'Real talk' refers to the act of speaking the honest truth about something or someone without fear of consequence.
I never felt comfortable hosting TV.
I never pictured L.A. as a hub for amazing food, which I learned quite quickly is sheer naivete. The restaurants here are insane.
The sole forms of social interaction I was aware of as a kid involved a jungle gym and a sticker book. It was only in high school that ICQ - a prehistoric form of instant messaging - was first incorporated into my cultural vocabulary.
I remember, before I started high school, I was really intrigued by the Buddy Holly/James Dean style of glasses. This was a long, long time before they were sold at every Urban Outfitters.
A little confidence can make the simplest of T-shirts look like a million bucks.
Entertainment seems to be the only arena where children who pursue the work of their parents, which is an inherently natural thing to do, is met with a lot of skepticism.
I've never really turned to my dad for anything, I think out of fear of the label of nepotism.
I know that in writer's rooms across North America, there are still conversations about how much is too much when it comes to intimacy between, in my case, two men. That's an insane conversation to be having.
'Simply the Best' has always been one of my favourite songs and a song that I've always thought was far deeper than what you imagine it to be at first listen. I found the lyrics to be really, oddly beautiful, considering you rarely stop and think about them.
Personally, what scares me most is the thoughtlessness the Internet can perpetuate.
I'll take a carb any day of the week, but if I'm being pressed, then I'm sort of into the standard bagel.
I went to private school and then chose to go to public school because I didn't like the private school experience; I didn't like that vibe.
It's pretty incredible to think that someone who once dreamed of a life in fashion could go from reading 'Vogue' during recess in elementary school to eventually seeing his designs grace those very pages.
I hated working red carpets, I hated the whole celebrity interview process. I just realized I'd rather be the person somebody wanted to ask questions to than the person asking the questions.
There is a lot men don't know about women. And I'm not just talking about how you manage to leave the bathroom smelling like a tropical rainforest after you shower or how you're able to walk in shoes that rely on nothing more than the support of two five-inch toothpicks.
Shopping for guys in Toronto is a really tough thing because there's not a huge market for it.
There is something transformative about the act of finding your own way without a to-do list.
As a Canadian, we are sort of inherently built with an unshakable humility that at times can work against you.
Thinking back, the majority of the conflicts I've had in my life have been a result of offering up my two unwelcome cents, crossing that line between constructive truth-telling and preaching.
