KaramoYour Guide To Unlocking Your Best Self

First out Black gay man in daytime. #karamoshow #shorts

10 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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Karamo reflects on being the first out Black gay man on daytime TV, sharing how representation has evolved since the 1990s. He validates a guest's grief over losing her grandmother, the only person who made her feel normal, and affirms that you should never apologize for your emotions.

Give me a hug, give me a hug. What happened? What just happened?
My grandma is the only person that's ever made me feel like I'm normal.
Got it.
Once she died, I don't have anybody. Nobody can look at me.
Here, come back out with me. I'm sorry. No, you do not need to apologize. Let me tell you what I'm gonna teach you right now. First lesson is you don't apologize for your feelings because you are just like every other human being. You're entitled to your feelings and you're entitled to express them and be who you are. So you don't ever have to apologize for that.
Let me tell y'all something.
Little young me that watched daytime TV back in the '90s, 2000s, couldn't imagine— well, dreamed— being Black and gay and be able to sort of— Black and gay man on daytime TV. Girl, let me tell y'all, this is called evolution.