A Role I Was Born To Play | With Tan France

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Tan France ("Queer Eye," "Next in Fashion") reads an essay by Evan James, about a man finding his role within his family.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by
0:04.0	Produced by the I-Leb, at WBUR Boston.
0:18.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:24.0	Stories of Love, Lost, and Redemption.
0:32.0	I'm your host, Megna Chacrabardi.
0:41.0	Some people are sure they want children.
0:44.0	Some are sure they don't.
0:46.0	And some people just aren't sure.
0:49.0	But what about being the fun aunt or uncle?
0:52.0	Evan James found that role fit him perfectly.
0:56.0	Tan France stars in Netflix's Queer Eye.
0:59.0	His new show is called Next in Fashion.
1:01.0	He reads Evan's essay, A Role I Was Born to Play.
1:12.0	I never did want children of my own, but
1:15.0	the compassionate thoughts about family buildings
1:17.0	started to invade my mind a little over two years ago
1:20.0	and my older brother is why I've had a baby girl.
1:24.0	Oh, so you think you're just going to go and give birth?
1:28.0	I said to myself, Well, I'll show you.
1:30.0	I'll have five kids.
1:32.0	No, eight. I'm going to be the best most overachieving gay dad in America.
1:38.0	My driver on op-man ship didn't last long.
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