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Jesse Brune: The Follow Up Interview

April 02, 2007

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chat_brune_320x240.jpgJesse was the first interview we ever conducted here at OUTzonetv.com. We caught up with him again to make sure he's doing just as well as he was last season. He never fails to amuse us.

OZ: Season Two. Lay it On us. What’s different?
What isn’t different, let’s talk about that. Business is really good and that’s exciting.

OZ: In addition to the training, you also make healthy food and deliver it. How does that work?
It depends. I have different options, and price structures and whatnot. Some people get two meals a day, some get three, some get one. It really depends on what they’re looking for.

OZ: Do you have a go-to food theory?
My theory with food seems to be ever changing. The one consistency is that balance is very important. I don’t really believe in diets, because people get into a mindset with diets that they’re not a llowed to have what they want. I think it’s human nature to want what you can’t have. And so if you want a cookie, eat the cookie, because if you don’t, chances are you’ll be eating ten of them in your underwear in the middle of the night.

OZ: There are all these snarky jokes about "gay chubby Jesse." How’s that going?
Besides the big awful fat pictures of me all over your site? Seriously, stop it! (laughs) It’s weird. I think Peeler alone has given me a body complex singlehandedly. But whatever. You know, as you age, your body’s metabolism goes down and you can’t burn food off as fast as you used to. So, I’m sort of getting used to my new metabolism.

OZ: And also, you're not a fat guy.
No, I’m not.

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Comments

Mandy wrote:

Hey Jesse I'm glad to see you doing well and being a trainer thats so cool maybe you can train me sometime lol.... oh ya for to mention we went to the same school together to Renton High School we were in choir together any way good wishes to ya later homie..

Audrey wrote:

Hey Jesse just wanted to tell you that you're great. I just absolutely love you. And i love how sincere your happiness seems. it just seems so real, like you are being yourself and not holding back for no one, not even the cameras. Love That! Keep up the good work and i wish you the best of luck in everything.

Rob T wrote:

Jesse, I'd really like to see you hook up with someone soon. What is your type? So glad you and Doug made up. I don't think he meant to be malicious. I know what you mean this society puts us in either the Fem or Butch box. Love you, keep up the good work.

Jon in Duluth MN wrote:

Jesse, I have to tell you, I must have watched that episode with the dialogue between you and Doug over and over. Like yourself, I came out at 15. I have supportive parents. I overcame a weight problem as a result of being gay, lonely and in high school - and became a fitness instructor and trainer as well. However...
I had no idea that I was 'fat' until I ended up in Minneapolis, the midwest's answer to L.A. I think that gay men can be terribly mean to each other in terms of how we look, because it's the only weakness they can go after. Who else can we attack besides each other? I would like to talk with you about that because I think that this body image issue is a serious thing for gay men - I went to very extreme mesaures to try to be 'one of them' for a long time and then it dawned on me - I wasn't going to live long by starving myself, taking diet pills, hating myself because I hated my body - what kind of friends were these if this is what I had to do to keep them? It took me at least 8 years to really understand that. I also had to leave the gayborhood and get away from cities that had a lot of gay men. I think that we are natuarally too competitive with each other and that in itself is toxic.

Because of our courage and our passion for life we are great people. Remember that. You display a passion for life on that show that people are going to remember, and I hope they see that in themselves - and THAT is the positive 'gay role model' you will leave with that show.

Pamela wrote:

Jesse
Would love to have the recipe for the energy shake that you and Jackie made on the show with your skylab clients.

jay Anliker wrote:

jesse, i too am of the mindset that butch is better. but you were spot on with the argument that you raised during cocktails with doug and the rest. i had never thought about it in the way you verbalized. we as a community, need to work as one. there is already far too much ugliness in the world in which we live. carry on my friend. you are awesome.
jay-nashville

SHELLY wrote:

WHAT IS THE SHAKE RECIPE

Jodi wrote:

jesse. i also would love to have the energy shake recipe as well as your entire meal plan. It sounds great. Keep up the good work. Just found your show. It is great!!
Jodi
Minnesota

Tracey wrote:

Am I really the only one that thinks Jesse is acting like a big whiney baby this season? How old is he? Hasn't he passed the age where you get jealous if your best friend is dating someone and didn't tell you about it right away? I thought that was high school stuff. My mom always told me when I was younger, "don't go around with your feelings stuck on your sleeve," which I always took to mean, "Don't take everything so personally and act like a baby."

That's good advice for Jesse as well.

Charles wrote:

I'm hooked on your show! Being a gay man, out since I was 17, I understand the fem/butch stigma.
It always seems we come together for a common cause, but, in social areas we differ....
You hit the nail on the head, Jesse. You can't be anymore gay if you you have been dating/sleeping with someone of the same sex regardless of what one calls themselves, "straight-acting", etc...
Someone told me, "Everyone is a 'queen'. It's not the manner, it's in the delivery". I'm staying tuned.

sarah wrote:

Jesse, Hi,i am a regular on watching the show and when i saw the episode about doug it broke me heart. I was touched just by watching the show of how wonderful and meaningful a human being can be. I't would have been nice to have met doug along with the others.You all are tremendously wonderful. Like everyone else i to have a guestion about your breakfast energy shake. I am on a 1200 calorie a day diet and a 60 carb a day diet as well, can you help me? Thank you. My thuoghts and prayers go out to doug and his family and my most deepest respects go to you and your team. Sarah

shane b baker wrote:

If you read this Jesse...you need to come to San Diego for a vacation from the polluted LA drama...

regards-

shane b.

neen wrote:

my favorite show on television right now is work out. i am currently trying to reach a goal weight of 107 so far i have started at 127 and have lost 8 lbs this month. anyway my comment is for jesse... i love you,but you can be very judgmental at times and too nosey in other peoples lives. I would love to see you stay out of jackies business and just enjoy your own life.

David Kleckner wrote:

Jesse- Where do I start!!!!Im the biggest fan of yours!!UR ADORABLE!!Your awesome on work out and just love you!! If you want a tall good looking Irish boy thats looking for love contact me!! P.S. rebecca is so kissin the bosses a** for camera time !! Love ya xxxxoooxxx David Cleveland Ohio JESSE BIGGEST FAN!!

Grace McCullough wrote:

Hi Jessie,
What do you think about the vitamin B shots to help lose weight, I was seriously considering this option as I am 100 LBS overweight and I have tried alot of weight loss products but none seem to help.
I work 11-7 PM shift and it has takes a toll on your body.
Could you let me know what you think?

CHRIS wrote:

HI JESSE...MY NAME IS CHRIS. I HAVE HAD A CONSTANT STRUGGLE TRYING TO KEEP WEIGHT DOWN. IT FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN. ID LIKE A DIET TO KEEP ME ON TRAC. I HAVE DONE THE WORST DIET IMAGINABLE AND FEEL LIKE I HAVE MESSED MY METABOLISM UP BY DOING SO. I AM 25 NOW AND FINDIN IT HARDER TO KEEP MY WEIGHT WHERE I WANT IT AND IT KEEPS GOING UP. IS THERE A DIET THAT CAN GET MY METABOLISM BACK TO THE WEIGH IT WAS BEFORE ALL MY DIETS? ALSO IS THERE A QUICKER ROUTINE TO GET TIGHTER ABS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME? ALSO HOW CAN I GET INTRODUCED INTO POSSIBLY JOINING YOUR GYM? I NEED SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP ME STICK TO A DIET AND EXERCISE AND NOT GIVE UP ON ME..HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU...CHRIS IN AZUSA CA.

omar wrote:

HI JESSE... MY NAME IS OMAR.I WILL LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT MY PARTNER AND ME WE ARE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 12 YEARS.HE LOVE YOUR SHOW AND AS WELL THE WAY YOU LOOK .IF IS POSSIBLE YOU CAN TELL ME WHERE WE CAN FIN A PICTURE OF YOU.HES DESPERATE TOO ME YOU.HIS NAME IS JOSE AND IF YOU CAN EMAIL HIM A MESSAGE WILL BE GREAT.YOU ARE HOTTTTTTTT.THANKS HE WILL LOVE YOURS PICTURE .

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