ultimately decides to bring Haide into his bedroom for the big moment. That’s, for me, probably the heavier part of the episode.”Ī.J. “He actually is scared that this could go the opposite way and really change things forever for the worst,” Collins said. Even before she arrives at his apartment in the episode, he’s pictured sitting alone and crying to himself, reading and re-reading the letter he’s going to share with her. being a bundle of nerves, afraid that his stepmother would reject him. When the day arrived, Collins remembered A.J. “He was kind of at a precipice where he really did have an opportunity to make a big change.” “I think he realized himself that he was at a seminal moment,” Collins said. But after talking to Brown, he was willing to tear down those walls. Once he shared that information, the show’s producers realized just how much their episodic hero had compartmentalized his life. reveals on camera he hasn’t told his stepmother that he’s gay, afraid that it might damage their relationship. the confidence to be more vulnerable, according to Collins. As the pair chat, they quickly bond over their shared experiences as gay, black men in America, a conversation that gave A.J.
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about his relationship with his late father. On the first day of A.J.’s makeover, Brown, who handles “culture,” has a heart-to-heart with A.J. Every episode takes place over the course of a week, with each of the Fab Five helping to improve a different area of their subject’s life, from grooming to fashion.