Carson Kressley Slams New 'Queer Eye'

Original Queer Eye star Carson Kressley is happy that the show's reboot got a nod from the Emmys, but he thinks his version of the show was a bigger deal. Read on to find out what he said about the new Fab Five.

Via Page Six.

The Emmys are turning 70, and the Television Academy brought together some of this year’s nominees at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles to celebrate.

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“Are we 70 already? Gosh, I remember the first one like it was yesterday,” Carson Kressley, who was the fashion expert on the original iteration of “Queer Eye,” joked with Variety at the TV Academy’s (platinum) performer peer group celebration on Monday night.

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“We’re so lucky to work in TV,” added Kressley, the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” judge, on an uncharacteristically serious note. “It’s really having a renaissance right now and so inclusive and perse.”

However, the “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” veteran couldn’t resist a jab at the revised Fab Five’s Netflix reboot. “I’m thrilled that they’re nominated, but it was a little more groundbreaking back when we won an Emmy in 2004,” he said.

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