Bobby Berk swears it was only a coincidence that he introduced his upcoming HGTV present in the future after Netflix introduced that Queer Eye was ending.
The house design skilled admitted to Individuals in a brand new interview he caught flak for the timing, contemplating Queer Eye is the present that made Berk a family identify.
Netflix revealed on July 9 that Queer Eye would finish after its forthcoming tenth season; Berk revealed on July 10 that he’d host a present tentatively titled Junk or Jackpot? on HGTV.
“I’ve to say, I swear on my mom’s life, my present announcement date was set,” Berk advised Individuals. “No, this was deliberate. Present bulletins don’t occur on a whim.”
Apparently, Berk needed to make the identical assurance to former Queer Eye costar Karamo Brown. “Even Karamo was like, ‘Woman, the day after?’” Berk stated. “I’m like, ‘No, no, no. I promise you it was already deliberate.’”
Berk advised Queer Eye followers in November 2023 he was leaving the Netflix renovation present after eight seasons. He later defined to Self-importance Honest that he declined to resume his Netflix contract and thought the opposite members of the Fab 5 had been on the identical web page. However the different solid members determined to signal on the dotted line, to Berk’s shock, and Netflix enlisted Jeremiah Brent to fill Berk’s spot.
In the identical interview, Berk admitted he had a “scenario” with Queer Eye costar Tan France. “That’s between Tan and I, and it has nothing to do with the present,” he stated. “It was one thing private that had been brewing — and nothing romantic, simply to make clear that. … We turned like siblings — and siblings are all the time going to battle.”
In a March 2024 Instagram video, France addressed Berk’s exit — and stated Berk was “fired” — as the style skilled dismissed hypothesis that he pushed out Berk to get Brent, a buddy of his, solid on Queer Eye. “My former colleague getting fired had nothing to do with me attempting to get my buddy employed,” France stated.
Anyway, with Queer Eye in his rearview, Berk is now trying ahead to Junk or Jackpot?, which HGTV has slated to premiere in late 2025. “We exit, and we discover people who find themselves collectors. However these collections have actually taken over their lives and generally in a really unfavourable approach,” he defined to Individuals. “So I’m going in, I assist them get it below management.”
Junk or Jackpot?, Collection Premiere, Late 2025, HGTV
Queer Eye, Ultimate Season, TBD, Netflix