Carson Kressley
Carson Kressley
Carson Lee Kressley is a television personality, actor and designer. He was the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye, where he was one of the show's "Fab Five". He was also the motivational host of the TV show How to Look Good Naked and OWN's Carson Nation, as well as a contestant on season 13 of Dancing with the Stars...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth11 November 1969
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.
I was into Barbie and designer jeans.
I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.
Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.
People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.
I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time.
Show's going well. New season starting, we're on the road.
I love fashion, but it's always been my job, whereas horseriding is my hobby.
When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn't get hung in a locker for two hours. That's a blessing.
I've been doing makeovers on TV for years and years and years. It's something I really know how to do. I also know personally what it's like to not feel good about yourself.
I wasn't always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you're constantly told, 'Don't be yourself, don't be proud of who you are.
I think ultimately I make people happy: Whether I'm doing the stage show, giving somebody a makeover, or designing clothing, the end goal is to make people smile.
Friends think your life is so glamorous, and it is. But there are times when, instead of going to a glamorous party, I would rather just come home from work, pop in a DVD and eat some microwave popcorn with a cutie on the sofa.
It's incredibly hard to program a network from scratch for 24 hours.