Bobby Berk was “requested to go away” Netflix’s Queer Eye after eight seasons, a supply solely tells Us Weekly.
The insider notes that the rationale for Berk’s departure was “as a result of he wasn’t vibing with the forged.”
Berk, 42, was an OG member of the Fab 5 on the rebooted model of Queer Eye, which premiered in 2018. He costarred alongside Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness.
Per the supply, there have been “many challenges” that led to Berk’s exit.
“There have been many challenges with scheduling [and] there was a lack of curiosity from Bobby filming the present,” the insider provides. “The community and the forged thought it was time to usher in contemporary blood. His coronary heart was not in it and the remainder of the forged began to resent him due to that.”
A second supply, nevertheless, tells Us that Berk “was not requested to go away” and the “choice was amicable.”
Berk, the inside design guru on Queer Eye, confirmed his actuality TV exit on Monday, November 13, in a prolonged assertion to the “Queer Eye group, who’ve change into household to me.”
“The love that I’ve acquired from you all around the final 6 years has been completely surreal,” he wrote, sharing a number of throwback pictures from the present. “You’ve tuned in and been devoted followers and collectively we have been capable of share the therapeutic powers of design. I realized from you all about kindness, love and acceptance and that has modified my life for the higher. The best way you’ve got embraced me and accepted me for who I’m is one thing that l will really carry with me for the remainder of my life.”
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Berk additionally paid tribute to the present’s “heroes,” who have been the topic of the episodic makeovers.
“To all our great, loving, superb, and courageous heroes there’s a lot I wish to say, and a lot gratitude I wish to categorical to you all for letting me into your houses and hearts,” Berk continued. “It’s all due to you that I’ve saved going all these years and every considered one of you’ve got modified me for the higher. I’m so very pleased with all of you! With the ability to assist information you to search out the perfect model of yourselves is one thing I by no means took as a right and by no means will.”
(L-R) Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, and Jonathan Van Ness Ryan Collerd/Netflix
Berk’s Queer Eye cohosts all commented on his social media publish, sharing their help.
“We’re #ForeverTheFab5 it doesn’t matter what,” Brown, 43, wrote through Instagram remark. “I’m about to be [at] Netflix’s door & e-mails telling them you’ll be able to’t go away! Who’s coming with me? 😢😍I like you!”
Berk continues to be part of Queer Eye season 8, which has already been filmed in New Orleans. It premieres on Netflix on January 24, 2024.
With reporting by Travis Cronin
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