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00:00:16Do you want me to start by saying it's the final season or, like, season 10?
00:00:21Do I look at you? Do I look at camera?
00:00:25We've been knocking on doors for 10 seasons.
00:00:30Behind every door is a story.
00:00:32A laugh, a heartbreak, a person who needs love and community.
00:00:37But you can't fix ugly.
00:00:39Wow.
00:00:40I have seen vacuum-sealed squirrels with their heart out in a freezer.
00:00:46I smelled a cup that I thought was beer, and I'm pretty confident it wasn't.
00:00:51No!
00:00:53You're on the strong black lesbian woman.
00:00:59Every time that door opened, it was for someone worth showing up for.
00:01:04Square Eye has never been about fixing people. It's about meeting them where they are.
00:01:08For our final season, we are in the eye of the storm.
00:01:11We are in D.C. because our country is in turmoil right now.
00:01:16We stopped talking to one another.
00:01:18Everybody's got their brand of cynicism.
00:01:21Culture has shifted. What's appropriate is different. What isn't appropriate is very different.
00:01:27But the message has always been the same. It's always been about connecting with other people that we don't understand.
00:01:37We are all just looking for the same thing, which is love, support.
00:01:43To have our stories acknowledged and validated.
00:01:45Welcome home!
00:01:48And to be told, yeah, Queen, I got you. We want connection. All humans want that.
00:01:54You're God's son.
00:01:56Every one of us has hope for a better life.
00:02:01The fight that we started season one is still going strong.
00:02:04And even after we're gone, it will continue on.
00:02:08I wish this was the end of a very long battle, but it's not.
00:02:12It's never been more important for people to accept and tolerate and learn.
00:02:16This show, at its core, is a reminder that we are better when we're together.
00:02:22Ask your neighbor how they're doing.
00:02:24And bring them a banana bread. Cut lengthwise on top.
00:02:28This isn't the end of Queer Eye. We were just starting off a movement.
00:02:32I'm always gonna be there for you.
00:02:34Okay, I'm relieved.
00:02:37It's never been just a makeover.
00:02:40Continue making this world a better place.
00:02:42You never know what's behind the door unless you knock.
00:02:44And now it's your turn.
00:02:46It's your turn.
00:02:49I'm gonna miss you. I love you guys.
00:02:51We are coming to an end.
00:02:59Okay, this is season 10.
00:03:01You ready?
00:03:14I love Annie's.
00:03:15That's nice.
00:03:17Have you never been to Annie's?
00:03:18You've never been anywhere.
00:03:20You've never been anywhere.
00:03:21Never been anywhere.
00:03:22It's one of the first queer-affirming spaces in all the land.
00:03:26Thank you so much.
00:03:28I ordered this for you and you ordered that for me?
00:03:31Yeah.
00:03:31Okay.
00:03:32I love it when the white is fully cooked through and the yellow is still liquidy.
00:03:36There you go, Daddy. There you go.
00:03:39As much as I love this food, we are here to learn about our heroes.
00:03:44Yeah.
00:03:45Are Doreen and Joe Diggs, retired sisters who were born and raised in Washington, D.C.
00:03:50We got sisters?
00:03:51Sisters.
00:03:52It's been a while.
00:03:53I know.
00:03:53This is the crazy part.
00:03:54Growing up, there were 18 kids in their family.
00:03:58Wow.
00:03:58It's my dream.
00:03:59I always wanted a big family.
00:04:01What are you, a rabbit?
00:04:04The sisters' lives have reconverged in an unexpected chapter.
00:04:07Doreen's world turned upside down when Diane, the love of her life, unexpectedly passed away in 2020.
00:04:14Greatest to be her.
00:04:14My absolute greatest to be her.
00:04:15Her grief was deep and she didn't want to be in the house where she found Diane.
00:04:19Oh, gosh.
00:04:21When I lost my partner for 40 years, that was the worst feeling.
00:04:26And when I found her on that kitchen floor, my whole life just stopped right in front of me.
00:04:38That, I don't wish that on anybody.
00:04:41Even though Doreen and her sister weren't particularly close, Joe opened her doors.
00:04:45She was so distraught.
00:04:46She said, I can't stay here.
00:04:48You come and get me.
00:04:49And that was it.
00:04:50I called Joe crying.
00:04:52Joe came and got me.
00:04:53She never turned her back on me as a sister.
00:04:57Nobody else would take me here.
00:05:00They lived together with Joe's granddaughter, Bree, and her one-year-old daughter, Sulan, who we call So-So.
00:05:06So-So's cute.
00:05:07You gonna understand?
00:05:09Go ahead, boo-boo.
00:05:10I just met Aunt Doreen, I would say, a total of maybe four years ago.
00:05:15I just hear that, you know, she alienated herself from the family.
00:05:19Reason being, I'm not sure.
00:05:20Though they're grateful for each other, they're opposites in many ways.
00:05:24And they struggle to bridge the emotional distance that still lingers.
00:05:28Nana and Aunt Doreen are like oil and water.
00:05:29Let me catch my breath.
00:05:30I'll take him upstairs and hang him up.
00:05:32I'll do it.
00:05:33He's a nice lady.
00:05:34All right, thank you.
00:05:36You're welcome, honey.
00:05:37Nana is such a family person, family-oriented.
00:05:39She is kind of like the life of the party all the time.
00:05:43And Doreen is, like, very secluded.
00:05:45She'll stay in that room with her ice cream and her Grace Jones.
00:05:50They are literally the odd couple.
00:05:52Well...
00:05:52Why were you up?
00:05:54Oh, why was I up?
00:05:55Cleaning up.
00:05:56I was up cleaning up.
00:05:57But why did you find it necessary?
00:05:59Because I needed it.
00:06:00I hate a dirty house.
00:06:02Listen, Joe know me.
00:06:03I hate a dirty house.
00:06:05And I'm going to clean it.
00:06:06It wasn't dirty.
00:06:06It was.
00:06:09She sweeps and vacuums the steps, like, 16 times a day.
00:06:13They need to help me clean up.
00:06:16Seriously.
00:06:16Doreen, Doreen.
00:06:18Doreen?
00:06:18You know, Doreen is just used to a very manicured home,
00:06:22whereas we're used to a home that is actually, like, lived in.
00:06:26And there's toys everywhere.
00:06:28Because, I mean, we got kids.
00:06:30We utilize every part of this house.
00:06:31We've accumulated a lot of things.
00:06:34You should have done that in this morning.
00:06:35Both of y'all should have been doing it.
00:06:37It's very imperative to me that I raised my daughter in a household with her family,
00:06:43not where I'm like, oh, I have to leave out of here, because everybody has, like, bad energy going on.
00:06:48To strengthen their bond, they need to learn to respect and accept each other's differences.
00:06:53If we're going to live in the same house, it's not an option for it not to work.
00:06:57Communication is what they need.
00:06:59They need communication.
00:07:00It wasn't closed tight at all.
00:07:01It wasn't closed at all, Jill.
00:07:03It was open.
00:07:03They just be bottling up feelings.
00:07:05I would love if the Fab Five helped dig into what they actually feel.
00:07:09I would like for us to get back to know each other, to love each other.
00:07:13You know?
00:07:14That's my sister.
00:07:16Hell.
00:07:22You want to know our mission this week?
00:07:23Yes.
00:07:24To help these sister sisters get through this two-way twister.
00:07:26Yeah!
00:07:28I like that.
00:07:29Come on, let's go.
00:07:29Oh, my God, are we dine and dashing?
00:07:31Karamo, you pay the bill.
00:07:39Okay, we made it, guys.
00:07:44Wow, wow, wow.
00:07:46Oh, my God, Karamo, there's a mosquito on your ass.
00:07:48Ow!
00:07:49Oh, my God.
00:07:50I love it.
00:07:50I got it.
00:07:53Hi!
00:07:58Hi, Gorgie.
00:07:59How are you?
00:08:02Hey, come on in.
00:08:04Don't break that chair now.
00:08:05It looks nice.
00:08:06What's going through your mind?
00:08:07You talk to us.
00:08:10Oh, my God, a cat has got her tongue.
00:08:12Breathe, girl.
00:08:13Breathe.
00:08:14Do you want to tell me about your baby child over here?
00:08:16My first granddaughter.
00:08:19Oh, wow.
00:08:19And my first great-granddaughter.
00:08:21Oh, wow.
00:08:21Oh, wow.
00:08:23Wow.
00:08:24Our first words, queen.
00:08:26Oh, wow.
00:08:27And she pushed through.
00:08:28Okay, we're good.
00:08:29I am so best and honored to meet you.
00:08:33Oh, we're so excited to meet you.
00:08:35So where is Doreen?
00:08:36She's upstairs.
00:08:37I say door.
00:08:38You say Reen.
00:08:39Door.
00:08:40Reen.
00:08:40Door.
00:08:41Reen.
00:08:41Come on, Doreen.
00:08:44So she's a tough sell.
00:08:46I love a good boudoir.
00:08:47If you give me a snack and a TV and a comfy bed, not going to see me for a
00:08:53while either.
00:08:53Must be a gay thing.
00:08:54Hello, Doreen.
00:08:55Hi.
00:08:56How are you doing?
00:08:58Hi, Doreen.
00:08:59What is going on?
00:09:01Oh, my God.
00:09:03Can I have a hug?
00:09:04Yeah.
00:09:05Come on, Doreen.
00:09:07Oh, my God.
00:09:08We are here.
00:09:11Doreen, honey, she's giving us back flexibility.
00:09:14Oh, my God.
00:09:15How are you?
00:09:18How are you?
00:09:19How are you?
00:09:19Oh, my God.
00:09:22Y'all, are you here?
00:09:23Yes, we are.
00:09:24Yes, we are.
00:09:25Yes, we are.
00:09:26You are gorgeous.
00:09:28I do love that they are both so excited that we're here.
00:09:32It makes it clear that they want our help.
00:09:35You guys moved in together when?
00:09:382021.
00:09:39I was in the 21, Jill.
00:09:41That's what I said.
00:09:42It was 2020?
00:09:43Yes.
00:09:43It wasn't early 2021.
00:09:44You guys gonna have your first fight today?
00:09:47Yes.
00:09:48So this is the longest you guys have, like, lived together since you were, like, little girls.
00:09:53Since we was home with Mom and Daddy.
00:09:54You were raised with a lot of siblings, right?
00:09:57A whole bunch of them.
00:09:58A whole lot of them.
00:09:59Out of the 18, there's still nine of us now.
00:10:01Are they all from your mother or are they step kids?
00:10:04From the mother.
00:10:05How did your mom walk?
00:10:07The seven oldest ones were from a different father.
00:10:10Okay.
00:10:11Who's older?
00:10:12Who's younger?
00:10:13I'm the oldest.
00:10:14You're the oldest.
00:10:15Yeah.
00:10:15She's a senior citizen here.
00:10:17Oh!
00:10:19Do you hang out with your other siblings or is it typically just you two?
00:10:23You do.
00:10:23You don't hang out with them.
00:10:24Do you ever hang out with them?
00:10:25No.
00:10:26My personal opinion as far as childhood, it wasn't a good one.
00:10:33Hmm.
00:10:33Okay.
00:10:34With a lot of it being, like, a queer woman, like, that's why it was extra hard.
00:10:38That was part of it, but it go deeper than that.
00:10:40I'm sorry.
00:10:41And I'm just the opposite.
00:10:42You felt like you had a great childhood.
00:10:44Oh, yeah.
00:10:44Definitely.
00:10:45Is that hard for you guys to navigate as siblings?
00:10:50Yes.
00:10:50Yes, it is.
00:10:51We agreed to disagree.
00:10:53Okay.
00:10:53But, you know.
00:10:54On most things or, like, on just a few things?
00:10:56No, most things.
00:10:57Most things.
00:10:58Most things.
00:10:59Don't say stuff that really would hurt my feelings if I paid her any attention, but...
00:11:04I'm just straight up, I'm...
00:11:06To the point.
00:11:07You're just honest.
00:11:07I'm just an honest person.
00:11:08Do you feel how fractured it is here in the house?
00:11:11Absolutely.
00:11:12Have you tried to mediate?
00:11:14I mean, yeah.
00:11:15Yes, you do.
00:11:16Okay.
00:11:16She don't want to hang around her other siblings, but at least the one you live with become closer
00:11:21and, like, you know, have a well-bonded relationship.
00:11:25Mm-hmm.
00:11:25It's very common for queer kids to have a different experience growing up in homes than their other siblings.
00:11:31And a lot of times, queer kids, even though they're going through something, they don't share it
00:11:35because they don't want to disrupt the family story that people are telling.
00:11:39Do you ever just, like, on a Saturday night, put on Golden Girls and chill out?
00:11:43I like it, but Doreen doesn't watch regular television.
00:11:46Why won't you watch TV with her? She wants to watch TV with you.
00:11:48Yeah.
00:11:49Because you don't watch what I want if you watch that slut stuff.
00:11:51I don't know.
00:11:52Oh!
00:11:53What slut stuff, y'all?
00:11:54What slut stuff you watch here?
00:11:56I mean, I love slut stuff.
00:11:59That doesn't seem like slut stuff to me.
00:12:01I like all TV, really.
00:12:02Sci-fi.
00:12:03The only thing I don't like is a rom-com.
00:12:07So that's where you all hang out?
00:12:09That's where we hang out.
00:12:09What's in here?
00:12:10This is a combination.
00:12:11Oh.
00:12:12What are we using here?
00:12:13Well, this is storage.
00:12:15For who?
00:12:15When Greeny moved in, she had a lot of stuff, so we are trying to get organized.
00:12:22You made sure you're never going to write a Cheerios, though.
00:12:24This is what Doreen basically eats.
00:12:25She only eats Cheerios?
00:12:27Okay.
00:12:27Okay.
00:12:28Lots of opportunity.
00:12:30It's a great layout.
00:12:31I don't think it's being utilized in the best way.
00:12:34So I'd like to give Joe and Doreen back the living room.
00:12:38I want it to be uniquely theirs, reclaiming space for the adults in this house.
00:12:43This is my sanctuary.
00:12:44This is the sanctuary.
00:12:46But all the bones are here.
00:12:47I want to be really thoughtful to how you move through your day and your rituals.
00:12:52Is there anything throughout your day or evening that is in here that really matters
00:12:55to you?
00:12:56My late son James.
00:12:57James was struggling with substance abuse.
00:13:00I touch his errands every time I walk by it.
00:13:04Things like that.
00:13:06Family portraits.
00:13:07Okay.
00:13:08You know, oh, and my snack rack.
00:13:10Okay.
00:13:11Wow.
00:13:12I've never seen a snack rack before, but I am into it.
00:13:15Oh.
00:13:16Do you know what I would look like if I had a snack rack in my room?
00:13:19Wouldn't be good.
00:13:20I'm not gonna lie.
00:13:20Sometimes it just doesn't feel like we're all a family.
00:13:23It kind of feels like Doreen is like an estranged house guest or something.
00:13:27And it's just because she's just staying in her room.
00:13:30And on the gay front, is Doreen flying solo with the gays in the family?
00:13:34I could name like maybe 15 cousins.
00:13:36Wow.
00:13:37That are gay or queer.
00:13:38We love a gorgeous gay family.
00:13:40I've told her to, but you know.
00:13:43I don't think she'd believe me because she don't know them.
00:13:46I don't know.
00:13:46Now, are you playing much tennis?
00:13:48I don't play tennis.
00:13:49So what do you need all these tennis shoes for?
00:13:51Because...
00:13:51Where are you going?
00:13:52No.
00:13:53Whatever I have on, the shoes match.
00:13:55Okay.
00:13:56Everything's gotta match from the shoes all the way up to the hat.
00:13:59Presentation means a lot, baby.
00:14:00Gosh, you are a lady after my own heart.
00:14:02Ah, that is so nice.
00:14:04She has a pair of sneakers for every colour of outfit she might have.
00:14:09She is so particular.
00:14:11Look at these queens.
00:14:13Were you a disco girl?
00:14:14What?
00:14:15You were?
00:14:16Did you live in a...
00:14:17Did you live in a nightclub?
00:14:18Yes.
00:14:19Ah!
00:14:20She's me.
00:14:21But you've got some great things in here.
00:14:23Like, lovely.
00:14:24Oh, yeah.
00:14:25I love my leather.
00:14:26I see that.
00:14:27I see leather jeans.
00:14:29Wow.
00:14:29Yeah.
00:14:30Okay, so you like to look char.
00:14:31When I go out, I'm gonna look good.
00:14:34Doreen's closet is actually all right.
00:14:37She loves a sweatsuit.
00:14:39She loves a matching top and a bottom.
00:14:41I don't see any dresses at all.
00:14:42If you see a dress in there, it's in the wrong place.
00:14:45Maybe fashion is the thing that helps her get out of the house.
00:14:48She's setting a ways with the clothes that she's got right now.
00:14:51But if we get her options, would she want to be seen?
00:14:55I think so.
00:14:56How does Joe dress?
00:14:58Blue jeans and a damn t-shirt.
00:15:00Boring?
00:15:00Yeah.
00:15:00Are you the one in the family with the style?
00:15:02Yeah.
00:15:02Yeah.
00:15:03She's got no style.
00:15:04No, forever.
00:15:08Yo.
00:15:09Killeen.
00:15:10This is immaculate.
00:15:11Cleanest something we've ever seen.
00:15:13Wow.
00:15:13It's just so interesting how opposite y'all are.
00:15:16Yes.
00:15:16So interesting.
00:15:17Is there anything that y'all like to do the same?
00:15:21Um...
00:15:24So what do you think it is of why there's such a rift?
00:15:27Mama always say, family must look out for each other.
00:15:31Agreed.
00:15:31I truly, truly, truly try to get Doreen to come out with us.
00:15:37You don't have to hold nobody's hand.
00:15:39I'm just hoping that she don't think so negative about family and situations.
00:15:47But just, there are times that I really wish that she would move for the most part.
00:15:54If it could get better and y'all could get closer, would you be open to it?
00:15:57Oh, definitely.
00:15:58I'd never give up hope.
00:15:59Yeah.
00:16:00And hopefully she can see this as home and not a house.
00:16:04Mm-hmm.
00:16:05Because there's a difference.
00:16:06Yes, there is.
00:16:07You know?
00:16:08And this is home.
00:16:09I love your attitude.
00:16:10Dad, I won't give up hope, no.
00:16:12How has it been for you to adjust to living here?
00:16:16Definitely lonely.
00:16:17I can't imagine being with somebody for 40 years, having the chance at a great love,
00:16:23having them see you the way you want to be seen, and to live a life that's on your own
00:16:30terms and to suddenly lose it.
00:16:33What can I do to make this home feel like a home for you?
00:16:38It's a paint job.
00:16:39A paint job.
00:16:40That's it?
00:16:41That's it.
00:16:41Oh, my God.
00:16:41My favorite client ever.
00:16:43That's it.
00:16:43What about your collections?
00:16:44You collect a lot.
00:16:45There's hats.
00:16:46I see cars.
00:16:47Yeah.
00:16:48In my movies.
00:16:48Let's see if we're on the same movie palette, okay?
00:16:50Yeah.
00:16:52You might be my soulmate.
00:16:54Where it's all sci-fi.
00:16:55Action pack.
00:16:56Oh, my God.
00:16:57I just need to get another chair in here for you and me.
00:16:59Action pack.
00:17:00I want to protect Doreen's sanctuary.
00:17:02I want her room to be a space that she goes to that's hers, that feels like home.
00:17:07But I also want to find a way to include her in the rest of this house.
00:17:12You need a comfy chair.
00:17:13No, because most of the time I don't know why she could have been in the bed all the time.
00:17:16Oh, that's music to my ears, because that's got a cup holder in it.
00:17:19As you can see, there are Werther's Originals everywhere.
00:17:24You can never have too many Werther's Originals.
00:17:27You never know when you might run out of a Werther's Original.
00:17:35We are young, sprightly divas, but even young, sprightly divas need ease.
00:17:42What's your beauty?
00:17:43What's your self-care routine?
00:17:45Well, first I come in the bathroom.
00:17:47Mm-hmm.
00:17:47Wash my face and hair.
00:17:49Yeah.
00:17:50Then I put my stuff on my hair.
00:17:51Five hours on the hair.
00:17:53Five hours on the hair.
00:17:54You don't even wear makeup.
00:17:56What?
00:17:56We don't even wear makeup out here.
00:17:57No, that's true.
00:17:57I have never put anything on my face.
00:17:59Never.
00:17:59Feel softness.
00:18:00Oh, it's so beautiful.
00:18:01No, your skin's stunning.
00:18:05Oh, wow.
00:18:06What a big family.
00:18:09Doreen was married to a man?
00:18:14I don't even know what that is.
00:18:18Let's go back.
00:18:19Yes.
00:18:20Let's go way back.
00:18:21Way back.
00:18:22Way back, yes.
00:18:23Tell me about the savory dishes, the sweet dishes.
00:18:25I never fit down.
00:18:26Cake was one banana bread.
00:18:29Banana bread.
00:18:30Don't get a banana bread.
00:18:30Mom was a good baker.
00:18:32Mom was a good cook.
00:18:33Good cook.
00:18:33Yes.
00:18:34Love the family, yes.
00:18:35Wow, you both agreed on that.
00:18:37Said it in tandem.
00:18:38Yes, yes.
00:18:38So, what I gathered from sitting in the living room is there are a lot of things that you
00:18:42disagree on.
00:18:43Like, I totally get that.
00:18:45I don't think it's realistic to assume that any of us are going to come here and change
00:18:51decades of family dynamics.
00:18:53I want you to laugh more.
00:18:55I want you to hang out more.
00:18:56You keep saying no, but...
00:18:57Why do your eyes close when she says that?
00:18:59Because she said...
00:19:00You can't pay me no thing to go.
00:19:02I am.
00:19:02I don't know a thousand times.
00:19:04I don't know.
00:19:05I ain't got with them.
00:19:06But she's not giving up.
00:19:07Because she cares about you and she loves you and she's your sister.
00:19:10But what I really hope is that I can offer things that they can share in like cooking
00:19:15and have that be a vehicle for them to have conversations.
00:19:19Oh, wow.
00:19:19No, you did not.
00:19:21No, you did not.
00:19:22No, you did not.
00:19:23I have a hunch this is from Doreen's closet.
00:19:28Draw me a bath because I just found my rubber ducky.
00:19:32I have a question.
00:19:33Oh, yeah, honey.
00:19:33Would you say that you identify as soft butch or like a little lipstick-ish or what?
00:19:38Nothing.
00:19:39I just identify as me.
00:19:40No, because you know these lesbians.
00:19:42They've got their little categories, honey.
00:19:44I say lesbian.
00:19:45You say power.
00:19:46Lesbian.
00:19:48Lesbian.
00:19:48There's lipstick.
00:19:50There's femme.
00:19:50There's hyper femme.
00:19:51There's soft butch.
00:19:52There's butch.
00:19:53I think you could be like...
00:19:55Diana Ross.
00:19:56What about Diana Ross?
00:19:57Is there a little lipstick-y diva who wants to come out?
00:20:00Is it the hair?
00:20:01The glam?
00:20:01The dress?
00:20:02No, her.
00:20:02Her being herself.
00:20:03What about a stud?
00:20:04I feel like you could be a stud.
00:20:07Actually, I think you're a stud.
00:20:09Who?
00:20:09You?
00:20:10Talk to me about the hats.
00:20:11My cancer hats.
00:20:12I love them.
00:20:14I'm a cancer survivor.
00:20:16Yeah, you are.
00:20:17Head breast cancer.
00:20:19I was diagnosed in July of 23.
00:20:21Okay.
00:20:22So recent.
00:20:22And I was three of 2024.
00:20:25Wow.
00:20:26Cancer stuff in my sons.
00:20:29Great.
00:20:30Those are my essential accessories.
00:20:33Okay.
00:20:33That I wear besides the earrings.
00:20:35Sure, sure, sure.
00:20:36I'm not too concerned about Joe's closet.
00:20:37Yeah, there are a lot of t-shirts.
00:20:39She has a lot of leggings.
00:20:40Don't love a legging.
00:20:41But I'm not really seeing anything that screams going out.
00:20:45Or fun.
00:20:46What shoes or footwear are you wearing?
00:20:48I wear clocks.
00:20:50Okay, we've got to talk.
00:20:51Do I identify as a straight lady?
00:20:53Yes.
00:20:54Then why are your shoes so gay?
00:20:58We can fix that.
00:21:01Oh, Joe!
00:21:03It's interesting.
00:21:04You see people handle grief in two very different ways.
00:21:07Either you are the person that is joyful because you so appreciate the fact that you are still alive and
00:21:14you have life within you.
00:21:16Or you go the opposite way, which is you lose yourself completely and think what joy is there left.
00:21:21Can I sit?
00:21:22Yes.
00:21:23That's gorgeous.
00:21:25Hold on.
00:21:25Let me see these photos.
00:21:26What?
00:21:27That's dying with our favorite dog, Tiffany.
00:21:30I met her one day.
00:21:33Within 20 days, we was moving into camp.
00:21:35Oh, you was one of those cliche lesbians.
00:21:37Yeah, I ain't play that.
00:21:38Okay.
00:21:38You said the U-Haul is packed.
00:21:40It's packed.
00:21:43We were together for 40 years after that.
00:21:45I'm going to tell you as a black gay man, to hear a story about two people being in love
00:21:50for 40 years is the most inspiring thing to me.
00:21:52Oh, yeah?
00:21:52Because we don't get those stories.
00:21:55What did you love most about her?
00:21:57Her kindness, her personality.
00:22:00Mm-hmm.
00:22:01She made me a better person.
00:22:02She really did.
00:22:03Mm-hmm.
00:22:04She made me strong.
00:22:06Before I met her, I had such a low self-esteem.
00:22:09Mm-hmm.
00:22:09Really bad.
00:22:10So she gave me the strength to say no.
00:22:14Mm-hmm.
00:22:15Especially with family members.
00:22:16That's why ain't none of them liked her, because she put a stop to them taking advantage of me.
00:22:23All I ever wanted was just to be love.
00:22:32And I'm talking about from my parents on down.
00:22:36Do you think it's too late for you to feel that?
00:22:38A man will stay here.
00:22:43And I think he'll hear my cry.
00:22:47Well, at least now I know the question.
00:22:50So maybe I can help the man upstairs down here.
00:22:54Get you the answers you're looking for.
00:22:58You know?
00:22:59You're a damn good person you do that.
00:23:03Oh, my God, you guys.
00:23:04I have to say, I'm not even just saying this.
00:23:06Like, I think this has been our most fun day.
00:23:08Family hug!
00:23:08Family hug!
00:23:11We love our family!
00:23:13Three, two, one, hug!
00:23:17I do understand what it's like to be the only queer one in my family.
00:23:21When one of you's had a much harder experience than the other ones, it can be really hard for your
00:23:26heterosexual siblings to relate to the kind of queer struggle that you had.
00:23:30And in the 70s and 80s, honey, that was like a whole different time.
00:23:33These are two black women in their 70s.
00:23:36They have been through a lot.
00:23:37I'm talking about civil rights.
00:23:38I'm talking about women fighting for their rights.
00:23:39I'm talking about LGBT rights.
00:23:41The AIDS crisis.
00:23:42They have been through it.
00:23:43But yet, here they stand.
00:23:47I think my hope for these two sisters is that they come out of this week really knowing how much
00:23:51they mean to one another.
00:23:54I want them to start to understand that they're in this together whether they like it or not.
00:23:58They are in this together.
00:24:02It's not just about Doreen getting out of her room.
00:24:06But it's also letting Joe in.
00:24:08And trusting that Joe has her back.
00:24:10I feel like I might go crazy now.
00:24:14I feel like I might go wild.
00:24:18Today, we get to have a...
00:24:20Oh, whoa!
00:24:21Oh, my God!
00:24:22Yeah.
00:24:23The idea is we get to just, like, dream.
00:24:26Like, anything that you think is beautiful, things that you think are lovely or that you like, or textures or
00:24:31colors.
00:24:32This is just an opportunity for me to get to know you through furniture and design.
00:24:36It's beautiful.
00:24:37When's the last time you went furniture shopping?
00:24:38I don't know.
00:24:39I have CRS.
00:24:40What's that?
00:24:41Can't remember shit.
00:24:45Coincidentally, so does my husband.
00:24:47How do we feel about, like, this palette?
00:24:49I love blue and gray.
00:24:51I've...
00:24:51No gray.
00:24:52I'm grayed out.
00:24:53All right, no gray.
00:24:54Sunshine, blue skies.
00:24:56Sunshine, blue skies.
00:24:57Please stay with me.
00:25:02I'm grayed out.
00:25:03That's why I say...
00:25:04But blue your life.
00:25:06All right, come sit in this chair and tell me if you like it.
00:25:08It's hard getting back up.
00:25:10Well, that's what I'm here for.
00:25:11Does the swivel stress you out?
00:25:13Yes.
00:25:13This will be nice.
00:25:14No.
00:25:15Hold, please.
00:25:16Let me be your pillow boy.
00:25:17Take my back.
00:25:20Oh, yes.
00:25:22A cup holder.
00:25:23This feels amazing.
00:25:23Get me a cup holder and I'm okay.
00:25:27What about a table that you could put a cup on?
00:25:30That's fine.
00:25:31I've never designed a house for sisters before, and so I want to be really cognizant of what
00:25:35I bring into this home.
00:25:36I want it to feel beautiful and warm like the people that live in the house, but I also
00:25:40want it to function for them and what they need.
00:25:42What do we think about yellow?
00:25:45Yes.
00:25:45No.
00:25:46No yellow?
00:25:47No, the babies.
00:25:49Oh, because you think they're going to mess it up?
00:25:50Yeah, I know they're going to mess it up.
00:25:52You have to let go.
00:25:53Man made, man break.
00:25:55Everything is not going to last forever, but the main thing is that you enjoy home.
00:26:01Do you think that being a part of this evolution of the house will make you feel a little bit
00:26:06more comfortable in it?
00:26:07Yeah.
00:26:08Yeah?
00:26:09Mm-hmm.
00:26:10I'm going to play a game of like this or that.
00:26:12You tell me yes or no.
00:26:13Design a drive-through.
00:26:14Let's see what I can do.
00:26:15Ah.
00:26:17Nervous.
00:26:21Yes.
00:26:23Now, see, I like that.
00:26:25Perfect.
00:26:25This is going to be great.
00:26:26All right.
00:26:27Next.
00:26:32Okay.
00:26:33Ooh.
00:26:34Yes.
00:26:35Now, see, I like this, Joe.
00:26:36You know why?
00:26:37Because of the contrast to it.
00:26:39Doreen's got a lot of opinions about pillows, pattern, fabric, color, and I'm not saying
00:26:45she's wrong.
00:26:46Oh, my God.
00:26:48Now, see, I like the solid, Joe.
00:26:51She's got a good eye.
00:26:52She's got a good eye.
00:26:52I can promise you that it's going to be a transformation that you both do.
00:26:55We'll go from a 65-inch television to a big 83-second one.
00:26:59Doreen, you ain't going to be able to see anything.
00:27:02I don't know how you're going to be able to watch something that big.
00:27:04Oh, yes, I can.
00:27:06She's not going to have a good eye after she watches an 85-inch television, but that's
00:27:10okay.
00:27:1083 inches?
00:27:12Yes.
00:27:12That's really the size you want?
00:27:13Yes.
00:27:14Is that a real size?
00:27:15Yes, it is.
00:27:16I know someone that has an 86-inch.
00:27:18Tell her.
00:27:18Tell her.
00:27:18There's an 83-inch television.
00:27:20Oh, no.
00:27:20Yeah.
00:27:20And I can sit right there and watch everything.
00:27:22Oh, no.
00:27:23That's going to take up your bedroom.
00:27:24That's all right.
00:27:24You can sit in another building and watch it.
00:27:26That's all right, because I can enjoy the television, Joe.
00:27:29That is my worst nightmare.
00:27:32You ain't got to worry about me leaving now, baby.
00:27:34I wasn't worried about it before.
00:27:36Where are you going, Doreen?
00:27:37I think I'm staying now.
00:27:38Yeah.
00:27:38You're staying and then come out once in a while, too.
00:27:43I got my girls here with me all night.
00:27:47We're getting in the kitchen.
00:27:50I love a good yum.
00:27:51A good what?
00:27:51A yum-yum.
00:27:52A yum-yum?
00:27:53I like a good yum-yum, too.
00:27:55I thought I'd set us up in the pastry department.
00:27:58Yeah!
00:28:01So you two were going on about things that you had all your lives.
00:28:05But where I really got excited, because it was the first point where you two agreed,
00:28:08was how much you loved your mom's upside-down pineapple cake.
00:28:13Yes, old man.
00:28:14Yes.
00:28:15I'm embarrassed to say I've never had an upside-down pineapple cake.
00:28:18Or is it a pineapple upside-down cake?
00:28:21I'm not really sure.
00:28:22When's the last time you had it?
00:28:23Early 70s.
00:28:24Wow.
00:28:25The idea of making something that's deeply nostalgic to both of them,
00:28:28is going to create a safe space for them to share about some of the stuff
00:28:31that they just haven't been talking about.
00:28:34Through my research online, most people use the yellow cake mix.
00:28:38Right.
00:28:38The cake mix is better.
00:28:40And the other thing that I clocked, cast-iron skillets.
00:28:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:28:43So we already have that ready and buttered over there for the brown sugar.
00:28:45That's right.
00:28:45That's the butter and butter.
00:28:47Thank goodness I didn't put margarine in.
00:28:49Yeah, we did.
00:28:49We've been fighting.
00:28:50Some people want one cup of milk.
00:28:52Other people mix a bit of pineapple with the milk.
00:28:54Pineapple juice, better.
00:28:55And we have some vegetable oil.
00:28:57Right.
00:28:57Eggs.
00:28:58And then the rest is just assembly.
00:29:00Okay, you want to mix it up?
00:29:01Yeah.
00:29:02Okay, here.
00:29:03Why don't you come and do that here?
00:29:04Here I am worried that they're not going to get along.
00:29:06They can't function in a kitchen together.
00:29:08I put everything in at one time.
00:29:11Does Joe agree with that?
00:29:13He got to.
00:29:13I'm nervous.
00:29:14Yeah, okay.
00:29:14And before I know it, they're delegating to each other.
00:29:18They're taking commands.
00:29:19They're giving them.
00:29:20The oven's already preset to 375.
00:29:22Okay, we'll go for 38, 45 minutes.
00:29:25Exactly.
00:29:26The 38 minutes, Joe.
00:29:2738 minutes even.
00:29:28Yeah.
00:29:28That's specific.
00:29:29That is so much brown sugar.
00:29:32Wow.
00:29:33Yes.
00:29:34When would you have this cake at home growing up?
00:29:36Thanksgiving, Christmas.
00:29:38Especially the holidays.
00:29:39The holidays.
00:29:39It was too many to fix every day.
00:29:41Right.
00:29:42So on Sunday, Mom will cook for the home and she'll label.
00:29:46Yeah.
00:29:46She'll label everything, put it in the freezer.
00:29:48She was never home.
00:29:49She was always working.
00:29:50But what was it like not having your parents around?
00:29:53Sad.
00:29:54We never seen them.
00:29:55They didn't have time for us.
00:29:58Beautiful job on the pineapple.
00:30:00Make sure it goes all around.
00:30:03While we're around.
00:30:04Does she love it when you give her unsolicited advice?
00:30:06No.
00:30:07No, I don't like it when my sisters do it either.
00:30:09That's family.
00:30:10I'm going to go ahead and put this in the oven.
00:30:13Oh, my God.
00:30:14This is my one contribution to this.
00:30:16When you're cooking, it's like the memories.
00:30:19We didn't see Mom that often, but when we did, she was in the kitchen cooking.
00:30:23This is something that I thought about because I could really relate to it.
00:30:26I have two older sisters.
00:30:27Uh-huh.
00:30:28And when we recount things that happened in childhood, it's almost as if we lived in different homes.
00:30:36I'll tell Joseph and she'll remember.
00:30:38Do you think that you were treated differently?
00:30:41I didn't see that.
00:30:42The two of you?
00:30:42Yes.
00:30:43You didn't see it?
00:30:44No.
00:30:44I did.
00:30:44You did.
00:30:45Every summer, Mama had to go to Lantucket.
00:30:47She worked for the vice president of Channel 5, their family.
00:30:51Yeah.
00:30:51You're going to take care of other families, treat them, and leave us home, depend for ourselves.
00:30:56How did that make you feel?
00:30:57Bad.
00:30:58Because the oldest one, they didn't take care of us.
00:31:00They treated us like shit.
00:31:02I should run away all the time.
00:31:04We couldn't get them to understand we're getting treated different by your oldest children.
00:31:10And I'm telling Mama, they are beating us up.
00:31:13They're treating us like shit, you know?
00:31:15But they did not listen to us.
00:31:18Well, I have apologized to her.
00:31:20Yeah.
00:31:21Not that I did it, but I'm apologizing because you went through that.
00:31:24I think it's important to go digging in the past to figure out why we are the way we are
00:31:28and to have those conversations.
00:31:30And some things left alone.
00:31:32And then some things, I think, you kind of have to learn, like, when to let go.
00:31:36Stop blaming yourself for the negative things that have happened to you in the past because
00:31:41it's not your fault.
00:31:43You must know that.
00:31:44The beginning of healing is knowing that it was not your fault.
00:31:49It is not your fault.
00:31:51Okay?
00:31:53Nobody can hurt you now.
00:31:54Nobody.
00:31:57I'm just going to, like, go out on a limb right now.
00:32:00I know what it's like to have things done to you when you're, like, way too young.
00:32:08And things that are just wrong.
00:32:12And it's almost impossible not to let that affect how you grow up and how you view the world and
00:32:18how you navigate.
00:32:19Mm-hmm.
00:32:22When we don't process things, it doesn't just go away.
00:32:25I know it's not easy.
00:32:26Mm-hmm.
00:32:27It's not.
00:32:28But I do know that you're living in a safe space where you can go down that road.
00:32:34Stop beating yourself up about it and let's just enjoy the rest of our lives.
00:32:38You know?
00:32:39Yeah.
00:32:39You got the beautiful babies, you know?
00:32:41What are we going to do?
00:32:42We got to show them the right way.
00:32:46Well, we can't cry much longer because we have a cake coming in.
00:32:49Crying while eating cake is just one of the saddest things ever.
00:32:51Even though I've done it several times in my life.
00:32:54Yeah.
00:32:54I've been there.
00:32:55They're not going to fix everything just making this cake this one time.
00:32:58They have to have a lot of these conversations.
00:33:01Okay.
00:33:01Let's do it.
00:33:02So one.
00:33:03One, two, three.
00:33:04Two, three.
00:33:05There you go.
00:33:06Okay.
00:33:06Hit on the bottom with the spoon.
00:33:10Mm-hmm.
00:33:12Oh!
00:33:13Whoa!
00:33:13Oh!
00:33:14How sweet it is!
00:33:15Woo!
00:33:16Oh!
00:33:17Oh!
00:33:17My God!
00:33:18Yo!
00:33:18You already tried it?
00:33:19You're happy?
00:33:22I have some fresh whipped cream.
00:33:25I love the yum yum!
00:33:26I love the yum yum!
00:33:28Mm-hmm.
00:33:28It's definitely fully cooked through.
00:33:30Look at the browning on that too.
00:33:32Oh, there you go.
00:33:33Ooh!
00:33:34Yeah, yeah, yeah!
00:33:36I don't ever want to leave you two!
00:33:39Yeah!
00:33:40I love the yum yum!
00:33:41Do you want a little extra cherry on yours?
00:33:43Let me say you lost the cherry.
00:33:45Yeah.
00:33:46A little slut.
00:33:49Not calling your sister a little slut for losing her cherry.
00:33:53This is delicious.
00:33:55Is it?
00:33:55This is all, ma'am.
00:33:57Mmm.
00:33:58It's so good.
00:33:59Yeah, this is it.
00:34:00I will never question how much brown sugar you put into anything ever again.
00:34:04That's right.
00:34:05We done done it today, baby.
00:34:07Yeah!
00:34:08Thank you, partner.
00:34:08You did good too.
00:34:09I'm giving you a hug.
00:34:10I can't do handshakes.
00:34:12Thank you, partner.
00:34:12I love you two too much.
00:34:14Mwah!
00:34:32We have quite the predicament this week.
00:34:34Two sisters who have very different styles.
00:34:38It's hard to find a store that will cater to both, so I set up an experience that caters
00:34:42to their needs in a much more luxurious spot.
00:34:44That's right, Joe.
00:34:46Stop pushing on me, Joe.
00:34:48Stop pushing on me.
00:34:49Stop pushing on me, Joe.
00:34:50She's not teaching you.
00:34:51Yeah.
00:34:53Love you ain't.
00:34:55This is wonderful.
00:34:56Uh-uh.
00:34:57Uh-uh.
00:34:57Uh-uh.
00:34:58What are you uh-ohing for?
00:35:00Uh-uh.
00:35:01See them dresses?
00:35:01I hope those for Joe.
00:35:03No, they're for you.
00:35:03I thought we'd go completely.
00:35:05I'll be there.
00:35:05No.
00:35:07I draw a line, but...
00:35:08I know.
00:35:09I wouldn't do that to you.
00:35:10Thank you so much.
00:35:11You look very nice.
00:35:13Thank you, darling.
00:35:13Very stylish.
00:35:15And you're wearing your button again?
00:35:16Yes.
00:35:17She wear that every day.
00:35:18Every day?
00:35:19Every outfit.
00:35:20Everything you've been through, you've been through breast cancer.
00:35:23Mm-hmm.
00:35:23I know that you're the caretaker of the family.
00:35:26But were the roles ever reversed?
00:35:29Yeah.
00:35:29I was actually living with Joe with the breast cancer.
00:35:32She had the support.
00:35:33Her daughters was there.
00:35:35They didn't walk in front of me or behind me, but they walked with me.
00:35:39Side by side.
00:35:40You know, so that make all of the difference in the world.
00:35:43So between the medical team...
00:35:45Yeah.
00:35:46...my family and friends are the biggest and the best support team in the world one could ever ask for.
00:35:51Even if she lost her hair from the breast cancer and took care of kids, grandkids, she was still a
00:35:59strong person during that time.
00:36:02That's what blew me away.
00:36:03It's like life goes on and she kept going.
00:36:06Joe has been through shocking experiences throughout her life.
00:36:11And just because she's joyful doesn't mean that she doesn't want her sister to talk to.
00:36:16Doesn't mean that she doesn't need her sister.
00:36:18Lean into each other's joy. You are each other's support system.
00:36:22It's not fair of Doreen to not give to Joe what Joe gives to her.
00:36:27She's a curmudgeon.
00:36:29What do you need from our curmudgeon?
00:36:30These past couple of days, we have had the best time, the best conversations.
00:36:36Yeah.
00:36:36I truly believe that we understand each other more.
00:36:39Yeah.
00:36:39But what do you need from her?
00:36:41Uh, to hang out more at home.
00:36:44Oh, okay.
00:36:45I want you to enjoy family more.
00:36:48My grandkids, my kids.
00:36:50Yes, yes.
00:36:50So-so can get me to the end of the world and back.
00:36:52Especially if I had a baby like that in the house.
00:36:54Yeah.
00:36:55That'd be a good enough reason for me to get out of bed.
00:36:57Shall we give you another reason to get out of the house and out of the bed?
00:37:00Shall we try on some clothes?
00:37:02Oop.
00:37:03Okay.
00:37:04I'm kind of apprehensive about what I'm going to put both of these ladies in.
00:37:10They're quite set in their ways with what they wear.
00:37:13Especially Doreen.
00:37:14Three.
00:37:15Two.
00:37:17One.
00:37:18Come on out.
00:37:20Ooh!
00:37:22Look at those girls, man.
00:37:24Ooh!
00:37:25Ooh!
00:37:27Ooh!
00:37:27Ooh!
00:37:28Ooh!
00:37:29Ooh!
00:37:29Ooh!
00:37:33Ooh!
00:37:35I can't believe that we've got Doreen dancing.
00:37:39Doreen can hardly stand.
00:37:41And she feels so good in this look that she's doing a proper jig.
00:37:44That moment I will remember forever.
00:37:48I love these shoes.
00:37:49They work with anything.
00:37:50I love that you're thinking of all the ways you can wear these.
00:37:53No, I'm sorry.
00:37:53No!
00:37:54That makes it easier.
00:37:56I love that you know this.
00:37:57Take back when I said you're not a crummudgeon.
00:37:59You're in joy.
00:38:01You are ready to go out and get a new lady.
00:38:03Yes!
00:38:04Yes!
00:38:05I love your glasses.
00:38:06Can you see me now?
00:38:07Yeah, I can see you.
00:38:08Can you see me now?
00:38:08I can see you better than you think.
00:38:09I can see you too.
00:38:10Joe look good.
00:38:11Joe look good.
00:38:12Been a long time looking good, Joe.
00:38:14Oh!
00:38:14Look at them little earrings showing off.
00:38:18Pull the pan up and look at your pan.
00:38:20Oh!
00:38:20She got a little bit of something.
00:38:21Yeah.
00:38:21I'm going out tonight.
00:38:23Looking for a husband now?
00:38:24No.
00:38:26You don't need a man.
00:38:27How come she got a pocket now that ain't no pocket?
00:38:30Because she's the fun one.
00:38:31Okay.
00:38:32Yeah.
00:38:33Okay.
00:38:33And I like the outfit.
00:38:35I really do.
00:38:36The outfit look good on her, you know?
00:38:38She is ready to go.
00:38:39Out.
00:38:39She's going out.
00:38:40She's going out, out, out.
00:38:42This is a new us.
00:38:43Mm-hmm.
00:38:44It sure is.
00:38:44Isn't this wonderful?
00:38:45Yes, I like this.
00:38:47You are too sophisticated ladies.
00:38:49Well, shall we try on another look and see if you feel equally as good?
00:38:52I sure will.
00:38:53Yeah.
00:38:56Three, two, one, come out.
00:39:00Oh!
00:39:01Oh, look at Joe's being driver.
00:39:04You look good, Joe.
00:39:06You look good.
00:39:07Oh, no, she don't have cowboys.
00:39:09She's got a cowboys.
00:39:10She sure do.
00:39:11Yes, darling.
00:39:12I feel exactly the same way, Doreen.
00:39:15When I've got a pair of boots on, you can't tell me shiz.
00:39:18I like this outfit.
00:39:20I really do.
00:39:21Yes.
00:39:21It is so lovely to see her feeling this.
00:39:25In this outfit, you're going to get someone.
00:39:27We call it pulling in England.
00:39:28You're going to pull.
00:39:31Ooh.
00:39:32Yes.
00:39:32Guess what?
00:39:33What?
00:39:34Baby found her back.
00:39:35You think I didn't see that?
00:39:36Sure.
00:39:37Don't you think I don't have eyes?
00:39:38I know.
00:39:39Where you been?
00:39:39I'm wearing glasses.
00:39:41I see you.
00:39:42I see you.
00:39:43I got my glasses on.
00:39:44I see you.
00:39:44Yeah, baby got it.
00:39:45I'm standing.
00:39:48Joe's right.
00:39:49She has a great book.
00:39:51She's got the curves by waist up.
00:39:52Yeah.
00:39:54I'm a waist.
00:39:55Hey.
00:39:57We got it now.
00:39:59We got it now.
00:40:00We got it now.
00:40:01We got it now.
00:40:07Look at that lampshade.
00:40:10Can I sneak in and just try this out for a second?
00:40:12This is going to look so nice.
00:40:15Go team, go.
00:40:24So have y'all ever been here?
00:40:26No.
00:40:26No.
00:40:26Okay, so this is the DC History Center.
00:40:28This is my friend Ashley.
00:40:29How are you doing, love?
00:40:30Good to see you.
00:40:31I'm good.
00:40:32How are you doing?
00:40:34Ashley runs the Rainbow History Project.
00:40:36Yes, I'm treasurer of the organization and it's very nice to meet you.
00:40:41Step back.
00:40:42You're not part of this.
00:40:43You're too straight.
00:40:44You're too straight.
00:40:45Oh, wow.
00:40:46So what our organization does, we collect, preserve, and promote DC queer history.
00:40:52During your story, it touched me because to hear you say you were in a relationship for
00:40:5540 years.
00:40:5640 years.
00:40:57As younger queer people, the only reason I knew that I can find love and that I can have somebody
00:41:01because I see models like you.
00:41:03I want to make sure you have a chance to tell your story.
00:41:06I want us to document it because it's important.
00:41:09As long as this country's around, they know Doreen's story.
00:41:17It's okay.
00:41:19It's okay.
00:41:24So you ready to tell us your story?
00:41:27I want Doreen to know that her story matters.
00:41:30And I want Jo to hear all the things that her sister's been through.
00:41:34Because her story is so impactful.
00:41:36She was a black gay woman in the 60s and 70s.
00:41:38If she starts sharing her story, it's going to make her closer with her sister.
00:41:43What are you thinking over there, Doreen?
00:41:46Doreen, here to see this.
00:41:49But she is here in spirit.
00:41:51Yeah.
00:41:52As we're collecting your story, I want to make sure that she's in it as well.
00:41:56So we scan these photos.
00:41:58And these photos will be in the queer history of D.C.
00:42:01So she is here with us.
00:42:03And don't you ever forget that.
00:42:05Um, you in there too.
00:42:09Don't think we forgot about you. You in there too.
00:42:12You want to see it?
00:42:13I used to call myself Shorty.
00:42:15That was a good point.
00:42:16Well, we was looking good, girl.
00:42:17We was looking good.
00:42:18Where were we going anyway?
00:42:20We were going to see some of your friends.
00:42:22Yeah.
00:42:24The things you had to do just to be loved.
00:42:27You had to sneak around.
00:42:29Right.
00:42:30Be careful that nobody catch you, nobody see you.
00:42:36That was the hardest part, growing up gay.
00:42:40You know, hiding it.
00:42:42Hiding your true feelings.
00:42:45How did you know you were a lesbian?
00:42:47How was your childhood like?
00:42:51I knew it from the third grade.
00:42:55Yeah.
00:42:56I remember my mom looking at me with such hatred.
00:42:59Like I did something wrong.
00:43:01You know, that she was ashamed of me.
00:43:04That I wasn't part of the family.
00:43:06I wasn't her daughter.
00:43:07That hurt.
00:43:10When you have to fight at home just to be yourself,
00:43:14it was tough.
00:43:17That's why when I left home, I never looked back.
00:43:19I left home at 14.
00:43:20And I moved in with a drag queen.
00:43:25We think, like, she being rebellious, she leaving,
00:43:27or whatever the case may be.
00:43:29Mm-hmm.
00:43:2914-year-old doesn't want to leave their house.
00:43:31Right.
00:43:31I never knew any of this.
00:43:33Yeah.
00:43:33What she's saying, I didn't know this.
00:43:35Joe, you were too young.
00:43:37I'm sorry you went through that.
00:43:38It hurts.
00:43:39I'm not saying to take from you, but I'm hurting for you.
00:43:44No, I'm saying...
00:43:44Because you went through this.
00:43:46Yeah, but I wouldn't want you to see your mother
00:43:48any other way than what you see her.
00:43:50Knowing your truth and getting it out
00:43:52and stop holding it in, it's gonna help you.
00:43:55Thank you for being so vulnerable and honest
00:43:56and talking about that.
00:43:57Because I know it's hard to relive those things.
00:43:59I found out that she was married to a man.
00:44:02David was in the military.
00:44:04Mm-hmm.
00:44:05David got caught with a guy.
00:44:07That was a no-no.
00:44:09Mm-hmm.
00:44:09And the only way for him to get out of that trouble
00:44:12was to marry a woman.
00:44:14So he called crying on my shoulder.
00:44:17And he got caught with some guy.
00:44:19And the only way to not get kicked out of the service
00:44:21was to marry somebody.
00:44:23So I said, okay, I'm not gonna marry nobody,
00:44:26so I'm gonna help you out.
00:44:27After he got out, I'll hurry up and end that.
00:44:31I'll hurry up and end that.
00:44:33But I was shocked that Diane was okay to help David out.
00:44:36You know, she was fine with that.
00:44:39Mm-hmm.
00:44:40She knew it was just to help a friend out.
00:44:42That was it.
00:44:43Tell me what it was like being with Diane.
00:44:45You know, love of your life.
00:44:47I met Diane.
00:44:49She lived in the condo upstairs,
00:44:51and I had bought the one downstairs.
00:44:53Mm-hmm.
00:44:54And she was getting out of her car.
00:44:55I said, that's the woman I'm spending the rest of my life with.
00:44:58Oh, you spoke into existence.
00:45:00Yes, I did.
00:45:01I said, no, I don't know her yet, but I will.
00:45:04Mm.
00:45:06So she was down there doing her clothes, right?
00:45:08And I come down there,
00:45:10start helping to fold her clothes up.
00:45:11And she said, I don't need no damn hat.
00:45:13What you want?
00:45:17I said, I just want to get to know you.
00:45:19That's it.
00:45:20She said, she didn't want to get to know me
00:45:21because I was a female gigolo.
00:45:24She said, you had too many women come to your house.
00:45:26I don't want to be bothered with you.
00:45:27Aw, so she been watching you.
00:45:29Uh-huh.
00:45:30One day, I started playing some disco music.
00:45:33She knocked on the door.
00:45:34She said, oh, you just played a disco album.
00:45:37What was the name of it?
00:45:38That was my cue.
00:45:40Yeah.
00:45:40To make my move.
00:45:42The next day, I moved there.
00:45:44Seriously.
00:45:45The next day, I moved there.
00:45:47And I never once regretted it.
00:45:50I went through her having a stroke.
00:45:54I went through her having cancer.
00:45:57I said, we in this world together.
00:45:59Me and you against the world.
00:46:00That's what we used to tell each other.
00:46:02We against the world.
00:46:04What advice do you have for us,
00:46:06for that next generation?
00:46:09Stay true to yourself.
00:46:10Yeah.
00:46:12Fuck everybody else.
00:46:13That's it.
00:46:15Hey, remember.
00:46:15That should be on the shirt.
00:46:16That should be on the shirt.
00:46:17That is it.
00:46:17Yeah, seriously.
00:46:19I would love if we could close with one of my favorite power phrases.
00:46:23If you can just say your full name, say your age into the mic.
00:46:27And I want you to just end it with, I'm a proud black lesbian.
00:46:32Okay.
00:46:34My name is Doreen Diggs.
00:46:35I'm 70 years old and I'm a proud black lesbian.
00:46:40Yes, you are.
00:46:43This is now in the records forever.
00:46:45Thank you for sharing.
00:46:46And don't let this be the last time when you feel like talking.
00:46:49Okay.
00:46:50Yes, always.
00:46:51Okay.
00:46:51I promise.
00:46:54There is love between these two sisters and we found that love again.
00:46:58I'll make sure I spend time down on the patio or in the living room watching something y'all watched.
00:47:07And I'll do a line with the slut stuff, man.
00:47:09I'm gonna do a line there.
00:47:10I love the two sisters.
00:47:12Yeah.
00:47:12Yeah.
00:47:17Yeah.
00:47:17I love you, I love you more.
00:47:23Yes, queen.
00:47:24You got this.
00:47:25Swerve, queen.
00:47:27I love you more.
00:47:28When's the last time that you guys were in the salon together?
00:47:31Never.
00:47:32Never.
00:47:32Never.
00:47:33Never, never, never, never.
00:47:35It's the Diggs sisters' first ever salon day together.
00:47:39How fun.
00:47:40With family.
00:47:42Family day.
00:47:43It's sister day.
00:47:44Family day.
00:47:45It's sister day.
00:47:46I get to be your hostess with the mostest.
00:47:49You know it would be fun if we had like marker boards and then I played like how well do
00:47:53you know your sister?
00:47:54So I gotta see how my ideas land.
00:47:58Your hair is so stunning.
00:48:01And now tell me, when did you finish your chemo?
00:48:03June of 2024.
00:48:05Wow.
00:48:06So we're really just a year out.
00:48:08Did you notice that your texture was different when it first came back?
00:48:12Yes.
00:48:12You are giving me just so much hair per square inch.
00:48:16Thick ass edges.
00:48:17But you've been through it.
00:48:18And I feel like sometimes it's fun to switch it up.
00:48:21I was thinking I wanted to take you a little bit blotted.
00:48:23But just wait.
00:48:24Before you say no.
00:48:24I'm not gonna say no.
00:48:26Because these divas here, if you love what we do, they are gonna help you maintain it.
00:48:29But I'm gonna make it low maintenance enough that you can just do it like once every couple months.
00:48:33So it's gonna be quite the transformation.
00:48:35Hey, I'm ready.
00:48:36It's time.
00:48:37Yes, it is.
00:48:37So we're blowing it straight.
00:48:39We're going blonde.
00:48:40We're giving a little piecey pixie, a little Pally Berry for this gorgeous diva.
00:48:44Now, Doreen, wake up.
00:48:45We've got big news.
00:48:47We're going blonde.
00:48:48We're going blonde.
00:48:49We're going blonde.
00:48:50We're going blonde.
00:48:50I'm excited.
00:48:53Okay, now let's look at you, queen.
00:48:54I love your haircut.
00:48:56I love how you have it tight on the sides.
00:48:58I love how you have more length on top.
00:49:00See, that's giving me soft butch energy.
00:49:02Yeah.
00:49:03Which I think is really pretty.
00:49:04I love it.
00:49:05People like that.
00:49:06So I had this idea last night.
00:49:07I was going to sleep.
00:49:08I just had this vision of rose gold.
00:49:10Mm-hmm.
00:49:10And I was thinking a very blended little highlight.
00:49:13A tiny bit of low maintenance queer joy and queer fun.
00:49:17Okay.
00:49:18I'll allow you to do that.
00:49:19Okay, Slay.
00:49:20Oh my God, I'm so excited.
00:49:20Okay.
00:49:21If Doreen can say yes to change at over 70 years old, I think we can too.
00:49:27We are going for it, honey.
00:49:28I feel fabulous.
00:49:33I feel fabulous.
00:49:34I feel fabulous.
00:49:37I feel fabulous.
00:49:37Go like this, girls.
00:49:40You guys are having a ball.
00:49:45I don't know if we've ever had this much fun.
00:49:48Queen, I've got a hot order of ice cream, honey.
00:49:51It's a little melty.
00:49:52Get a little bite.
00:49:53Then I can put it back in the freezer for you, too.
00:49:55I don't need to go back in the freezer.
00:49:57I'm eating all the time.
00:49:58Okay.
00:49:59That's what you need for.
00:50:03Hey, Joe.
00:50:04You got a new attitude, baby.
00:50:06Yes, you do.
00:50:07You got a new attitude.
00:50:08That's right.
00:50:09You got a positive one at that.
00:50:10That was Pat and the Benson.
00:50:11Yes.
00:50:19It just so happens that today is the first day in this Washington, D.C. summer that has
00:50:25been below 98% humidity.
00:50:27The forecast is for 100% blow-dry.
00:50:30That's what family's for.
00:50:33That's what family's for.
00:50:35That's what family's for.
00:50:35That's what family's for.
00:50:39Yes.
00:50:40Ready?
00:50:41In three, two, one.
00:50:46Whoa.
00:50:54Damn.
00:51:07What do you think?
00:51:08I love it.
00:51:09A little queer joy, right?
00:51:11Yeah.
00:51:11Because we're never too old to experience some queer joy.
00:51:15Yeah.
00:51:16You're too fun to not have something fun in your look.
00:51:18You're so fun.
00:51:24Have you ever had this style?
00:51:26No.
00:51:27Do you like?
00:51:29Yes.
00:51:29This is absolutely beautiful.
00:51:32She's beautiful.
00:51:35Thank you for trusting me, honey.
00:51:37Oh, my God.
00:51:44You look good, girl.
00:51:46You look good.
00:51:47You look good.
00:51:52I ain't seen no makeup in a long time.
00:51:54I know.
00:51:55I know you've said this before, where you say to someone you love, I wish you could see yourself
00:51:59how I see you.
00:52:01And I feel like as a hairdresser, we kind of literally have that power sometimes.
00:52:05When we change someone's look, we can reintroduce that person to themselves.
00:52:11It literally gives me chills.
00:52:13I felt from both of you guys when we first started doing this, you guys were not into celebrating
00:52:18yourselves.
00:52:19And we live in a culture that does not celebrate women as they get older.
00:52:23And I just want you guys to know that is not our truth.
00:52:25We get to express ourselves however you want to express yourself, no matter what age you are.
00:52:30You have so much beautiful time in front of you.
00:52:32And I'm just so honored that you spent this time with me.
00:52:34And I love you both so much.
00:52:35Thank you for the bottom of my heart.
00:52:37I'm not crying.
00:52:38Yes.
00:52:38Thank you all.
00:52:39I am a little.
00:52:42Hey Brie.
00:52:44What's going on?
00:52:45I'm good.
00:52:45How are you?
00:52:46I'm really good.
00:52:47I have this idea and I need your help.
00:52:50Absolutely.
00:52:50I don't mind it.
00:53:06Jamie and Tad, Ant, they're here!
00:53:09Yeah!
00:53:09I wanna take it personally that you called my name last.
00:53:12And I saved the best for last.
00:53:13He loves lighting candles.
00:53:14Yeah!
00:53:16Hi you guys!
00:53:17How are you?
00:53:18Hi!
00:53:19Hi.
00:53:19Oh, my gosh.
00:53:22Oh, my gosh.
00:53:24I can see how cute she looks from here.
00:53:27Hi, kid.
00:53:29Yay.
00:53:31How good they look.
00:53:32How do you look good?
00:53:33How good do they look?
00:53:34They look amazing.
00:53:35Gorgeous, right?
00:53:37To prove.
00:53:38Yes, I do.
00:53:39Oh.
00:53:42You look amazing.
00:53:44Blondie herself.
00:53:46Come on, Marilyn.
00:53:47Come on.
00:53:48Come on.
00:53:48You go first.
00:53:49Let's go.
00:53:49Let me go for Joe.
00:53:50Ready?
00:53:50I'll come out.
00:53:52Yeah.
00:53:52Go for it.
00:53:54Oh, my God.
00:54:01Joe.
00:54:10Hello, hello, Joe.
00:54:11The picture, man.
00:54:12You.
00:54:17When you say someone's speechless, that's me.
00:54:21Isn't that pretty?
00:54:23This is beautiful.
00:54:25It just looks so much bigger.
00:54:27Yeah.
00:54:30Oh, my God.
00:54:32Oh, my God.
00:54:34Oh, ain't it wonderful, baby?
00:54:40I can say this is my home.
00:54:43Oh, this is your home.
00:54:45Yeah.
00:54:47I agree.
00:54:48Yeah.
00:54:48These are all the pillows you guys picked out.
00:54:50This is beautiful.
00:54:52You guys want to see your bedrooms?
00:54:54Yes, please.
00:54:55All right, let's go.
00:54:56I'll take you up.
00:55:00Oh, my God.
00:55:04Oh, my God.
00:55:09I think she likes it.
00:55:14Oh, my God.
00:55:17Your DVDs are all inside of that on the top drawer,
00:55:20so everything's organized.
00:55:22Oh, my God.
00:55:27This is the only thing you asked me for,
00:55:29which was an 85-inch 85.
00:55:32Oh, my God.
00:55:33Look at my car.
00:55:34Oh, my God.
00:55:35Oh, my God.
00:55:35Oh, my God.
00:55:36All your collections are here.
00:55:41This is absolutely beautiful.
00:55:44Good dance, baby.
00:55:46Good dance, baby.
00:55:47Oh, I know.
00:55:48Oh, my God.
00:55:49Look at this.
00:55:50Oh, thank you so much.
00:55:53This is so beautiful.
00:55:54Thank you so much.
00:55:56Oh, my God.
00:55:59This is absolutely beautiful.
00:56:02You're next.
00:56:03Good, Joe.
00:56:04Go.
00:56:08Go on inside and see, Joe.
00:56:14Oh, my God.
00:56:24That's so cool how they do that, Joe.
00:56:26Oh, my God.
00:56:30Oh, my snack rack.
00:56:31I got a snack rack.
00:56:32Your snack rack got an upgrade.
00:56:34I got a snack rack.
00:56:36Show them.
00:56:37Show them stuff all over.
00:56:38This has been a week of first for me,
00:56:40from an 85-inch television to a snack rack.
00:56:44This is absolutely beautiful.
00:56:46This is nice, Joe.
00:56:46I don't know if y'all really realize how much.
00:56:51Joe.
00:56:52Come here.
00:56:52Come here.
00:56:52Come here.
00:56:53Come here.
00:56:53Come here.
00:56:53Don't pass out on me.
00:56:58This week, man.
00:57:01Hey, Bri.
00:57:01We're going to need you for this as well.
00:57:03You want to bring baby so-so?
00:57:04Come on, Bri.
00:57:06I'm here.
00:57:06I'm here.
00:57:07I'm here.
00:57:10Just take a look.
00:57:11Remember what this room looked like before?
00:57:15Oh, my God.
00:57:17No, no, no.
00:57:19Come here, Bri.
00:57:24Look at so-so room.
00:57:26Oh, my God.
00:57:28Look, boo-boo.
00:57:29So-so, this is all yours, boo-boo.
00:57:31Oh, my God.
00:57:34This is a complete transformation.
00:57:36It is.
00:57:37Oh, my God.
00:57:39It's rolled away.
00:57:40And now that space can still be yours.
00:57:43And obviously, you can have people over,
00:57:44but then there's a playroom.
00:57:46It's so cute.
00:57:47Yeah, do you hear me?
00:57:48Yeah.
00:57:49She likes it.
00:57:50Yeah.
00:57:52Oh, look how good you look.
00:57:53Every soft butch needs a great lip.
00:57:56So I just got you a basic little chapstick as a last look.
00:58:00Now, for you, I got you a little color.
00:58:02I got you a little gloss.
00:58:03I feel like you're a glossy diva.
00:58:04Look at you.
00:58:05Who says you can't teach a sexy old lesbian new tricks?
00:58:09Hmm.
00:58:10Not me.
00:58:12Oh, yes, honey.
00:58:16Oh, look at that.
00:58:17Look at that.
00:58:18Look at that.
00:58:18Of course.
00:58:19I wanted to make sure that you had an extra to enjoy with all
00:58:21the kiddos in the family.
00:58:22That's a yum.
00:58:23I love yum.
00:58:24You know I love yum.
00:58:24I love you.
00:58:25You love your yum-yums.
00:58:27Whew.
00:58:29Are you okay?
00:58:30The time that I had with both of you, I felt like it was sort of reflected on me in
00:58:36terms
00:58:36of like stuff that I don't necessarily talk about as much that we like all shared about.
00:58:41I just want to thank you for creating this like safe space for me to be able to, you know,
00:58:47talk about that with you two and for you for being so open with each other.
00:58:51And clearly you can cook in the kitchen together.
00:58:53So is that something you promised me you're going to work on?
00:58:55Yeah.
00:58:55Yes.
00:58:56Can I get a little pinky promise there?
00:58:57Yeah.
00:58:58Okay.
00:58:58We're going to do a quiche together.
00:59:00You're going to do quiche together.
00:59:01Okay.
00:59:02That's a great start.
00:59:03I love that.
00:59:03There are so many families out there of people who don't know how to talk to each other.
00:59:08Not for a lack of wanting to, but just not having the tools or not feeling safe to.
00:59:14You've opened up a lot of doors, helped us open up a lot of doors and realize a lot
00:59:17of things that we did not know about each other.
00:59:21Yeah.
00:59:21Yeah.
00:59:21And there's still so much more to learn too, which is scary, but it's also really beautiful
00:59:26too.
00:59:27I mean, that's the honor of meeting all of these people, all of these heroes, is that
00:59:32people get to watch that and they get to see themselves in that and relate to these experiences
00:59:36and hopefully get inspired by it, or at least just feel a little less lonely.
00:59:42You're quite welcome.
00:59:44You're quite welcome.
00:59:44Let's go see Paramo.
00:59:45Let's go.
00:59:47I don't know who cried the most out of this group.
00:59:50Well, we have memories, baby, that'll go on forever and ever.
00:59:53Yeah.
00:59:54But these memories have to continue after we're gone.
00:59:56Yeah.
00:59:56They will.
00:59:56So I just want to make sure that I'm not going to come back and find out that you locked
01:00:00in the room and y'all not talking.
01:00:02Mm-mm.
01:00:03No.
01:00:03No way.
01:00:04That's not an option anymore for her to stay locked in the room.
01:00:07No way.
01:00:07We had so much fun this week.
01:00:08Yes.
01:00:08It's been the best we really have.
01:00:11And I'm glad that we now, that we understand each other better.
01:00:15The family members who are not showing up, y'all not worried about?
01:00:17No, not.
01:00:18No, not at all.
01:00:19But at the same rate, there are family members, especially I know for you, that want to talk
01:00:25to you.
01:00:25Bree was telling me about how there's so many younger queer family members that want to hear
01:00:30your story too.
01:00:31When they come to visit, you know?
01:00:33They want to hear, who want to see you, who want to pour out and just pour love all over
01:00:38you.
01:00:40Wow.
01:00:41I know that.
01:00:43I'm going to be there for them.
01:00:44Yes.
01:00:45I know what it meant to struggle.
01:00:50Doreen and Joe are about to enter a brand new chapter, and it's so much better for them
01:00:53to enter that chapter together.
01:00:55No more isolating.
01:00:56You've got your sister with you.
01:00:58Enjoy each other's company, and never give up on each other.
01:01:01Now, I know that you wear your button, but if you would like to open this locket, that's
01:01:08for you.
01:01:09Doreen, my love, and here's one for you.
01:01:10Oh, that's my name.
01:01:12Indeed.
01:01:13Oh, wow.
01:01:14Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
01:01:16Oh, wow.
01:01:17Look, Joe.
01:01:18That's Diane.
01:01:19Isn't it nice?
01:01:19Beautiful.
01:01:20Oh.
01:01:22Oh.
01:01:27James and James.
01:01:29The two pictures of James.
01:01:31That's nice.
01:01:32May I put it on you?
01:01:33Yes.
01:01:34Okay.
01:01:34Yes.
01:01:37Okay.
01:01:38Yes.
01:01:38There you are, my love.
01:01:40Oh, this is bad.
01:01:43Okay.
01:01:46All right, my love.
01:01:47There you are.
01:01:50Everybody change me.
01:01:52Thank God.
01:01:52You know what?
01:01:53You've still got a lot of life to live, Doreen.
01:01:55You were acting like it was done, but there's a lot of life to live.
01:02:00And to the fat lady, see you.
01:02:01Amen.
01:02:02Amen.
01:02:08Okay, kids.
01:02:09Joe's ready.
01:02:10Ready to see?
01:02:11Yeah.
01:02:12I'm so excited for you to see you.
01:02:13Okay, Joe.
01:02:14Come on down.
01:02:16You're a beauty.
01:02:18Come to me, my queen.
01:02:21Yes.
01:02:23I'm here for you.
01:02:25Yes, Diva.
01:02:27Yes.
01:02:28I love it.
01:02:29You do?
01:02:29It's amazing.
01:02:31Look at you.
01:02:31This hair with every outfit is fantastic.
01:02:35It is.
01:02:35You know it.
01:02:35It brings a different vibe.
01:02:37I love it so much.
01:02:38Give us, like, a gorgeous twirl, darling.
01:02:40Yes.
01:02:42The drama, honey.
01:02:43You know what?
01:02:44I love a drapey part of this.
01:02:45Yes.
01:02:45Oh, over the shoulder.
01:02:47What?
01:02:51She's telling her daughter over her chair.
01:02:54It goes from day to night.
01:02:56Day to night.
01:02:57You look so beautiful.
01:02:59You stay sat there.
01:03:00Should we bring out Doreen?
01:03:01Give us Doreen, honey.
01:03:02Come on, my gorgeous Doreen.
01:03:04Now presenting soft butch Doreen, honey.
01:03:08Yes.
01:03:10Come on.
01:03:12Standing up.
01:03:13Ten's across the board.
01:03:15Ten's across the board.
01:03:16Ten's across the board.
01:03:17Ten's across the board.
01:03:17Ten's across the board.
01:03:18Ten's across the board.
01:03:18Yes.
01:03:19Yes.
01:03:20Come on now.
01:03:22Oh.
01:03:22Oh, yeah.
01:03:23You see her.
01:03:24You see her.
01:03:25Yes.
01:03:26Yes.
01:03:27I love this.
01:03:28You feeling it, Doreen?
01:03:29You feeling yourself?
01:03:31Yes.
01:03:32If I had to turn back the hands of time for this week, I would not change a bit.
01:03:38No.
01:03:38The story was written for us.
01:03:40Each and every last one of you all.
01:03:42Yes.
01:03:43Was a part of us this week.
01:03:45Yeah.
01:03:46And we thank the good Lord for bringing y'all in our lives.
01:03:50We love us.
01:03:50Will y'all marry me?
01:03:51Yes, we will.
01:03:53Okay.
01:03:53We will.
01:03:54This is just the start of a whole new chapter for both of you and I'm so excited for your
01:03:58vote.
01:03:58Amen.
01:03:59Amen.
01:03:59Amen.
01:04:00Amen.
01:04:00So we got to tell you, I enlisted to help Abreeb.
01:04:02So she helped me plan this night.
01:04:04We're going to Nelly's to watch a drag show.
01:04:08All of us, that's not it.
01:04:11Also, the family members that love you and support you and want to be there, they are
01:04:16there waiting for you all.
01:04:18They're gonna come too.
01:04:19You can bring a baby to a bar, right?
01:04:32And the iconic words of Alana Glazer and the club?
01:04:35We all found!
01:04:38Come on.
01:04:41Who doesn't love a drag show gay bar family reunion?
01:04:47I know I do.
01:04:48That's one of my favorite sentences I've ever gotten to say.
01:04:54It's time to turn up a little bit.
01:04:56So they want to see you?
01:04:59You look beautiful!
01:05:01Are you ready to see some drag?
01:05:04Yeah!
01:05:06All right, let's get this party started!
01:05:16Look at Jo's face.
01:05:19She cannot contain her excitement.
01:05:21Seems like they'll be a true family at last.
01:05:24It's so easy to get bogged down in unhappiness.
01:05:28But if you've got someone there willing to pull you out of that
01:05:31and to show you light again, let them.
01:05:48I feel like in a way these two sisters were reintroduced to each other.
01:05:52And it's not about forgetting the past, but it's holding on to the beautiful things that you have around you
01:05:56right now.
01:05:58Doreen came into this week feeling like she doesn't have a family.
01:06:02But Jo has been Doreen's biggest advocate since they were little.
01:06:08Being around somebody like Doreen, everything that she has survived, the courage she has had to activate, just to be
01:06:16who she is, reminds me of the shoulders that we're standing on.
01:06:20And while the work isn't done, we have to remember how important it is to look at the people that
01:06:25have done so much to get us where we're at.
01:06:28It's just really beautiful.
01:06:40Ten years of Queer Eye has been my greatest joy.
01:06:43It has given me so much.
01:06:45It has made every dream come true.
01:06:46I have met people who are going to be my family for the rest of my life.
01:06:50I'm so thankful for this experience.
01:06:53There are so many people out there that feel alone.
01:06:55They feel like no one's hearing their story.
01:06:57This show has given me so much hope for the impact that you can make when you continue to walk
01:07:03in your truth and just show up.
01:07:09The world can be a better place if we all just are positive, kind, loving, and do the work to
01:07:15support each other.
01:07:18The blessing of what Queer Eye has done for me is that it has allowed me to be someone who
01:07:22can go around this world and make sure that people's stories are heard.
01:07:25And I'm so thankful for that because I have a clear purpose for the rest of my life.
01:07:32Anybody who comes to my path, you're going to feel heard and seen.
01:07:56I'm so thankful for that.
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