'Queer Eye' star tanfrance bridges divides on TV and in real life
caught on by doing something unusual: creating reality TV that touches on some of the country's deepest divides with persistent optimism.
"When I go into the homes of these people, they're my neighbours. I spend my days with them. I know who these people are, so it puts me in a very privileged position to say, 'I get what you're going through, and let me help you through it,'" he said in a recent interview at his renovated historic home on a quiet street.
"It's a very honest, earnest show," France said."I think many people worried that this wasn't going to work. It was going to be a very emotional show, it was going to be a positive show, and up until that point those shows weren't successful."quickly took off, has now released a third season and won best reality show at the GLAAD media awards.
"People who are trans, or have someone trans in their family or a trans friend, or who don't even know anyone who's trans at all but now they have at least somewhat of an understanding to be decent to trans people," he said."That is the most valuable gift they gave me."France, meanwhile, has become a rare LGBTQ celebrity of south Asian descent. A native of the north of England whose family is Pakistani, he has lived in Salt Lake City on and off for more than a decade.
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