Gok Wan.

Hey,

I was just watching the late late at home with my famiily. Gok wan came on & i didn't know he was going on it so was bit of a suprise. I heard about his tv show but had only seen a small bit of it, but really thought it was brillant. He really believed in dressing the women to suit themselves, he talks about real women, embraces trying make them feel confident & good about who they are.

I didn't know anything about his past though so i have to say i got a bit of a shock. When he started to mention his struggles with ED & bullying i tensed up. Because my family were in the room i felt really akward. I thought oh crap not another celeb who is so called 'recoverded' but obviously in complete denial. My hands started to sweat & i didn't know whether to leave, change the channel or just sit there.

I decided to just sit and if it started to go down the wrong direction leave. However i was pleasntly suprised. Although he didn't mention much about the thoughts part he made it more clear that it really was a false illusion and ED makes you forget about everything else in your life and all you can focus on is trying to be thin or lose weight. He said because he believed something it became his reality. The things he said i could just really relate with. I found him very open and honest. He mentioned how he found it difficult to bring all his past up in his book, but i felt not because he was ashamed of it but because it was an emotional time.

I found him very inspirational i thought one celeb who seems to be just normal. Now i cant say if he really is recoverded i dont know, he did say he got help & from the way he spoke i assumded he was. I felt like god yah know what he knows himself, he accepts himself he's comfortable and i found him so likeable because he was real. I felt a buzz of positive energy from watching him.

I really enjoyed the interview. One point he made was just so lovely. He said i refuse to give into the fact that all women should look a certain way. I like real women. He said the only example i can give is of the rose. He said if there's a real red rose and its a bit witherded a few petals have fallen off but is real and there's a plastic rose, just plastic may look perfect but thats it he said i know which one i'd pick the real rose i dont want a plastic. I thought yeah what use would a fake one be it wouldnt smell nice, the texture wouldnt be the same it wouldnt be real. I don't know if anybody else saw it but i thought what an inspiration. He really spreads the word from what i picked up; be confident in who you are be comfortable with your body dont try to buy into the false illusion of you have to look a certain way.

Something else i loved how he mentioned how he went to drama school because he originally wanted to be an actor. He said i never thought my past would actually help other people. That from all the hard times he went through he actually is helping people from it and teaching people to love themselves and their body's just the way they are. I really loved the interview & him. I'd recommend anybody to watch it. At the beginnning i thought oh god i dont know if this is going the right way, but by the end i was in awe of him. x