You gained’t see Tim Gunn telling style designers to “make it work” on Freeform’s upcomingUndertaking Runway revival. Gunn, who lengthy served as mentor to the present’s contestants, revealed he wasn’t invited to hitch returning host Heidi Klum in Runway’s new iteration.
In an interview with Folks concerning the snub, Gunn mentioned he expressed curiosity with “not a second of hesitation” when Klum texted him with phrase of the revival. “So Heidi and I had been texting and texting, and a number of other months later, she despatched me a textual content asking, ‘Are you cheerful along with your contract?’” he recalled. “I’m a truth-teller. I don’t even mince phrases. I mentioned, ‘Effectively, I haven’t seen a contract.’”
Gunn’s agent then contacted the chief producers of Freeform’s Undertaking Runway. “They mentioned, ‘We don’t need him,’” Gunn mentioned. “And [my agent] mentioned, ‘Effectively, he’s carried out 19 seasons of Runway, 16 with Heidi. The 2 of them gained an Emmy collectively as hosts, and now you’re going to separate them?’ They usually mentioned sure.”
The EPs later supplied Gunn a “small cameo,” he mentioned. “What do I do? Wave from a bus? Because the designers are going into Temper [Fabrics]? Heidi involves see me on the retirement residence, and we play croquet?” Gunn questioned. “So, no, thanks. And as Heidi would say, you’re both in otherwise you’re out. And I’m out. So I wasn’t requested to hitch.”
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Gunn mentioned he felt “initially devastated, then sort of humiliated” however has now made his peace with the end result.
“I assumed, how fortunate am I to have had the experiences that I’ve had over the past 20 years?” he mentioned. “That is phenomenal. I finished the boo-hooing. I assumed, it’s actually throwing hubris within the face of an indignant God to mourn not being on this new present. So I’ve come to phrases with it. Am I upset? Certain.”
The previous Parsons Faculty of Design college member added that Klum was “actually upset” to not have him at her facet, although he mentioned he’s “together with her in spirit all the time” and he plans on watching her on the brand new Runway season.
And Undertaking Runway followers are additionally actually upset, judging from reactions on social media.
“What do you imply, Tim Gunn was not ask[ed] again for Undertaking Runway?” one X consumer wrote in all caps.
“Let’s be very clear: There isn’t a Undertaking Runway with out Tim Gunn,” one other consumer wrote.
Another person mentioned, “@TimGunn should be in it, or I’m not watching. I do know I’m not alone. That is shameful that the producers thought the viewers was this silly to purchase a revival with out Tim. #ProjectRunway should embrace Tim! He should be in.”
One X consumer referred to as the choice “extraordinarily upsetting,” and one other fan supplied “a well mannered however agency ‘no, thanks’” to the prospect of a Gunn-less Runway.