ON THE CUSP
“Instead of promoting myself, I spoke about something that people were feeling and experiencing but were too afraid to talk about”
Delivered with candor and charm, the talk focused on redefining Asian masculinity while narrating the journey of The Bling Empire star. Kreider started off as a young Korean-American adoptee who was bullied in a largely white community but grew up to be an empowered advocate against harmful racist tropes. It’s hard to imagine the model and actor as someone who was once self-conscious about his looks given how self-assured he is onscreen. But despite growing up in a loving adopted family, he is vocal about the challenges he experienced both professionally and in his personal life.
“I was an aspiring actor
