Inside designer Bobby Berk was one of many authentic 5 hosts of Netflix’s actuality present “Queer Eye” — aka the Fab 5 — however left after the Season 8 in 2023 and is now set to host his personal HGTV present. There was some awkward timing earlier this summer season with Berk’s HGTV announcement and the information that “Queer Eye” can be ending after the upcoming Season 10.
Netflix introduced on July 9 that “Queer Eye” will end after the tenth and ultimate season, and the following day on July 10 HGTV revealed Berk would be hosting a brand new present, titled “Junk or Jackpot?” Berk addressed the backlash over his announcement with People and revealed that his former “Queer Eye” co-host Karamo Brown referred to as him out over it.
“I’ve to say, I swear on my mom’s life, my present announcement date was set. No, this was deliberate. Present bulletins don’t occur on a whim,” Berk stated. “Even Karamo was like, ‘Lady, the day after?’ I’m like, ‘No, no, no. I promise you it was already deliberate.”
Berk stated that he had no concept that Netflix would drop the “Queer Eye” information lower than 24 hours earlier than his personal announcement.
“Some individuals have been like, ‘Couldn’t you’ve got waited?’ And I’m like, ‘Properly, sure, however no,” he stated. “I imply, [Netflix] might have simply given me a heads-up on when that was going to be introduced. I imply, I used to be on the present for [eight] seasons, however yeah, it’s tremendous.”
For the primary eight seasons of “Queer Eye,” Berk co-hosted with Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness. Within the wake of Berk’s exit, he was changed by HGTV inside design knowledgeable Jeremiah Brent, who will full two seasons on the present earlier than it ends.
Filming for the tenth and ultimate season of “Queer Eye” has already begun in Washington, D.C., and Season 1 of Berk’s “Junk or Jackpot?” will premiere later this 12 months.
