Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown Opens Up About Being Sexually Harassed By Women

Queer Eye favourite Karamo Brown has opened up about experiencing unwanted advances from women in the past.

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During his appearance on the Domenick Nati Show, the culture guru shared his own shocking encounters with sexual harassment.

“I also think about the fact that as a gay man, many straight women feel very confident and comfortable in touching me or doing things because they think it’s funny,” he explained.

“They make comments like, ‘Well you’re not straight, so this is fine. I can do these little things or say these things to you.’ When in essence, you would never do that to another woman or straight man.”

The 37-year-old doesn’t name any specific women or instances but explains how he dealt with the advances in the past.

“Because I’m trained, I can stop at a moment and say, ‘What’s your intention behind this action? Is your intention to actually harass me or is it because of the lack of cultural knowledge you think that it’s OK to do this behaviour?’” Brown said.

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