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Queer Eye star Karamo Brown is urging his followers to 'stop forcing connections' with people who are unable to see their 'value'.
Brown, 45, whose reported rift with the Fab Five exploded last month, issued a passionate plea to followers in one-sided friendships - urging them to move on from the dynamic and turn inward.
promoting the latest season of Queer Eye and claimed he had 'felt mentally and emotionally abused for years', the video was a rather telling statement.
But there was no mention of that particular drama as Brown delivered his message, sitting on a kitchen counter and eating a plate of farro.
Brown said he had would force friendships 'for years' as a result of the deep abandonment he endured in his relationship with his father.
'Stop forcing connections in people who don't see the value in you!' Brown began in the video. 'So if I can be vulnerable with y'all for a minute, I grew up without the love of my father. I know, right? It's cause his homophobic a** couldn't see past my sexual orientation and now he's missing out on this amazing son!'
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Queer Eye star Karamo Brown revealed he had been 'forcing connections' for years - amid his reported rift with his Fab Five co-stars
Last month, Brown pulled out of two interviews where he was set to promote Queer Eye with co-stars Jeremiah Brent, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France and Antoni Porowski
'Because of that lacking of love from my father, for many years I found myself forcing connections with people because my abandonment would get triggered and then I'd be like, "No, no, no, stay," and I would like always try to keep them near and try to have them in my life and say, "no, no, no, I can show you that you can love me. No, I'll do this, I'll do that, I'll be better."
Brown urged his followers in one-sided friendships to walk away from the dynamic and turn inward
The reality star issued the passionate message while sitting on his kitchen counter and eating a plate of farro
The drama erupted last month when the Fab Five (minus one) were confronted with Brown's absence on air
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But they would only reply in tense, cryptic statements, sparking speculation about who Brown's alleged bully or bullies were.
