Bill Nye the Science Guy Is a Runway Superstar at NYFW _ E! News

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00:00That's the one.

00:05Bill Nye the Science Guy is taking on

00:07New York Fashion Week.

00:09In a viral clip circulating social media,

00:11the 69-year-old scientist owns the runway

00:14in a Tom Brown look for the ninth annual

00:16Blue Jacket Runway Show,

00:18and it's safe to say he is a natural.

00:30Go.

00:39And while fans of the Science Guy might be surprised

00:41to see him strut down the runway,

00:43this actually isn't the first time

00:45he has walked for New York Fashion Week.

00:47Bill first appeared at the annual

00:48Blue Jacket Runway Show in 2017,

00:51where he sported a blue floral jacket by Nick Graham

00:54with a matching bow tie,

00:55paired with a white button-up shirt and black pants.

00:58He went on to appear in the 2020 and 2023

01:01fashion show as well.

01:03But as for what made Bill want to participate in this walk,

01:05well, he has a personal connection to the mission

01:08behind the Blue Jacket Fashion Show.

01:10The show is put on by the non-profit organization

01:13Zero Cancer and benefits the Prostate Cancer Foundation,

01:16which helps fundraise research for the disease

01:18that his father had.

01:19As he told Esquire at the 2017 fashion show,

01:22my dad had prostate cancer, so many men get it.

01:26But there's a marker, so people think

01:27that we'll be able to overcome it.

01:29So when I was asked if I wanted to do it,

01:31I said, heck yes.