Is going back in the closet and hiding your full self always a bad thing?

At various times in Khanh Ong's life, he's been forced to change his personality to fit in. As a teenager at a new school and even during his first season of Masterchef, Khanh acted as the type of gay man he thought he "should" be. Though it may sound sad, this self-awareness and ability to mould himself to different environments has given Khanh opportunities he might've missed out on, which assisted him in dominating on Survivor Australia: Blood V Water.

In this episode, Khanh sits down with Sean Szeps to talk about going in and out of the closet, losing his Dad to cancer before coming out to him, whether he thinks his sister and fellow Survivor contestant, Amy, is living in his shadow and how TikTok is teaching him to be more expressive.

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