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  • -I know that this is your show --

  • This is his show, clearly, and he's got things to start with,

  • but I've got to say real quick. -Sure.

  • -Backstage, he was too scared to give me hugs,

  • and now he's, like, all about the hug.

  • He wouldn't even shake my hand, and now

  • you're all about the hugs because we won a game together?

  • [ Laughter ] -Yeah, I was a little giddy.

  • -Oh, really? -Backstage, 'cause I was --

  • I was doing fist bump. -I love a fist bump.

  • -I don't. -People are shocked

  • with the fist bump with me, because I don't seem like --

  • Obviously, I don't seem like the fist-bump kind of guy.

  • Keeps me -- Keeps me well.

  • -I'm so happy you're here again. -Thanks.

  • -I want to -- I was talking to you backstage,

  • 'cause I said you have such an iconic look.

  • And you said that you've been getting mistaken

  • for a different celebrity. -[ Laughs ]

  • See, I would like to believe I have an iconic look.

  • But apparently somebody else has that iconic look.

  • Taika Waititi.

  • And so -- [ Laughter ]

  • -Taika Waititi from "Jojo Rabbit."

  • -Yeah! -Who just won the Oscar?

  • -Yes. So, very, very famous Taika.

  • And so I'll be --

  • So, here's the thing. [ Laughter ]

  • Here's the thing. This is, like, Tan France TV hair.

  • When I don't have this hair,

  • it's, like, really curly like Taika's.

  • And so when I'm out in public, people will --

  • They started doing this about a year ago

  • where they'd be like, "Is it you?" I'm like, "Yeah."

  • And then they'll start to take the picture,

  • and it's very clear they think I'm Taika.

  • And so I'm like, "Well, I'll just lean in."

  • And so I continue on.

  • What is hilarious, though, is that I don't change my accent,

  • but, America, I love you very much,

  • but you clearly don't know how to distinguish accents,

  • because he's from New Zealand. I'm from England.

  • And I saw Taika at a party a few months ago. And I was like,

  • "Oh, my gosh. Taika, people keep mistaking me for you."

  • And he was like, "They do it to me, too."

  • I was like, "Do you change your accent?"

  • He was like, "Nah, it's America. They don't know the difference."

  • [ Laughter and applause ]

  • -We don't care. We love everybody.

  • -They don't know. -We love everybody.

  • -They don't know.

  • -But, I mean, I've been out with you guys in the public,

  • and people freak out around you.

  • -Oh. -They love you.

  • You're beloved in America, as well.

  • And is there one question that people always stop and ask you?

  • Is there one --

  • -Well, there's a couple of things.

  • They start with a move which is, they lift me,

  • which is so bizarre. Can I do a quick P.S.A.?

  • -Yeah. -Can I take this time?

  • Stop lifting me! Whoever --

  • Stop lifting me! I'm a grown man.

  • They see me with my "Queer Eye" boys --

  • [ Laughter ] -Wait, what?

  • -So, I'm with my "Queer Eye" boys,

  • and they're all much taller.

  • And so everybody thinks when they see me that I must be tiny.

  • And so they get really excited, and they lift me up.

  • -Wait, they grab you, and they lift you off the ground?

  • -Strangers. Strangers.

  • [ Laughter ] -What?

  • -And so, once --

  • And they jump.

  • And so the first thing I say when somebody runs up to me,

  • I'm like, "Please don't lift me."

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -Did I lift you when you came out?

  • -Yes, you did, and it was very awkward.

  • -I hugged you. -No, you were like, "Hey, Tan,

  • I don't shake hands, but let me lift you and bounce you."

  • -No, I did not lift you and bounce you.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • What fashion advice do they ask you for?

  • Like, "Hey, can you design my wardrobe?"

  • What do you -- -They ask me a lot.

  • It's usually something called a French tuck.

  • -Whoo! -And so people will ask me to French tuck them.

  • Thanks so much for those "whoo"s.

  • But what I find very strange is --

  • So, it's called a French tuck

  • 'cause you just tuck in the front of your shirt.

  • However, when you just say it to a stranger --

  • And I am a stranger to them. They don't really know me.

  • They'll come over, and they say, "Will you French tuck me?"

  • It sounds really vulgar. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • -Especially by a "urannal."

  • Urinal. However you guys pronounce it.

  • -Oh, yeah. Okay, sorry, yeah. [ Laughter ]

  • -In a -- In a public restroom!

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • In a public restroom.

  • Why would you follow me in

  • and then ask me to French tuck you whilst I'm out?

  • -Especially in the "urannal," too.

  • Yeah, I mean, that's a -- Absolutely.

  • Why would you do that, as well? Yeah.

  • I was -- I know you're great with style.

  • -Thanks.

  • -But you know what I didn't know really about you

  • is that you were an actual designer.

  • -Yeah, I'm actually -- I'm not a stylist. I'm a designer.

  • I do that on "Queer Eye" because I know how to style people,

  • I would like to believe.

  • But first and foremost, I'm a designer.

  • And so -- -For years.

  • -And I have been, yeah, since I was, like, 16.

  • I went to designer school. I was making women's clothing.

  • That's how I made my money.

  • I created businesses that were women's wear.

  • -It's good to know this.

  • -Yeah. And so --

  • And so when -- You mentioned earlier,

  • I have a new show called "Next in Fashion."

  • When they came and asked me if I wanted to do that,

  • I was like, "Heck, yeah."

  • Like, encourage new designers? Celebrate the craft of design?

  • It was a godsend.

  • -And now, your co-host, Alexa Chung,

  • I love Alexa Chung. -[ Gasps ] I love her so much.

  • -Hi. Alexa Chung. I love her. She's awesome.

  • -I love her so much. She's honestly incredible.

  • I was about to say she's the best host on TV

  • other than Jimmy Fallon.

  • -Thank you. I appreciate that.

  • You saved yourself. You saved yourself.

  • -She's amazing. But you know, she's so smart,

  • so funny. -Funny, yeah.

  • -So ridiculously attractive at 5:00 A.M., it's just sickening.

  • [ Laughter ] She's wonderful.

  • She's such a great talent, yeah.

  • -Can you explain the show to anyone --

  • -Yes. -Yeah.

  • -So, it's 18 designers from all over the world.

  • They are competing to be the next household name.

  • And so these are people

  • who have worked for major, major design houses.

  • And they're competing against each other.

  • They start in groups, and then they compete against each other.

  • And it's a celebration of great design.

  • They really are incredible people.

  • And it brings the world together

  • to celebrate different countries and opportunities and design.

  • -I also like it because it shows you how much work

  • goes into clothes. -Oh, yeah!

  • -You just go, "Oh, that's just a jacket,

  • and it's a tie, and it's a shirt."

  • -Yeah. -It's like --

  • So much work goes into making that thing. And that's --

  • -Within a day and a half, which is insane.

  • They do this within a day and a half.

  • They make the most incredible clothes.

  • And then the final collection, they do within two days.

  • And it will blow your mi--

  • It will blow your mind. In my opinion,

  • it's some of the most beautiful fashion you'll ever see on TV.

-I know that this is your show --

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