The roll-out for the final season of Netflix’s Queer Eye got off to a shaky start this week when cast member Karamo Brown backed out of a pair of TV appearances at the last minute, citing “mental health” concerns.

On Tuesday morning, Karamo had been slated to appear on CBS Mornings alongside co-stars Jeremiah Brent, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness to promote the 10th and final season of Queer Eye.

However, as the interview kicked offhost Gayle King shared a statement from Karamo, in which he addressed his absence.

“I hope everyone remembers the main theme I have tried to teach them over the past decade, which is to focus on and to protect their mental health/peace from people or a world who seek to destroy it; which is why I can’t be there today,” the statement read.

Gayle also said Karamo’s assistant had told her that the culture guru was “worried about being bullied”, but did not elaborate further on the matter.

Karamo Brown, one of the “Fab Five” of Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” did not participate in this morning’s interview with the cast, writing to CBS Mornings that he hopes people remember to “protect their mental health/peace.”

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