Bobby Berk is addressing controversy that arose after he introduced his new present with HGTV only a day after Netflix revealed Queer Eye will finish with season 10.
A former member of the streamer’s rebooted sequence, Berk served because the Fab 5’s design professional by means of season one to eight, earlier than he departed from the present forward of its ninth installment. He’ll now star within the new sequence Junk or Jackpot? by way of HGTV, although the announcement notably got here on July 10, a day after Netflix introduced Queer Eye is about to conclude after its forthcoming tenth season.
“I’ve to say, I swear on my mom’s life, my present announcement date was set,” he informed Individuals when requested concerning the timing. “No, this was deliberate. Present bulletins don’t occur on a whim.”
Certainly one of his former Queer Eye co-star’s even reached out within the wake of the reveal. “Even Karamo [Brown] was like, ‘Woman, the day after?’ I’m like, ‘No, no, no. I promise you it was already deliberate,’” Berk added.
“I imply, [Netflix] may have simply given me a heads-up on when that was going to be introduced,” the inside designer mentioned. “I imply, I used to be on the present for [eight] seasons, however yeah, it’s effective.”
Following his season eight exit, Jeremiah Brent joined Queer Eye because the Fab 5’s design professional. When talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Brent admitted that he didn’t really feel stress to step into Berk nor OG Queer Eye persona Thom Filicia’s sneakers, and fairly “felt a accountability to my castmates,” of Brown, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness and Tan France.
“They’ve been on the forefront of a few of the most essential social points for the final seven years, they usually have labored tirelessly to create one thing actually particular,” he mentioned of the reeboot. Nonetheless, Brent admitted that collaborating within the actuality sequence was fairly a journey for himself — each personally and professionally.
“The expertise unlocked elements of me that had been tremendous dormant, to be trustworthy,” he mentioned. “I reclaimed elements of myself that I had put away. … [Queer Eye] tethered me again to what issues about design.”