{"id":716483,"date":"2026-06-05T09:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/716483\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:22:11","slug":"karamo-brown-changes-tune-on-infamous-queer-eye-prank-but-new-narrative-called-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/716483\/","title":{"rendered":"Karamo Brown Changes Tune on Infamous &#8216;Queer Eye&#8217; Prank, But New Narrative Called BS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260604_4e386f3c9e0d4aecbaa6fcb0c0f7f76f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c1adb333-ad19-4d97-a658-f63b10ee9c91\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4e386f3c9e0d4aecbaa6fcb0c0f7f76f_md.jpg\" alt=\"queer eye karamo brown getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/karamo-brown\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karamo Brown<\/a> says he can finally speak freely about feeling used over the infamous and controversial &#8220;Queer Eye&#8221; traffic-stop prank &#8230; but some are calling BS on his new explanation of events.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal &#8230; in the first season of the reboot in 2018, the guys were pulled over by a cop in the South &#8230; they were all clearly freaked out, but it turned out the officer was a part of the show. At the time, KB said he wanted to be in the driver&#8217;s seat and even though he got scared, he was more than grateful for the dialogue it started.<\/p>\n<p>Flash forward to this week &#8230; Karamo told PEOPLE producers forced him to drive that day because they wanted to see the look of pure fear on a Black man&#8217;s face while being pulled over in the South &#8230; and he wasn&#8217;t actually grateful for any of it.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<p>As for the massive discrepancy in his story, a rep for Karamo tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;At the time of the interview, Karamo did not feel he could speak candidly and instead followed guidance on talking points so as not to jeopardize his position on the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The rep adds, &#8220;He now feels comfortable sharing what occurred, and the account provided to People, as shared, was corroborated by multiple individuals familiar with the situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260121_968841b503784df6a8a8fb699b5c0c14\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c1adb333-ad19-4d97-a658-f63b10ee9c91\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/968841b503784df6a8a8fb699b5c0c14_md.jpg\" alt=\"Cast of 'Queer Eye' Visits the Empire State Building getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, sources close to production tell TMZ &#8230; KB&#8217;s 180 is complete BS.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told Karamo was the one who wanted to be behind the wheel that day &#8212; just like he said at the time &#8212; and Karamo was supportive of keeping the scene in the show.<\/p>\n<p>One thing&#8217;s for sure &#8230; the bad blood between KB and the Netflix series is getting stirred up all over again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karamo Brown says he can finally speak freely about feeling used over the infamous and controversial &#8220;Queer Eye&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-716483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}