I’m going to name my daughter Glorietta,” said Carson Kressley before the huge crowd at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati last Friday.

With the other stars of America’s hit makeover reality TV show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” who were on a hiatus after wrapping up production of their 100th episode, the wild and witty Kressley delighted throngs of fans during the three-day meet-and-greet sponsored by the Ayala Malls with Bench.

At our brief one-on-one interviews at the presidential suite of the Makati Shangri-La, the Fab Five—style savant Kressley, grooming guru Kyan Douglas, design doctor Thom Filicia, culture vulture Jai Rodriguez and food-and-wine connoisseur Ted Allen—were as upfront and hilarious as they are on the show. They poked fun at one another, barged in on each other’s appointed interview quarters, and let flow the chemistry that has fueled the show’s rise to the top.

Straight from their queer little hearts, they dished on their dating histories (yes, they all dated girls) and recalled their “coming out” to their families. And they all agreed the idea of dating any of the cast-mates was too “icky.” Playful and funny as they were, they did have a serious side (well, maybe not all of them, as you can always count on the flamboyant Kressley to stick out like a sore thumb), especially when the subject of same-sex marriage was brought up.

Douglas and Filicia were second-timers in the country, having been invited by the Ayala Malls to regale mall-goers with quick makeovers in June last year. The two said they brought back to the “Queer Eye” set such good news about the Philippines that the rest were persuaded to come along on this visit.

None of the others believed how much the Filipino audience adored them until they showed up at the Greenbelt and Glorietta malls and Alabang Town Center, and were promptly mobbed by autograph-seeking fans—a sweet mix of those who wore Prada and those who couldn’t afford Prada but were cable-TV subscribers just the same (the show is aired exclusively on ETC at 9 p.m. every Monday).

Fifteen minutes with each one were much too short to get as up close and personal with the Fab Five as our Inquirer mascot Guyito did, as you will see on the succeeding pages. And 100 episodes are just too darn few to make-over millions of hapless, style-deficient straight guys.

But if Kressley is to be believed, the Fab Five are not saying goodbye just yet. “We have not closed up shop as of yet,” said Kressley. “If they want more episodes, we’d be happy to give them more.”