"Two of my bullies are in jail... LOL." Kris is a mood 😭

Kris showing the Polaroid of Caleb at the start has me crying 😭

I like when shows like this take the approach of “let’s experiment with your style and play a fun dressup game” rather than “your style is wrong and we’re gonna fix you”. It doesn’t feel malicious or judgy like the old “What Not To Wear” shows

Usually dressing alternative/goth is a means of self expression. We feel more comfortable, more ourselves when we dress like that. It may be monochrome, but there is so much texture to be had. Lace and velvet and leather and silk. Dressing like that is only the aesthetic part of a music-based subculture, but it kinda goes with the territory. Usually goths are lovely, well-educated folks with kind, thoughtful natures. Underneath the boots are usually glittery unicorn socks covered in white cat hair.

I have worn all black since I was old enough to care. 50 years? Don't change. Nobody cares and laundry is easy.

We had a show like this in the UK called "snog, marry, avoid" where this pretend robot in a booth would rip the shit out of someone's look, ask a bunch of strangers on the street would they "snog, marry, avoid?" to make a point about how unlikeable they are, then transform them to make them look "normal" and poll the strangers again. It was horrific. Would live for kris to react to that one.

Goth here, it's not really about covering up but more that we just like how it looks and how it complements our outfits! Makeup to us is like jewellery!

I live in Melbourne Aus, and I can say that all of these "befores" you would see on the streets of the city any given day and no one would blink twice. I love the self expression of these people, they're so authentically themselves.

as it goes: under every goth girls studded, strappy 6" platform boots, is a pair of fuzzy pink unicorn socks (analogy for punks/alt/spooky looking people are usually actually super kind hearted sweeties and thats a secret for the homies to know)

Not the way I posed for the photo🤣🤣🤣

I have been wearing goth/alternative fashion since I was 14 years old. I’m now 36 and I could not see myself in any other style. I was a nurse for over a decade and now I live on a farm and I am the gothic shepherdess 🐑 🖤 I wish this show was the other way around. Should definitely get plain dressed people and give them an alternative makeover 🖤🖤🖤🖤

12:15 "oh wow.... why not?" GOT ME LAUGHING out loud in my apartment. That immediate response is great. Love you kris

Kris, being 78 years old, you are beautiful just the way you are. Please don’t ever change.

maybe if they gave the first girl a brunette wig, she wouldnt have looked so washed out.

Sadly from experienced people who dress differently or at least in my country, get barked on (even though I'm not a furry) or like 2 days ago I got spat on multiple times and horrible curses. I'm not the only one who that happened to her, my friend's experienced the same things ( ore style is alternative and emo/goth) And the worst thing is that those people who did it, did not care about the fact that we're still human beings and we have feelings. And all me and my friends did was expressing ourselves and dressing differently than others

When can we get rid of makeover shows? Telling everyone that they're not good enough? Telling your audience (usually young girls) that they're probably not good enough either then. Ugh, it needs to stop.

I used to watch this on Snapchat. If i remember correctly, there was an episode where the girls boyfriend genuinely hated how she looked after the transformation even though she was in love with the look and was willing to incorporate parts it in to her style. It was sad to see him hate how she looked.

Kris: taking a picture of us in the intro Poor woman has a picture of my inquisitive face now

Me & my instant noodles getting photographed sitting on my chair like an absolute gremlins : 🐒🍜📸

I must have missed that notice that it was supposed to be phase🤣 Fell into the Goth rabbit hole when I was 13 and still going hard today at 34 🦇🦇🦇 I swear, if these people dare to show up at my door I will have them on the run in less than a second, this is a violation to our freedom to express ourselves.

One show that won’t ever be cancelled is the call me Kris video show, she simply marvelous!

I grew up and lived most of my life in a small, southern town and I'm a neurodivergent, queer, colorful, enby. Nobody bothers you (for the most part). They may look but you get used to it. I don't even notice anymore. Take your risks, girl! Life's short, have fun!

I love the individuality of all of these wonderful people . As an artist I can really appreciate the looks. I'm 58 and would love to look like all of these girls before the makeovers. Super cool . I do wear black and have 12mm gauges but idk if folks could accept me looking like them. I totally would love it. Love the vid Kris.

pov you just had a anxiety attack but then Kris saves you and you feel happiness again

I remember watching this show called "100% hotter" when I was YOUNG (like no older than 10). The show would take alt people and make them "normal". It was really weird seeing people who I thought were cool, and that I wanted to look like be called ugly and be changed into something other than what they wanted. They would come back to people in Peter episodes and 9/10 people went back to their old style and didn't keep with the "new look"

Lol I'm pretty heavily tattooed (including both sides of my head, 3 face tattoos and most of a full body suit) and this show inspired my Halloween costume a few years back. I covered all of my tattoos and dressed basic AF. Funny enough, none of my coworkers even noticed till I told them. It's funny how people stop noticing your tattoos over time 😂

We had a similar show in the UK called "Snog Marry Avoid?" Ran from 2008 to 2013 I think. It had a snarky computer telling people how bad they looked, had clips of mostly men answering the question "Snog Marry Avoid?" Ended in a big reveal to friends and family of the new look.

Kris as someone who dresses goth and lives in a tiny southern town of 200 people ✨ jUST GO FOR IT ✨ You’ll have the best time I’ve been dressing this way since I was 8 and now I’m 2 years away from 30. It’s so freeing and I feel so powerful when I go out. It’s like having big dog privileges, but you’re in big stompy boots and a face beat to the gods. And the people who are worth talking to will talk to you despite how intimidating you look, that’s how I ended up dating my now husband.

Kris seems like the most understanding person. Like the first girl looks so intimidating Kris was just like “Aww she sounds so nice and shy, I feel like we could be best friends.” We love u Kris don’t change ❤️

Kris approving and being impressed by these alternative people makes me so happy. Kris is a real queen, we love her

I very much so started my “goth phase” because of Robert smith. I don’t know why but punk cabaret, punk, grunge, and goth aesthetics have always stuck out to me. Thank you Kris ❤❤❤

Kris keeping a Polaroid of Caleb on her desk 😭🫶

I fully appreciate Kris showering these people with empathy and kindness. Everything she said about the way they all initially dressed, I agreed with. It's so funny because it's usually so true that the people who dress up kind of scary or crazy or weird, are usually some of the sweetest people. Usually why I try to make friends with them lol

It's so common for women my age (50) to judge kids who dress emo. I don't dress emo but I absolutely love that look on anyone. Every time I see a kid dressed like that, I have to compliment them and I genuinely mean it. I wished this was a common look when I was a teen so I could of had a lot of fun with it. At 50, I'm too old for it now.

kris: **holds up a camera** me: **instinctively blocks face**

Shows like this reminds me of those fashion shows that takes really creative artists and beats them down to make boring black dresses. I would only watch the dresses theyd make at the begining of the episodes because i was sick of the bland designs they chose for the final fashion show.

2:56 okay so I do like angel-core/fairy core, and I have a lot of experience in sticking out like a sore thumb. For me it started off as a form of a confidence booster. I PERSONALLY feel deeply uncomfortable if I don’t look the way I do. Like I don’t know how to express it, but dressing outside of my style makes me wanna vomit when I look at myself. And I have a wide range of styles, but I NEED to be in an outfit that falls under one of those styles. It makes me feel extremely beautiful and happy to be dressed in the way I do. For some people I’ve heard it’s like a mask of courage. They may feel a little low in self-confidence, and the outfit they choose helps with that. I felt the same way growing up. When I wore a certain outfit I felt like a different person, someone who’s unstoppable.

13:37 I gotta say………. I love that story Jay! THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US!! 🙏🏻

when the first girl showed up I audibly said: "Oh dear-"😭😭💀

Her face ended up looking like the “I feel fantastic” robot!

I feel so bad when I go out 1) not wearing black and/or 2) not wearing a weird af thing. It's as if I stopped caring about being alive and I feel down as well.

12:52 her room reminds me of cellena spooky boos house😂

17:30 😂😂😂❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉Ssme here , loved your comments about the lovely ladies, and #3 really was a princess 👸 ❤️

7:51 - My reoccurring nightmares are zombies. Either being surrounded by a swarm of them or just any zombie apocalypse type setting.

Kris has a knack for humorously breaking down exactly what's wrong with shows that miss the mark.

3:34 goth girl here: a lot of us get here through the music and stay for the aethetic. Embracing the darkness because it's cooler in here

'KrisTheRizz' got me dying

IM ALREADY SCARED BY THE THUMBNAIL KRIS 😭

There was a reality show called The Swan about 20-ish years ago, it was on network primetime TV. Women were picked apart physically by a team of ppl, and then they all underwent multiple plastic surgery type of procedures on their faces and bodies, in hopes that at the end they'd "win" and be labeled as "The Swan". Truly horrific idea, and I can't believe it was actually executed.

My name is Jade and I always love seeing people with the same name. Also Kris I love watching your videos. You’re so funny and talented. 🙃

I'm a solid GenX (53) and will still goth up on an irregular basis, especially around Halloween or if a Rocky Horror Picture Show event is going on. Maybe even a roller skate night, if m'lady wants to go.

That second one, I could totally react with: "You LOOK stunning, I'm just ... having a hard time interpreting this as your persona XD"

If you want another bad show look at Dance Moms. It has stopped with new episodes but jeez Dance Moms is a whole other world of reality Tv. Imagine Toddlers In Tiaras but for dance. It’s just a whole thing

As someone in the alt scene a huge part of it is the community history and music. Like im in the vkei community and ive never felt so accepted and happy in my life, the makeup makes me feel confident and the music is a fucking vibe plus the historys intresting. I assume its the same for other ppl in alt spaces :)

i live in the same small town as you and am super into fashion. i get a lot of heads turning to look at me when I walk around with crazy outfits or weird makeup. Still, it's so worth it even though it's kind of scary to branch out especially because I'm a teenager and everyone else my age wears fucking lulu lemon so I get judged but its just so fun to dress up. There will always be supportive people in my life who encourage me to put myself out there.

6:37 poor girl they messed her up. She looks like if they put AI in a robot. It’s giving uncanny Valley…🫣

17:09 "I'm feeling like a princess today * Takes a sip of wine * , It's going to get to my head"

0:11 AWW, THE BEST COMPLIMENT EVERRR ❤️

4:26 its the canadian "Hey!" for me. . . 🤣🤣🤣

Honestly, I want a show where they take people with extreme goth looks and people with extreme cutesy looks and have them make each other over. Style swaps are more fun than making people look generic.

“Did anybody have an extreme goth stage?” Well Johnnie Guilbert said he *used* to have an emo phase back when he was little

Started to pose when she was taking a photo of us in the intro lmao

As a goth myself , I bloody loved this and how open minded you are Kris❤ the world needs more people like you

I wasterd years of my life trying to "fit in" with a lot of people, from casual track pants to skinny jeans, skirts to summer dresses but i never really felt comfortable, i gave up tryig to fit and embraced an alternitive style im a steampunk goth girl, i love my spikey, chain, buckle platforms, chain/rivit/spike belts, decoratave corsets, bell sleeves, chokers and gears. i tend towards black, blue and purple makeup with a more natural foundation. i live in a decent sized town in the UK, i do get weird looks by a lot of people but i stopped paying attention cause when i dress alternitive i feel confident and happy with myself, the alt scene in my town isnt that big but there good friendly welcoming peeps and im happy i embraced my real self.

It was *very* common back in the 80s and 90s to collect a lock of your babies hair, not child's, but a lock of your babies hair.

I just LOVE Kris’s intros with the most random and creative compliments and they’re always so cute😭

3:18 I’m still going through one actually and have been since I realise that this was a style! my reason for it is because it allows me to express myself in ways that ppl may not understand yet can’t really change (with it being some kind of basic assault but not the point) people can change my personality by insulting me and try to change my way of thinking, but they can’t change my style or my likings, so I show myself in my clothes and makeup :)

Honestly pretty much everytime I’ve met/talked to/hung out with people that are goth, emo, or just dress and do their makeup very different than the “norm” have been cool, sweet, and just generally very genuine people.

Lol, welcome to Texas Kris! Sorry about the humidity lol. We have a saying here in TX ...wait 10 minutes or walk five feet and the weather will change

Kris - you are NOT boring! You have a great personality and have honest character. I think a wonderful transformation for you to try is to get you that drag mom and work up a drag King persona. Then you and Caleb can hit the Texas trails as buds!

I would adopt all of these girls' aesthetics if I wasn't a coward-

If you happen to see this Kris I’ve been watching you since all the Riley videos and I love to see how far you’ve come, you helped me get through so much and I rly appreciate it love ya Kris ❤❤

His mom with the lemon juice on the beach 😂 My mom had 3 platinum babies and our hair stayed that way until we were like 16 and eventually refused to let her "naturally bleach" our hair. I never even knew how dark my hair was, or that I had curly hair until I was in my 20s. And yes, those seagulls kill!

"THE LOVE OF MY LIFE" Kris I'm so happy for you!

7:48 LISTEN TO THIS LADIES!

Loved the little tangent if kris telling us her bear nightmare 😭 I habe a reoccurring nightmare of driving while my cars breaks are *kinda* working, but i cant reslly control it - plus im running late to some sort of thing

The types of shows that do makeovers to make people look more “normal” always bum me out!! I have been more interested in like witchy Fashion for a long time, and it wasn’t until just a couple of years ago that I finally allowed myself to dress the way that I had always wanted to, the same thing with my home decor, and I will say that I am a much happier person (except for the clinical depression and all that jazz) being more authentic to myself. Basically, my advice to anyone who may need to hear it be yourself, wear fun clothes, decorate your house with things that bring you joy, and don’t wait until you’re almost 40 to do it like I did!

KRISTOPH!!! Ok so, when I was 13, my mom sent me to church camp. I met this girl there who wore clothes I was seeing for the first time. she had a head full of braids hanging loose kinda like dreads, she wore a pyramid studded belt and boots, and I was fascinated! I came home and the old pre teen me was dead, I was now a goth 😅 and thats when it started. Hot Topic, eye liner, Tripp pants and band tees and accessories. I didn't wear another dress until I was in my 20s . My mom said she sent me to church camp and I came back satanic 😂😂 I'm 34 now so the fashion has toned down a lot but, I never outgrew the "Phase", I still wear mostly black, have tattoos and piercings and dreadlocks. So yeah that's the event that triggered my alternative aesthetic. I met a girl and thought she looked so cool at 13 😅 unrelated side note* I know you just moved to Texas... if this is your first Texas summer.... I promise you will get through it 😂 🔥 🥵 ☠️ Hopefully❤ ♋ 🦀 gang gang 🦀♋

I had a recurring dream for years when i was little that the devil was chasing me in a labyrinth (maze) and i would always wake up right before he catched me

My recurring nightmares are always where my younger siblings are in danger and I’m the only one who sees the danger, but when I try to save them, they call me ridiculous and paranoid and walk right back into the danger.

14:34 alternative people are the sweetest

Hey Kris. I'm Goth and so is my husband. Our goth style is more along the Victorian goth line. What got me into goth? I watched 'the craft' when it came out on 1996 so I was 13. I looked at Fairuza Balk as Nancy and fell in love with the look right there and then. A few weeks later I bought a spike studded dog collar and still wear one to this day at 41. 🖤

7:45 I would be in school and then I'd fall off my chair and wake up lol

I love all the goth styles and am a goth myself! I love things that are not the norm and think that they are beautiful. I hate this show for taking that away from people and telling them that there style isn’t okay

i am literally obsessed with watching those makeovers like it’s an addiction at this point

During hs, I stood out a lot throughout the years. Small country school filled with farmers, jocks and normies, I stood out like a sore thumb. I'd either dress cottage core or overly large button up shirts with something wrapped around the throat up to my face or a pair of spider earrings on the end tips of my collar, standing up with them folded over. Neon another day. Rainbow colored eyeshadow I'd do before leaving. This was in the mid to late 80s lol

‘I don’t know who covers up like that’ Kris I love ya and you’re smart. It’s people who’s been seggually ashaulted.

0:18 That was an amazing compliment lol and the thumbnail gave me a jumpscare 😂😂😂 17:39 they all looked so pretty, and I loved them so much! Have a good day Kris ❤

0:13 the face I make when people sing Happy Birthday to me

I was in a loop of zombie apocalypse nightmares watching friends and family be eaten alive every night for about 5 or 6 years then i saw a dream therapist who told me i was feeling like my life was out of control and I was dealing with huge life change and felt like i was loosing people and yes, i was, i moved to TN for a year loved it but needed the ocean so back to NJ but thinking about it and the reasons why before sleep curbed it for me and havent had a nightmare like that in 15 years now

Damn Kris: about to end the video Me: realizing it (sad) I don’t know if you’ll see this but you’ve been there for me for a while. Your like the best friend I never had. Probably not the best at times because I know most are jokes but I’ve listened closely to your advice as a growing adult lol and I personally got a bf in Texas and I hope one day I run into you. You are a beautiful person and you have a a beautiful radiant soul.

This was made during or since the Pandemic, as the make up artist was wearing a mask. And she was talking about skinny jeans being out of style and they were in style not that long ago. This is a kind of dumb show, fun, but dumb (unless the people really want to do this). Kris's take on the first girl's make up, looking like drag, was spot on.

I think one of the worst reality shows was “playing it straight”, only watched the US version on a ranch, it basically became hunt the gays via stereotypes, the confessionals were even done “in the closet” 😅

I saw clips of the first girl and her mom was so sweet and supportive of her style. The only thing she said was “did you have to do the contacts today” lol

I had this recurring nightmare when i was little, where basically me and my friends were adopted by this man and woman who i have never seen before in my life and one day the mother called me into the kitchen where she was staring at the wall when i walked in. When i said hello? Her body still faced the wall but her head turned 180 to look at me, then her arms and legs fell off and then the nightmare ends after that. I would wake up screaming each time🤣😭

I'm 26 years old and I'm still in my "emo" or more of a e-girl "stage" lol. It all started around 14-15 when I just realized I really liked the feeling of walking into a room and having ppl make a "off the bat opinion". I think it was really fun to just confuse the world. I would walk into a store, see someone who dresses similar, we'd stop and talk, and everyone around us would be confused...It was great. I think after a while, it became comfortable. Just like moms who wear sweaters ALL winter, I wouldn't leave my house without my choker lol. It just became who I was and it made me, me. I don't know if this explained much but tbh, I don't rlly know why it stuck or 100% why I was so drawn to it in the first place. YOLO ig lol! Also!!!! LOVE U KRIS!!! Ur pretty great and always put a smile on my face!

Kris showing the "you're pretty" polaroid makes me smile 😊

Goths are usually the sweetest people you'd ever run into.

one of my reoccuring nightmares is my house being turned into a kind of liminal space maze, and I'm being chased by some kind of, clown. . .thing?

I actually remember binging a few of these videos- mainly for the people's styles x3 And as someone who also lives in Texas, just Monday I went out in a gothic witchy outfit, and I tend to go out in random outfits whenever I get the idea for them. Even funnier- I always make sure to stop by my place of work to show my coworkers 😂