The Fab Five are in Yass. | Photo: Twitter
In a very clever marketing ploy, the Queer Eye stars are making over a man in Yass, a country town in Australia.
The Fab Five – Antoni Porowsi, Tan France, Karomo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness and Bobby Berk – are Down Under to promote the second season of the rebooted Netflix’s series.
But Yass locals started to get suspicious when billboards of the Queer Eye men started popping up near town. They were spotted on the Barton Highway just outside of town.
Yass is a country town in the state of New South Wales. It’s located about 60km (37 miles) away from the Australian capital, Canberra.
The term ‘yass’ is popular gay vernacular. Originally appropriated from people of color in New York’s ballroom voguing scene, it’s often used by the Fab Five themselves.
It looks like the Yass Valley Tourism is hosting a media event on Wednesday night (6 June), in which a ‘production crew’ is attending.
Nobody knows yet who the Fab Five are making over, but local Julia Nicholls told Fairfax Media that interviews for Queer Eye, were held several months ago at a local pub.
If the rumors are true, it’s the first time the Queer Eye team has done a makeover outside of the US.
Once the news got out about the potential Aussie makeover, people got very excited.
Here are the best reaction to the news:
There is a really hot rumor that the #QueerEye guys will be filming in Yass, AUSTRALIA tomorrow – anyone on the @QueerEye media team care to verify that?? Just give me a subtle signal, nudge or wink!!
— Mandy Mitchell (@MandyMitchell77) June 5, 2018
It’s about time Yass gets the recognition it deserves https://t.co/KtREXSaQT2
— Stephen Jeffery (@stephenejeffery) June 5, 2018
Update: they are going to Yass because of course YASS QUEEN (full disclosure – I guessed this to a colleague an hour ago 💅) https://t.co/iPLavALbkL
— Paco Dylan 🏳️🌈 (@pacodylan) June 5, 2018
Pretty sure @QueerEye is filming in Yass, NSW right now HOW DID WE NOT SEE THIS COMING #fabfive #queereye https://t.co/FNu3NQ3tKs
— tacey rychter (@taceyrychter) June 5, 2018
Omg. @QueerEye are making over a guy in Yass! 😂
— Andrew (@AndrewPatrick_) June 5, 2018
