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Kristen Kish on Overcoming Fears on Top Chef, Korean Cinderella and Finding Her Queer Identity
Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe›
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On the inaugural episode of “Why Are You Like This?” Megan Rapinoe sits down with Top Chef host Kristen Kish. Kish took the culinary world and media space by storm after becoming the second female winner of Top Chef. The duo dig into how Kristen came out to herself, why she doesn’t yell at others in the kitchen and what success looks like to her.
And Megan sounds off on the recent discourse around transgender athletes and sports in the segment “Are You Serious?”
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"Kristen Kish on Overcoming Fears on Top Chef, Korean Cinderella and Finding Her Queer Identity" is an episode of Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe. Runtime 1 hr 3 min. Published August 6, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
