'90 Day Fiancé's Gabe Explains Not Telling Isabel He's Transgender and Defends Paying Her Bills (Exclusive)
star Gabe is new to the franchise and making history. The 32-year-old Florida native is the first transgender person to be featured on the hit TLC show and ET sat down with him to talk about his feelings on his groundbreaking inclusion and his romance with Isabel from Colombia.Gabe said his sister, Monica, was the one who actually wrote to the show and pretended to be him to get him on.
He admitted he feels pressure in representing his community.«It feels like I have to live up to an expectation,» he tells ET's Melicia Johnson. «And it's scary, because I never know what I'm doing.
I'm kind of just winging it at life. So it's just… I just don't know what to expect, ever. Because I just I don't plan anything.
Really.»But he also had specific insecurities.«I'm just thinking, 'Oh, a lot of people are gonna make fun of my nipples.' That's exactly my thought,» he shares. «So that's the first thing I thought about, is how many memes my nipples are going to be.… And then I'm like, well, you know what, I guess, you know, people make fun of me for my nipples, but then it's like, everything is gonna be beneficial to everybody else because I'll go out of my way and be a fool if it's going to help somebody else.»«Overall, it'll be better for the thousands of people,» he continues. «Because I know what it feels like to be in a transgendered person spot.
