“Queer Eye has been the most amazing gift that I couldn’t have ever imagined,” says Bobby Berk, visibly emotional. “It’s been a life-changing moment. I’m leaving something that is a huge part of my life. Even though it’s my decision, it still wasn’t an easy one.”
A few days ahead of the Netflix show’s season eight premiere on January 24, Berk is at his design firm’s stunning new headquarters in Los Angeles. He’s relaxed and ready for a frank, free-ranging conversation that touches on everything from Bimini, his adorable mini labradoodle, to his first Emmy win and his close friendship with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka. Mostly, though, he’s ready to address widespread rumors about why he’s departing the beloved series after 71 episodes, and to reveal the truth about an alleged feud with his costar Tan France. “I hope this interview will help extinguish some of the speculation,” the interior design expert says. “I want people to know that Tan and I—we will be fine.”
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Last November, Berk announced that the upcoming season of Queer Eye would be his last. His unexpected news left fans devastated, and prompted immediate gossip—though the real reason he’s exiting the series is understandable.
When the show began, says Berk, he and the rest of the Fab Five—fashion consultant France, culture and lifestyle coach Karamo Brown, food and wine guru Antoni Porowski, and beauty maven Jonathan Van Ness—signed a seven-cycle contract that lasted through September 2022, when they wrapped filming on two seasons in New Orleans. On the last day, “the Fab Five and the crew, we all stood there, and we took pictures and cried,” Berk says. “We thought we were done. Mentally and emotionally, I thought we all moved on. I know I did, and I started planning other things.”
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But early in the fall of 2023, says Berk, Netflix decided to renew the series due to a shortage of original content caused by the dual actors and writers strikes. He and the rest of the Fab Five were offered a new contract that asked them to commit to an option of four cycles. Berk decided not to sign—and at first, he says, other members of the Fab Five were considering doing the same. (Netflix did not respond to a request for comment.)
“We’d just assumed that the show wouldn’t come back if we all didn’t come back,” he says. “I was like, I’m not going to be having FOMO ’cause the show is not going to happen. I had become at peace with it.”
Then, for reasons Berk doesn’t elaborate on, conversations were had that changed some minds. Shortly before the deadline to sign the contract, his four costars all decided to move forward with the series after all. “And with only one of us not coming back, Netflix felt [it] could recast one person,” he says.
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