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“Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown skips “CBS Mornings” cast interview “to focus on and to protect” his mental health
“Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown was notably absent from Tuesday’s “CBS Mornings” live interview with the full cast as they promoted the release of the series’ 10th and final season, citing a need to prioritize his mental health.
Roughly an hour before the interview, Brown’s assistant informed “CBS Mornings” that the cast member wouldn’t be joining the on-set interview due to mental health concerns and, in part, because he was worried about being bullied.
In a statement released to “CBS Mornings” explaining his absence, Brown said, “Thank you to everyone around the world for welcoming me into their homes for 10 seasons. Season 10 is amazing and I know you will fall in love with the deserving people we helped.”
It continued, “Though the show is ending, I hope everyone remembers the main theme I have tried to teach them over the past decade, which is to focus on and to protect their mental health/peace from people or a world who seek to destroy it; which is why I can’t be there today. Thank you to the crew for being the best in business and the executives for believing in me. 10 Seasons, I’m truly humbled.”
Brown is part of the Fab Five, which includes Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski and Jeremiah Brent, who joined the cast on season nine of the show. Brent replaced interior designer Bobby Berk, who left the show after eight seasons.
“Queer Eye” cast addresses Brown’s absence
Porowski said “surprise is a fair understatement,” referring to Brown’s absence after listening to “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King read his statement.
“I will say our ‘Queer Eye’ family, we have been doing this for almost a decade, which is pretty wild to believe, and families are complicated. We’re definitely not excluded from that,” Porowski said.
Van Ness said he’s honored to have learned from Brown during their time together on the show.
“He has taught people to center what they need and I’m actually really proud of him. Center what you need. Do the things you need to take care of you. I’d be lying if I didn’t feel like that sometimes,” Van Ness said. “And so, I think it’s really beautiful, and I think we do need to center what is best for us sometimes and my hat off to him for doing that today.”
Brent called his experience with the group transformative, saying, “I have felt safe and supported by the people up here. I have loved every second of this thing and I’m so excited that we get to do this and share this next season because the show really is just about highlighting the best of humanity.”
10th and final season
In the very first episode of the series, France said they were working toward acceptance, but as the show comes to a close, he revealed he isn’t sure that’s happened yet.
“I would love to believe that we have come around to that, but as we’ve seen, especially over the last year or so, that hasn’t been the case here in particular in the U.S. I pray we will continue to fight for acceptance but it is not just ours,” France said. “It is our entire nation’s responsibility at this point to fight for those who can’t fight for themselves.”
But the cast members agreed the show has had a massive impact on their lives.
“It has really given me hope for what this country has been and can be again,” France said. “It helps me to understand the way our country operates through the heroes that we’ve helped.”
“It’s just opened my eyes to so much,” Van Ness added, reflecting on his time on the series. “At the end of the day people want to be safe. They want to be loved and accepted by their family. Sometimes that’s not possible so they have a chosen family around them. I think we are so much more similar than we are different.”
For Porowski, “Queer Eye” has changed him as a person as he looks at future projects.
“I think it has for all us in how we want to, the type of stories that we want to tell and even more importantly, other people, hopefully it inspires them to kind of push towards embracing diversity,” he said.
King Charles made a heartfelt confession in his personal message as he bid farewell to the US alongside Queen Camilla.
On April 30, the four-day headline-making US tour of the royal couple came to an end, and to express gratitude towards the Americans for their hospitality, the King and Queen released a statement.
“Farewell and thank you for the warmth of your welcome and the kind support you gave us throughout our first visit to the US as King and Queen, in this, your special anniversary year,” they penned.
The message reads, “We leave a piece of our [heart] behind and take a little of yours back home with us, until the next time… God Bless America. Charles R. & Camilla R.”
It is important to note that it was the British Monarch’s first statement after Meghan Markle was accused of grabbing the spotlight with her unexpected response to the Australia trip.
In conversation with The Australian Women’s Weekly, the Duchess of Sussex said, “My husband and I have such an affinity for Australia. I said to him the day we were flying out. The only thing better than Australia are Australians.”
She also expressed her passion for fashion and discussed making choices that positively impact society.
Notably, King Charles, in his message, also mentioned that he is leaving a piece of his heart behind, as, despite being so close to Archie and Lilibet, the meeting between grandpa and grandsons remains a dream.
It could be a hint towards the Sussexes about his love for them.
Zoë Kravitz is letting the ring do the talking – and fans definitely heard it loud and clear.
Just days after reports confirmed that the actress and filmmaker is engaged to Harry Styles, Kravitz stepped out in New York City casually flashing what might be one of the year’s most discussed celebrity engagement rings.
Wrapped in a brown suede shearling jacket with an oversized black tote in hand, the High Fidelity star looked effortlessly low-key – except for the massive diamond peeking out from under her sleeve.
And according to jewelry experts? That sparkle is doing serious heavy lifting.
Several experts believe the ring features a radiant or cushion-cut diamond set in yellow gold, estimating the stone could weigh anywhere between five and 10 carats.
Translation: Harry did not exactly shop small. Some estimates place the value north of $600,000.
The engagement confirmation comes after months of increasingly hard-to-ignore sightings. The pair first sparked romance rumours in August 2025 after being photographed walking arm in arm through Rome. Soon after, Deuxmoi claimed the two had been spotted kissing at a London hotspot.
At the time, a source told People magazine the former One Direction star was “spending time with Kravitz while she’s been on her [Caught Stealing] press run.”
Since then, the couple’s been spotted bouncing between London and New York, looking very much like two people building a shared life away from the chaos.
“They seem very serious and focused on prioritizing time together,” a source told the outlet in February.
Another insider added the couple shared the engagement news with only “a small circle,” while Kravitz has happily been showing the ring off to friends.
VANCOUVER: Palestinian football federation President Jibril Rajoub refused to take part in a photo opportunity with Israel soccer official Basim Sheikh Suliman in a tense incident at the end of Fifa’s Congress on Thursday.
After both Rajoub and Suliman had addressed delegates, Fifa President Gianni Infantino invited both men to stand alongside him.
However Rajoub declined the gesture, refusing repeated attempts by Infantino to encourage him to participate in the moment.
At one point Rajoub could be heard to say: “We are suffering.”
The Palestinian Football Association recently appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over Fifa’s refusal to sanction Israel over football clubs based in the West Bank.
The PFA maintains that clubs based in West Bank settlements should not be allowed to compete in leagues controlled by Israeli football authorities.
In 2024, United Nations experts said at least eight football clubs had been identified as playing in “Israeli colonial settlements” and called on Fifa to “fulfil its responsibility to respect human rights”.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Rajoub called on Fifa to “apply the statutes with fairness, with logic.”
“What’s going on in Palestine is terrible, destroying all the Palestinian sport facilities in Gaza, the killings of hundreds of Palestinian athletes, employees… I think it’s now the time to make justice,” Rajoub said.
“The guy who spoke on behalf of Israel, he did not even pay attention to the suffering, to what’s going on.
“I refused to shake hands. How can I shake hands or have a photo with such a man?”
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