Wayne Brady speaks in the reality series “Freeform” – watch the trailer

Wayne Brady talks about his somewhat unconventional lifestyle in his upcoming reality series Wayne Brady: The Family Remix.

“I’ll admit it, it’s weird,” the actor says of the family dynamic – which includes his daughter Maile, his ex-wife and business partner Mandie Taketa, and Taketa’s partner Jason Michael Fordham – in the new trailer for the Freeform series embedded above.

Brady also says in the trailer that this whole reality series is a new venture for him because he feels like he never really let the audience get to know the man behind the persona on camera. Just one of the pivotal moments hinted at in the trailer is Brady coming out as pansexual.

During a panel discussion about the series at Disney’s Television Critics’ Association event on Wednesday, Brady mused about the idea of ​​finally giving the camera a behind-the-scenes look at his life to show his true self.

“You could show whoever you wanted to the world on Instagram or Tiktok… the reality show was my weird way of holding myself accountable and making myself (be honest),” he said. “So when I came out or when we share different things that you’ll see on the show, I could always just hold my phone up on TikTok and be like anybody else. ‘Hey, y’all. Great day. I’m chilling in Malibu.’ And you turn the camera off and start crying. Whereas when the cameras were on, they really captured what was happening and we couldn’t stop it.”

Brady is also a producer on the show, so, as one reporter aptly noted, he could still make decisions about the final edit of an episode that could be misleading to viewers. But he insists that “we went into it with an intention.”

“We said, ‘If we want to tell the story, if we want to represent this family and people like us, then we have to go all the way through and see what happens – even if it’s hard.'”

Wayne Brady: The Family Remix is a production of Fremantle and A Wayne & Mandie Creative. It premieres on July 24 on Freeform.