1. Karamo Brown was born in Houston and has three older sisters.
29 Facts About Karamo Brown
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Karamo Brown grew up in Coral Springs, Florida and graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 1999.
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In 2007, Karamo Brown was notified that he was the father of a ten-year-old boy, Jason, and received custody of him that year.
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Karamo Brown adopted Jason's half-brother Chris in 2010 and moved to Los Angeles with his two sons in 2011, where they currently reside.
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In May 2018, Karamo Brown became engaged to director Ian Jordan.
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On May 15,2021 Karamo Brown began dating photographer Carlos Medel.
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Karamo Brown was most known for his television debut on the MTV reality series The Real World: Philadelphia in 2004.
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Karamo Brown made a return to reality television on TV One's The Next 15 in 2016, which followed him and five other reality stars.
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Karamo Brown was a contributing host on HLN's Dr Drew On Call, YouTube's The Young Turks, served as host and producer of HuffPost Live for Huffington Post and as a recurring guest host of Access Hollywood Live.
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In 2014, Karamo Brown became a host and segment producer for the Own Show.
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Karamo Brown is the culture expert in the Netflix revival of Queer Eye.
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In June 2019, Karamo Brown appeared in Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" music video.
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In 2019 Karamo Brown competed on the 28th season of celebrity dance competition Dancing with the Stars.
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Karamo Brown publicly defended his fellow contestant, former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who was seen as a divisive and controversial choice for the show.
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Karamo Brown was criticized by many, including author Roxane Gay for normalizing Spicer and his work in the White House.
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Karamo Brown spoke to Spicer about how the actions and policies against LGBTQ rights affect marginalized people.
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In November 2019, Karamo Brown published a children's book, I Am Perfectly Designed, written with his son Jason "Rachel" Karamo Brown, illustrated by Anoosha Syed, and published by Henry Holt and Company.
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Jason said that the title of the book is a phrase Karamo Brown often said to Jason growing up.
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In 2020, Karamo Brown teamed up with Honest Company alumni to create MANTL, a premium personal care brand for bald and or balding men.
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In 2020, Karamo Brown was named to the Ebony Power 100 List.
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In March 2022, Brown was announced as host Maury Povich's successor; Povich retired and Brown hosted a new talk show for NBCUniversal Television Distribution, with Karamo starting recording in August and premiering September 19.
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In September 2022, Brown featured TikToker creators Chef Pii and Allured Beauty on the Karamo Show in response to Allured Beauty's discovery that Pii's Pink Sauce product was not safe for human consumption after getting it tested by a lab.
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Karamo Brown's discovery came after multiple similar accounts from other consumers.
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Karamo Brown received backlash for defending Chef Pii and criticising Allured Beauty, with viewers claiming that he was 'gaslighting' Allured Beauty during the episode.
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In 2014, Karamo Brown partnered with the pharmaceutical company Janssen as part of the Positively Fearless campaign to empower the gay and bisexual community.
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Karamo Brown has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Black Justice Coalition as their health and wellness ambassador.
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Karamo Brown was invited by the Obama Administration to work with the White House to create policies and legislations that helped with supporting the aspiring LGBTQ youth and their community along with their allies after school hours.
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Karamo Brown worked directly with President Barack Obama to support the president Obama Foundation and the My Brother's Keeper Alliance.
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Karamo Brown is a national co-chair for Health Care Voter.