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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.67,0:00:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was young,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.12,0:00:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be on TV:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.50,0:00:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lights, the cameras,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.33,0:00:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the makeup,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glamorous life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.42,0:00:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from my vantage point,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.12,0:00:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just outside of a military base\Nin Lawton, Oklahoma,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.75,0:00:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't make the distinction\Nbetween TV reporter or actor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.75,0:00:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all the same to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.38,0:00:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was either,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.67,0:00:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Reporting live from Berlin"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.08,0:00:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "I shall attend her here and woo her\Nwith such spirit when she comes."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.54,0:00:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.83,0:00:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all special,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.46,0:00:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was all the spotlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.21,0:00:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just knew that it was for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.83,0:00:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But somewhere along my journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.62,0:00:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.08,0:02:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.17,0:02:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.12,0:02:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a disease called vitiligo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.50,0:02:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started early in my career.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.54,0:02:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an autoimmune disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.88,0:02:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's where it looks like your skin\Nis getting white patches,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.21,0:02:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's actually void of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.62,0:02:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It affects all ethnicities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.04,0:02:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it affects all ages,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.62,0:02:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all genders,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.25,0:02:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not contagious,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.67,0:02:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not life-threatening,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.88,0:02:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is mental warfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.46,0:02:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.42,0:02:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I was diagnosed with this disease
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.29,0:03:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was working on\N"Eyewitness News" in New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.88,0:03:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the biggest city in the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.96,0:03:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on their flagship station
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.75,0:03:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was on their top-rated 5pm newscast.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the doctor looked me\Nright in the eye and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.67,0:03:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You have a disease called vitiligo.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.46,0:03:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a skin disorder\Nwhere you lose your pigment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.75,0:03:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no cure,\Nbut there a-la-la-la-la".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.88,0:03:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charlie Brown's teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.42,0:03:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.46,0:03:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said there is no cure.\NAll I heard was, "My career is over."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.04,0:03:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I just couldn't give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.12,0:03:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't quit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.46,0:03:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we put too much into this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.21,0:03:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by "we" I mean Mr. Moss,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.50,0:03:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who sent me to speech and drama club\Ninstead of to detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.88,0:03:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my sister who paid\Npart of my college expenses,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.96,0:03:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.67,0:03:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who simply gave me everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.67,0:04:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not quit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.62,0:04:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided to just put on makeup\Nand keep it moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to wear makeup anyway.\NIt's TV, baby, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.00,0:04:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just put on a little more makeup,\Nand everything's cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.71,0:04:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that actually\Nwent very well for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.50,0:04:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went from being a reporter\Nin New York City
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.04,0:04:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being a morning show anchor in Detroit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.75,0:04:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Motor City.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.67,0:04:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as the disease got worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.58,0:04:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just put on more makeup.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.67,0:04:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.54,0:04:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except for my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.46,0:04:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, this disease is progressive\Nand ever-changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.83,0:04:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means it comes and goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.33,0:04:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point, for about a year and a half,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.50,0:04:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my face was completely white.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.50,0:04:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it trips me out too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.79,0:05:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.12,0:05:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.96,0:05:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, with a little help,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.79,0:05:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the pigment came back,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.79,0:05:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but living through this process
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.58,0:05:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was like two sides of a coin.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.12,0:05:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm at work\Nand I'm wearing the makeup
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.21,0:05:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or wearing the makeup outside,\NI'm the TV guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.54,0:05:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, how you doing everybody? Great."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.75,0:05:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At home without the makeup,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.25,0:05:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd take it off\Nand it was like being a leper.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.08,0:05:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stares, constantly staring at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.04,0:05:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the comments under their breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.42,0:05:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people refused to shake my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.46,0:05:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people moved\Nto the other side of the sidewalk,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.21,0:05:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moved to the other side of the elevator.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.17,0:05:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like they were moving\Nto the other side of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.12,0:05:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was tough,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.54,0:05:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those were some tough years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.42,0:05:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And honestly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.83,0:05:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes I just had to shelter in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.88,0:06:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.21,0:06:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind of just stay at home\Ntill I get my mind right.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.25,0:06:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I'd put my blinders back on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.25,0:06:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd get back out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.75,0:06:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do my thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.46,0:06:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the process of doing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.42,0:06:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I developed this --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.17,0:06:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,angry, grumpy demeanor.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.83,0:06:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anger is an easy go-to,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.62,0:06:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people would leave me alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.88,0:06:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it just wasn't me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.42,0:06:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.00,0:06:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was allowing this disease to turn me\Ninto this angry, grumpy, spotted guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.21,0:06:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just wasn't me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.58,0:06:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.58,0:06:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I could not change other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.75,0:06:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are going to react\Nand do what they gonna do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.71,0:06:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was a cold hard reality as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.50,0:06:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.12,0:07:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was showing anger, sadness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.17,0:07:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isolating myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.12,0:07:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was actually a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.25,0:07:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking out the door every day
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.58,0:07:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expecting the world\Nto react with negativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.00,0:07:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I just gave them that mean face first.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.96,0:07:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I wanted change,\Nthe change had to start with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.42,0:07:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I came up with a plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.67,0:07:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two-parter, not that deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one: I would just let people stare,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.54,0:07:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drink it in, stare all you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.29,0:07:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not react.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.38,0:07:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the truth is\Nwhen I got this disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.04,0:07:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was all up in the mirror\Nstaring at every new spot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.62,0:07:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure out what is going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.29,0:07:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I needed to let other people\Nhave that same opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.08,0:07:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get that visual understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.25,0:08:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.62,0:08:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would react with positivity,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.12,0:08:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was simply a smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.25,0:08:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, at the very least,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.42,0:08:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a nonjudgmental, kind face.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.88,0:08:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.04,0:08:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it turned out to be\Nmore difficult than I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.33,0:08:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.46,0:08:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things started to go OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.00,0:08:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like this one time, I'm at the store\Nand this dude is like staring at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.17,0:08:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like burning a hole\Nin the side of my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.25,0:08:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm shopping, he's staring at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.88,0:08:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to the checkout,\Nhe's staring at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.08,0:08:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm checking out, he's on the other line\Nchecking out, he's staring at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.62,0:08:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go to the exit,\Nhe's still staring at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.75,0:08:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I see he's staring
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.88,0:08:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally I turn to him\Nand I go, "Hey buddy, what's up!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.75,0:08:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he goes ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.04,0:08:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Mumbles nervously) "Hi!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.67,0:08:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.71,0:08:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.00,0:08:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to relieve the tension, I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.54,0:08:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's just a skin disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.33,0:09:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not contagious,\Nit's not life-threatening,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.58,0:09:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just makes me look a little different."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.67,0:09:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I end up talking to that guy\Nfor like five minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.33,0:09:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was kind of cool, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.75,0:09:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end\Nof our conversation, he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.83,0:09:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, if you\Ndidn't have 'vitilargo'" --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.75,0:09:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually vitiligo,\Nbut he was trying, so --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.83,0:09:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.33,0:09:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"if you didn't have vitilargo,\Nyou'd look just like that guy on TV."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.04,0:09:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.33,0:09:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "Haha,\Nyeah, I get that, I get that, yeah."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.46,0:09:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.96,0:09:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So things were going OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.21,0:09:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was having more good exchanges than bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.54,0:09:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.79,0:09:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a little time before work
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.33,0:09:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I like to stop by the park\Nto watch the kids play.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.88,0:09:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.17,0:09:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I got a little too close,\Nthis little girl wasn't paying attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.50,0:09:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's about two or three years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.25,0:09:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's running, she runs directly\Ninto my leg and falls down, pretty hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.71,0:09:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought she hurt herself,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.08,0:10:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I reach out to try\Nand help the little girl
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.50,0:10:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she looks at my vitiligo
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.17,0:10:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she screams!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.00,0:10:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now kids are pure honesty.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.17,0:10:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's like two or three.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.12,0:10:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This little girl,\Nshe wasn't trying to be mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.21,0:10:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't have any malice in her heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.71,0:10:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This little girl was afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.88,0:10:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was just afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.75,0:10:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.08,0:10:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just took a step back\Nand put my hands by my side.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.75,0:10:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stayed in the house for two weeks\Nand three days on that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.46,0:10:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a second\Nto get my mind around the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.71,0:10:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I scare small children.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.58,0:10:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was something\Nthat I could not smile away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.12,0:11:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I jumped back on my plan
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.88,0:11:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just put on my blinders,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.54,0:11:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started going back out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.25,0:11:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two months later, I'm in a grocery store\Nreaching on the bottom shelf,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.58,0:11:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hear a little voice go,\N"You've got a boo-boo?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.58,0:11:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a two-year-old, three-year-old,\Nsame age, little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.29,0:11:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she's not crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.88,0:11:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I kneel down in front of her
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.79,0:11:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't speak two-year-old\Nso I look up at the mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.42,0:11:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I say, "What did she say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.92,0:11:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she says, "She thinks\Nyou have a boo-boo."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.62,0:11:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I go, "No, I don't have\Na boo-boo, no, not at all."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.08,0:11:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the little girl says,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.88,0:11:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Duh-duh-hoy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.17,0:11:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I look to mom for the translation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.62,0:11:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.00,0:11:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She thinks you're hurt."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.54,0:11:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "No, sweetie,\NI'm not hurt at all, I'm fine."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.08,0:11:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the little girl\Nreaches out with that little hand
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.38,0:12:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touches my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.71,0:12:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's trying to rub\Nthe chocolate into the vanilla
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.12,0:12:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever she was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.46,0:12:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.67,0:12:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.88,0:12:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because she thought she knew what it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.96,0:12:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was giving me everything I wanted:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.96,0:12:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kindness, compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.71,0:12:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with the touch of that little hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.79,0:12:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she healed a grown man's pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.25,0:12:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yee-ha.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.83,0:12:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Healed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.33,0:12:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I smiled for a long time on that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.71,0:12:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Positivity is something\Nworth fighting for,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.96,0:12:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fight is not with others --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.96,0:12:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's internal.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.46,0:12:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to make\Npositive changes in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.62,0:12:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to consistently be positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.17,0:13:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My blood type is actually B positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.50,0:13:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.88,0:13:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, corny TV guy dad joke,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.29,0:13:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my daughter hates it, but I don't care!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.29,0:13:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be positive!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.04,0:13:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.58,0:13:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 14-year-old boy years ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.25,0:13:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kid had vitiligo --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.33,0:13:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked me to show my face on television.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.29,0:13:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't going to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.75,0:13:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been over this,\NI thought I was going to lose my job,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.58,0:13:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the kid convinced me by saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.88,0:13:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you show people what you look like\Nand explain this to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.25,0:13:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe they will treat me differently."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.46,0:13:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boom! Blinders off.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.83,0:13:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did a TV report,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.21,0:13:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got an overwhelming response.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.38,0:13:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I didn't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.96,0:13:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took the attention\Nand focused it back on the kid
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.71,0:13:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other people that have vitiligo.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.42,0:14:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started a support group.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.12,0:14:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty soon, we noticed "VITFriends"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.08,0:14:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "V-Strong" support groups\Nall over the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.33,0:14:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2016, we all came together\Nand celebrated World Vitiligo Day.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.83,0:14:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This past June 25,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.08,0:14:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had over 300 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.00,0:14:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all in celebration of our annual event.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.92,0:14:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.79,0:14:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.38,0:14:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.21,0:14:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not going to lie to you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.79,0:14:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say it was quick or easy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.79,0:14:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to find a positive place\Nliving with this disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.42,0:14:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I found it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.71,0:14:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also got much more.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.08,0:15:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became a better man,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.04,0:15:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the man I always wanted to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.33,0:15:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of guy who can stand up\Nin front of a room full of strangers
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.04,0:15:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell some of\Nthe toughest stories in his life
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.62,0:15:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and end it all with a smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.46,0:15:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find happiness in the fact\Nthat you all just smiled back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.25,0:15:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.54,0:15:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)