Jai Rodriguez

“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.”

“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.”

“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 like bringing smiles to people's faces.”

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

“I'm more of a culture hummingbird.”

“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.”

“As the universe accepted our show, more people began to accept me.”

“My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence.”

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

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

“It's interesting to see how we are all uniquely different.”

“All things just keep getting better.”

“Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.”

“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.”

“My mom doesn't get the whole gay thing, but she loves me.”

“Our show is about starting over.”

“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 was the star of the choir.”

“I have no apologies.”