that.'\"
The photo was taken for their potential Emmy nomination.
\"The fact that there's a potential that we might be hearing soon that we're an Emmy-nominated show and an Emmy-nominated host is mind-blowing.\"
5. Work hard and be good to people.
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\"That's the night I asked the love of my life to marry me,\" said Brown. \"We're wearing and showing off our David Yurman rings -- black diamonds on black platinum.\"
Brown said it took him a bit to propose since he was working as a social worker and supporting his family.
\"The minute that the TV show came out and I started like really making them coins and I knew we were getting engaged. I was like, we're getting David Yurman rings.\"
As far as advice to Brown's younger self goes...
\"I just would continue to tell myself in that photo, just continue to believe that whatever you want you can do it if you continue to work for it and be good to people.\"
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This story was originally published on July 13, 2018.
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