AfterElton.com editor Michael Jensen, who is snagging all the great interviews these days, chatted with Nate about the show and other topics. I'm giving you a small nibble below and suggest you go to AfterElton to read the rest and find out about Nate's love life!

On the public's reaction when he came out on television: "To be very frank, you know what was surprising for me when I came out on The Oprah Winfrey Show when we did the show about the tsunami: the feedback that I got from Middle America. I sort of wondered whether or not [they would react positively]. Of course, I didn’t care because I went on the show to tell my story and present my relationship with Fernando [Fernando Bengochea was Berkus' partner who died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which Nate survived] as exactly what it was. But it was shocking the amount of support that I got from the people that you would least expect it from, from the demographic that you would least expect it from. That was very encouraging for me."

On his family's reaction when he came out at 19: "My parents are both supportive. Initially they went through a process that I can only describe as mourning. Because I feel like any parent who has any goals for their children or any sort of preconceived notion about how their children’s’ lives are going to turn out, when you tell them something that will alter that, your parents have to deal with the disappointment in that their own dreams and expectations aren’t the same as yours. So I was respectful of that, but I was also very strong in saying this is who I am, this is what my life is and I really need you guys to be on board with this because I don’t want to be one of those people that feels I can’t bring my partner home for holidays and we won’t know each other really. It is the difference to me between having an obligatory relationship and a voluntary relationship.

Somewhere in the interview, Nate says he didn't have any gay role models while growing up. What's cool is that he seems like a wonderful role model for the younger generation.