Karamo watches his appearance on the early-2000s dating show The Fifth Wheel, where he was cast to appear straight for his then-boyfriend. He and friends laugh through the viral moments, the producer pressure to kiss on camera, and the "smolder" meme that could resurface if he runs for office.
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Okay, let's start this. What y'all about to show me today?
This future politician's on the booty camp.
Oh my God, how did you find this?
That was my ex-boyfriend. Oh my gosh, I told y'all about this.
Did I tell y'all about this?
Let's get rolling.
I've had several girls tell me that I was their parents' dream. I think I'm excellent in bed.
Oh my gosh. Okay, so that light-skinned boy was my boyfriend at the time and he wanted to be on TV really bad and they wouldn't cast him without me going on. So I had to go on this show and pretend to be straight and I was like, girl, I'm over this. I'm doing this for you. For you. Oh my gosh.
It's always been my goal since I was a child to be a politician.
It has been my goal to be a politician. Oh my gosh, today changed. Bitch, I had a smolder on me that ate at 21. Y'all could not even deal with it. That same smile though.
I mean, I don't think there's a point to be cheating. I mean, if you're in love with somebody and you want to satisfy them and be with them, there's no point in you cheating.
Why was he dropping knowledge at 21, y'all?
Girl, I was 21 dropping knowledge. Now y'all know why I got a talk show. It was in the DNA. I have never cheated. It was true then and it is true now. We don't cheat. Open, honest communication. If I want to step out the relationship, then we need to talk about it so we can end it and move on or make make a deal of what we doing. Ain't nobody got time for cheating. Who cheats? It's so tacky. Just communicate. Let the person make their decision. 'Cause you will be surprised who will say, "You know what? I might be down with this.
Let's go have a little fun." I mean, if I feel like our soul is connected and our spirituality is connected and all the points are connecting the right way they're supposed to be, then maybe. Do you have any kids like most politicians?
Nope.
Ooh!
Ooh! You know when you got any kids like most politicians?
Baby, I did. One popped up. 4 years later.
You have some potentials that y'all don't even know about.
The gag! The gag that she called me!
I didn't even know that I was gonna have a kid later on. Bitch, why was I so leaned in? Some producer told me to do that.
Act right.
That's when you come with the left hook.
Or my knife. Whichever one gets there first. I don't know.
Stephanie tries to act like a—
This is so funny because my baby mama's name is Stephanie.
At first, I thought Karamo was lame, but he's showing some signs of an undercover thug.
Anathetica.
Baby, y'all cannot— that smolder eats. Baby, that smolder eats.
Y'all see the smolder I got going on?
Oh my gosh, where did you get this from?
Was this through NBC? How do y'all get it? Oh my gosh.
Real eccentric and beautiful look.
The last time I saw this video was 20, 19 years ago. Like, it was '21. Like, there was no YouTube and stuff where I could come on. This is so funny. This gonna come back and haunt me when I do run for office one day. Watch this. This is the moment where I wish one of my heroes, Jerry Springer, was still around because he ran for office and I can ask him for some advice. Because when I make that transition from talk show host to Vice President of the United States, this is gonna come back. When I make that transition from talk show host to governor, this is gonna come back and haunt me. I did like her. She was— this one right here was impeccable. I was like, if I was dating girls, she would've been it. She was just so smart. She was like, Forward thinking. I love the look.
Laila has a natural and beautiful look, and I'm really into that.
Karamo is suave. He's handsome.
Laila is smart.
Girl, y'all can't tell me— I swore that I was Morris Chestnut. Them eyes stayed— or Tank. That's who I thought I was. I was Tank. Them eyes stayed closed. Somebody put a side-by-side of me on this show next to Tank and see if y'all tell me them smolders weren't exactly the same at that time. Why we all was 21 but looked like we was heading on to 30? We did not look 21.
No, that doesn't mean— she wants to be appreciated is what that means.
Come on, read your boyfriend. That's not your boyfriend on this show. Oh my gosh.
Hi. I'm scared of y'all. You guys are all like—
No.
We ain't gonna bite you.
We grown folks in here. So you talked about earlier on who's feeling who or whatever, but you were evasive with your answer. So give us some more.
Not the presidential advice. Do I still have political ambitions? Yes. There's nothing more to tell. I'm gonna talk to your host right now. One goal at a time. No, in you.
More in you.
Ah, player, player, player. Listen, you see that vagueness is because I'm a homosexual. The reason I was being vague there is because I'm a raging homosexual. So when they asking me, who do you want to date? I don't know, baby. Either I was bored or I thought I was giving y'all so much.
What's the sexiest thing you think on you?
My lips.
Will you lick them for me? Oh yes, just like that.
Uh-uh, no ma'am. Uh-uh. The things that will come back and haunt you.
Okay, Karamo, your turn with Whitney.
So, Karamo.
Did I have on a dress shoe? This is that early 2000s style. Guys had to go to the club with a button-down shirt.
Because I want a girl who I know thinks highly of herself and, you know, I can leave her on one side of the room and she'll have that whole side of the room just captivated.
That's the same way I do feel about men. I need you to be your own self because I'm my own self. That's good advice. Why am I dropping gems, y'all, at 21? I've not seen this since.
Well, yeah, that's, you know, that's what I'm feeling from you.
Wow.
Hold on, I forgot. Did anybody pick me on this show? Did I get picked? I can't remember. She'd make a good first lady. Oh my God. I wonder if she likes cigars. I don't like cigars. Look at the way you carry yourself, you know what I mean?
You're sitting very poised. You speak very eloquently. I mean, it's nice.
I don't even know what to say.
Nothing, just thank you's enough for me.
Aww.
Whitney is the best of Stephanie and Layla rolled into one.
I really liked Karamo. He's everything that I asked for.
She's beautiful, she's well-spoken, she's confident, and I like that.
I like the fact that Karamo wasn't all over me and he respected me.
Let's hit the casino.
Not the Hustler Casino.
To get lucky.
So anything else happening between you and Stephanie and—
I did not kiss anybody on this show, did I? OK, I knew so. I was like, my little gay ass was not kissing nobody. Because I know them producers was like, kiss, kiss, kiss, make out. And I'm like, no, y'all, this is not happening. Oh, I kissed a hand. See, a gentleman. I knew that. If they didn't know I was gay right there, you on a dating show and I kissed your hand.
How did y'all not know I was gay on this show?
What happened? Oh my God, this is a mess. Okay, who picks who? Who picked me? Did I get— I swear to God, I don't remember this. I better have got picked. Can y'all believe I'm standing next to my boyfriend of 2 years at that point by this?
The person that I chose tonight was Whitney.
Yeah, I would have chose Whitney.
I chose Whitney because she's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's poised.
Did Whitney pick me?
It was obvious that there was only one guy that met my high standards, and that was you.
I got the girl.
That was a little boy, and I got the man.
Yes, you did get a man, okay.
That's it for The Fifth Wheel, where strangers become lovers and lovers be—
I am gagged. Let me tell y'all something. When I tell y'all that I understand what my guests have been through, it's because I understand.
