Carson Kressley Had Self-Awareness as a Kid, Thanks to Barbie (VIDEO)

Carson Kressley understood from a young age that he was different from most other boys. "I knew the first time I saw 'The Six Million Dollar Man,'" Kressley joked on 'The Late Late Show' (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on CBS).

In the third grade, he was invited to a friend's house the day after Christmas to play with new toys. "As I'm walking into their basement, I would see that big Barbie head -- that had the hair and the curlers and the makeup -- that their sister had gotten for Christmas," he explained.

When asked to choose between air hockey and robots, Kressley said, "I'm like, 'Can't we just give Barbie bangs?'" No wonder he became a makeover maven.