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Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer

Looksmaxxing Is Psychotic (w/ Tan France)

Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer

Headgum & Nicole Byer

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4.916K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Fashion icon Tan France (Queer Eye, Honorable Gays) joins Nicole for a chat about how a planned "slut tour" accidentally resulted in an 18-year marriage, his secret past designing clothes for Mormon women, and why he really, really didn't want to be on Queer Eye. Tan gets real about the intense racism he faced dating in the UK - including the multiple times guys forced him to keep their dates a secret. Plus, he shares a horrifying first date story that had him walking out of dinner early, and they rip apart the bizarre new "looksmaxxing" trend.


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0:00.0

Want to watch this episode?

0:01.3

Catch the full video on YouTube.

0:03.3

Just hit the link in the episode description.

0:07.0

This is a headgum podcast.

0:10.0

Me and my friends love to take trips together.

0:14.2

And we took this trip to Joshua Tree.

0:16.6

And I was like, I don't want to stay in a hotel.

0:19.5

I want to stay in like a really, really,

0:21.9

really cute house with like a good kitchen. Because when I'm like going to do like a girls

0:27.4

trip, I absolutely love, love, love to, um, just like cook in the kitchen and not have to

0:35.7

order a room service and not always have to go out to a

0:38.6

restaurant or whatever. And look, I love my friends. I really do. But lately, I don't get to

0:42.8

see them as much as I like. So when we finally plan a trip together, it has to count. I want

0:47.2

every second to be quality time. That's why when I'm traveling with friends, I look to book a stay

0:52.4

on Airbnb. Airbnb is great because

0:54.9

you can book an entire place to yourself. Next time you're traveling, book a stay on Airbnb so you can

1:00.0

actually stay together. Hax is back for its fifth and final season and so is the Hacks podcast.

1:08.3

Join the Hacks creators and showrunners, Lucia and Yellow, Paul W. Downs, and

1:12.9

Jen Statsky as they unpack the Emmy-winning comedy series. On each episode, here's stories from the set,

1:19.6

what goes on in the writer's room, and how these beloved characters close out their final season.

1:24.4

Watch Hacks streaming exclusively on HBO Max and listen to the Hacks podcast on HBO

1:31.5

Max or wherever you get your podcasts.

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