What book do you recommend most to others?

The one I love the most is Crucial Conversations [by Kerry Patterson]. Sometimes people don’t know how to have the hard conversation with themselves or with others. I really should have said my book. Forget that other book. My book!

Which lesson has been the hardest to learn?

Not to be so hard on myself. We all have expectations of ourselves and people put expectations on us and sometimes when you don’t reach those expectations, you start to think, ‘Am I a failure, am I doing what I am meant to do?’ But I realised we are all growing at our own pace and whatever that pace is, it’s OK.

What food sums up happiness?

I’m Jamaican and Cuban so curried goat and white rice and plantain.

What have you never understood?

My fiancé’s mind.

What is the one thing you want to know before you die?

I’ll figure that out on my deathbed because as of right now, anything I want to learn, I just pick up a book or google it. On that last day, I might be like, “Damnit, I didn’t learn this.”

Are you scared of dying or what happens when you die?

I’m not scared of dying, or not afraid or curious about what happens. I’m a big believer in energy. We are all balls of energy. My energy will be transferred somewhere else. If that’s some kind of heaven or other person or thing, I know my energy will continue to exist. That’s why I try to put out the most positive energy possible.

Quinoa or Quavers?

Neither. No, thank you. They are both gross to me.

Karamo: My Story Of Embracing Purpose, Healing And Hope (£18.99, Simon & Schuster), is out on 4 April

Images: Alex Rhoades, McGraw-Hill Education

Queer Eye host Karamo Brown reveals the hardest lesson he’s ever learned