Netflix Announces Bobby Berk’s Replacement After His Surprise Exit From ‘Queer Eye’

Queer Eye has tapped a new home design expert to replace Bobby Berk in Season 9: HGTV staple Jeremiah Brent.

Brent, who first got his start on The Rachel Zoe Project, will join forces with established Fab Five members Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness for the upcoming ninth season of Queer Eye, which will take place in Las Vegas, according to Entertainment Weekly.

While Brent will have big shoes to fill, he is certainly no stranger to making peoples’ dreams come true via home makeovers. As Nate Berkus‘ husband of 10 years, Brent has appeared on the TLC renovation series Nate & Jeremiah by Design as well as HGTV’s Nate & Jeremiah Save My House and The Nate & Jeremiah Home Project.

Berk revealed in November 2023 that Season 8 would be his final run on the hit Netflix series.

“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce that Season 8 will be my final season on Queer Eye,” he wrote on X at the time. “It’s not been an easy decision to be at peace with, but a necessary one. Although my journey with Queer Eye is over, my journey with you is not. You will be seeing more of me very soon.”

Earlier this year, Berk opened up about his decision to exit the show. He explained to Vanity Fair that he and his castmates signed a seven-cycle contract that expired after they filmed two seasons in New Orleans.

“[On the last day of filming], the Fab Five and the crew, we all stood there, and we took pictures and cried,” Berk told the outlet. “We thought we were done. Mentally and emotionally, I thought we all moved on. I know I did, and I started planning other things.”

But because of the dual Hollywood strikes, Netflix ultimately decided to renew the series due to a shortage of content, Berk explained. When he and the other Fab Five members were offered a new contract, he opted out of signing his.

“All the plans that I had made when I thought we weren’t coming back, I just wasn’t willing to change those,” he said. “I would have had to pump the brakes on multiple other projects that are already in process. We had mentally just prepared ourselves to move on — that’s why I left.”

Queer Eye is currently streaming on Netflix.