{"id":43388,"date":"2026-01-21T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=43388"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:14:43","slug":"theres-new-drama-kicking-off-so-why-did-bobby-berk-quit-queer-eye-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/21\/theres-new-drama-kicking-off-so-why-did-bobby-berk-quit-queer-eye-again\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s new drama kicking off, so why did Bobby Berk quit Queer Eye again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a fresh new batch of Queer Eye drama brewing between Karamo and his co-stars, and it&#8217;s all reminding me of everything that went down with Bobby Berk.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like old history now, so let&#8217;s have a look at what exactly went down between Bobby Berk and the rest of the Queer Eye cast.<\/p>\n<h2>Bobby announced his departure from Queer Eye after six years and unfollowed co-stars Tan France and Antoni Porowski<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CznTPjYupZV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CznTPjYupZV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Bobby Berk (@bobby)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nBobby Berk announced his departure from Queer Eye in an Instagram post just over two years ago, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s not been an easy decision to be at peace with, but a necessary one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after his announcement, he proceeded to unfollow both Tan France and Antoni Porowski on Instagram. Rumours of a feud between Bobby Berk and the rest of the Queer Eye cast members started swirling after people noticed Tan was the only member of the Fab Five who didn\u2019t comment on his leaving post. Yikes.<\/p>\n<h2>It was then claimed that Bobby had been &#8216;asked to leave&#8217; the show following problems with the rest of the cast<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/queer-eye-bobby-berk-asked-151517012.html\">source<\/a> claimed that Bobby Berk was actually \u201casked to leave\u201d Queer Eye after issues with the rest of the cast, which resulted in them \u201cresenting him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source said: \u201cThere were many challenges with scheduling and there was a loss of interest from Bobby filming the show. The network and the cast thought it was time to bring in fresh blood. His heart was not in it and the rest of the cast started to resent him because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Tan France then also unfollowed Bobby Berk after he publicly snubbed him<\/h2>\n<p>Tan is thought to have unfollowed Bobby after he posted a season eight Queer Eye announcement and didn\u2019t tag Tan. Bobby tagged everyone else in the Queer Eye cast, only tagging Tan once the post had been up for a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>When Bobby did eventually tag him, he didn\u2019t tag his main account but his secondary account called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shaded\/\">@shaded<\/a>, which Tan hasn\u2019t posted to in over three years. Shady stuff.<\/p>\n<h2>Bobby then confirmed he and Tan had a \u2018situation\u2019 and addressed their feud<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43398\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43398\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094638.848.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094638.848.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094638.848-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094638.848-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094638.848-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/bobby-berk-leaving-queer-eye\">Vanity Fair<\/a>, Bobby confirmed that he and Tan had \u201ca situation\u201d and were involved in a feud, although it wasn\u2019t \u201cto do with the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u201cTan and I had a moment. There was a situation \u2014 and that\u2019s between Tan and I \u2014 and it has nothing to do with the show. It was something personal that had been brewing and nothing romantic, just to clarify that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued:\u00a0Should I have unfollowed Tan? No. Maybe I should have just muted him. But that day, I was angry, and that\u2019s the end of it. We became like siblings \u2014 and siblings are always going to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will always have a very special place in my heart for him and Rob and the kids. I can foresee in six months or a year, Tan and I at each other\u2019s house being good. The Emmys was already the first bandage on that wound.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>He also revealed the real reason why he left Queer Eye<\/h2>\n<p>Bobby Berk explained the real reason why he decided to quit Queer Eye and clarified that it wasn\u2019t to do with his drama with Tan. He explained that he and the rest of the Queer Eye cast were ready for the show to end when their seven-season contract ended in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Netflix offered them an additional four-season contract for Queer Eye, Bobby assumed that his costars would not renew the contract. He said: \u201cWe\u2019d just assumed that the show wouldn\u2019t come back if we all didn\u2019t come back. I was like, I\u2019m not going to be having FOMO cause the show is not going to happen. I had become at peace with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had mentally just prepared ourselves to move on \u2014 that\u2019s why I left,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Bobby then reignited his drama with the cast one year later following news of the shows final season<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43397\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43397 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094424.567.png\" alt=\"Bobby Berk Queer Eye drama\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094424.567.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094424.567-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094424.567-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-08-25T094424.567-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bobby had previously announced the news of his new HGTV show, which he coincidentally revealed immediately after the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/10\/its-been-a-long-beautiful-journey-netflix-axes-queer-eye-after-seven-years-of-the-show\/\">Queer Eye had come to an end after ten seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Berk revealed that the suspicious timing of his announcement resulted in some backlash from his Queer Eye co-stars, who felt he\u2019d disrespected them.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed what co-star Karomo Brown said about the whole thing, telling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bobby-berk-responds-criticism-over-show-announcement-11796076\">People<\/a>: \u201cKaramo was like, \u2018Girl, the day after?\u2019 \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018No, no, no. I promise you it was already planned.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow announcements don\u2019t happen on a whim. I swear on my mother\u2019s life, my show announcement date was set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that others asked him why he couldn\u2019t have \u201cjust waited\u201d with Bobby calling out Netflix for not giving him a \u201cheads up\u201d about the news of Queer Eye\u2019s cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u201cI mean, I was on the show for [eight] seasons, but yeah, it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" 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