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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Who Are You, Tan? with Tan France

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tan France is the fashion expert for Queer Eye and joins Jonathan to talk about growing up in Yorkshire, getting a Barbie collection from his dad, and when he realized he wanted to marry a boy. Plus, Tan discusses coming out to a religious household and how Queer Eye helped him find acceptance with his family. Check out more of Tan’s work at TanFrance.com. He tweets @tanfrance and you can follow him on Instagram @tanfrance. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Getting Curious. I'm Jonathan Veness and every week I sit down for a 30 minute conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.

0:08.0

This week we have none other than gorgeous tan, France, star of Queer Eyes Netflix, Fashion Guru, Cannot Witch Chat.

0:17.0

Well you guys, hold on to your blue, violet, shimmer light shampoo because I've got someone here who likes to use it a lot.

0:27.0

If you can tell with that gorgeous cute little baby laugh is, if you guess someone whose name is Fran, Fran, Fran Tafdar, France, Tafbruts, Tannies here.

0:42.0

Hi everyone. Hi Jackie. It's okay you can say it.

0:47.0

Oh my gosh can we talk about that real quick? No, okay fine.

0:53.0

Jonathan Veness is shows how much I know by my boy. So Jonathan Veness used to go by the name Jack when he was at school.

1:00.0

And I didn't know this until like six months ago when we were filming and one of his friends was on the phone and she kept saying Jack was like, who are they actually talking about?

1:08.0

After we asked him it and he said, when I was at school I go by Jack. My nickname is Jack my whole life.

1:13.0

So I asked him I could start calling him Jackie. He said yes, but only in private. No, it's not private anymore.

1:19.0

But I won't know who you're talking to and I won't like it. And it's not a term of endearment unless you're my mom or TAN.

1:25.0

So if you do it, I probably won't like you very much. Do not do that. That's not appropriate. Only I can say that.

1:31.0

Well, I mean, it doesn't really like bother me. I just like won't like you and I'll never take a selfie with you. So it's like your call.

1:36.0

Yeah, that's mine. That's yours.

1:39.0

Well, you know, TAN, so every episode of getting curious is a question. And so far, you know, it's like it's kind of, you know, who are you?

1:48.0

I mean, who is Tani Banny? That's guy I'm doing one with, you know, the boys. And it's kind of been like, you know, who are who are you?

1:58.0

Oh gosh, that's a tough question. Who am I? Well, I mean, we can get there together. Like you don't have to like, that's a really dangerous stuff.

2:05.0

There's a really trucker's open in the question. Oh, good. Well, I guess one question I have for you that we could start with is a question about me.

2:11.0

Oh, love. Which is what is what is the first thing that you thought when you met me? Oh my gosh. Okay.

2:19.0

So honestly, the first time I'm if it's not that I was like gorgeous and attractive.

2:23.0

I owe on the life. I'm really so offended.

2:26.0

Obviously, if I hadn't already been married, like it like really took me. You would have been the person I was.

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