There’s no shame there. As Netflix’s longest running reality series to date, Queer Eye’s staying power has been impressive, especially given that virtually the same format had already come and gone before it. For many interested in gay representation, the idea to reboot the Bravo show originally titled Queer Eye for the Straight Guy didn’t seem like the slam dunk it would turn out to be (in addition to nine season renewals, 12 Primetime Emmys and Rotten Tomatoes averages that rarely dipped below 90%). With its “experts” of varying bonafides, the show was predicated on the fallacy that gay men have innately superior taste (anyone with a Twitter account in 2018 could have surveyed the landscape and testified to the contrary). By emphasizing the sexuality of the Fab Five, but presenting them in an environment devoid of romance or sex, the show invoked the “gay uncle theory,” which posits that gay men’s benevolence (via nurturing and the sharing of resources) toward family members’ offspring allows the biological continuation of homosexuality.