Jai Rodriguez Quotes

When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent.

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it’s unfortunate there isn’t more color-blind casting.

Our show is about starting over.

Not everyone is nice and good to work with or grateful for the experience.

My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence.

My mom doesn’t get the whole gay thing, but she loves me.

Just because you are out doesn’t make you the poster boy for the gay community.

It’s interesting to see how we are all uniquely different.

I’ve done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time.

I’ve been looking forward to doing an album, but it’s really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music.

I’m more of a culture hummingbird.

I was the star of the choir.

I was raised thinking I’d burn in hell for being gay, but I didn’t have a choice. It’s just who I am.

I like bringing smiles to people’s faces.

I know I’m on a small cable reality show. I’m realistic where I stand in the scheme of things.

I have to stay humble. I’m just a normal human with a job that is televised.

I have no apologies.

I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son.

I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that’s who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs.

At the beginning of each year, we have conceptual meetings. How are we going to challenge ourselves this year? So we suggested a transs*xual or transgender. And to be honest, I am shocked they let us do it.