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And the speculation was then confirmed by Karamo himself when he chose to skip a cast press interview over “fears of being bullied,”<\/a> by his co-stars and later revealed that he’s been feeling “emotionally and mentally abused for years.”<\/a><\/p>\n According to reports<\/a>, the whole drama kickstarted when Karamo Brown allegedly heard his Queer Eye co-stars talking negatively about him behind his back.<\/p>\n Safe to say, the whole thing has cast a bit of a cloud over the new and final season of Queer Eye, something which viewers have picked up on.<\/p>\n One person commented under Antoni’s post marking the end of Queer Eye, writing: “Ngl the backstage drama kinda kills the vibe of the show.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m not motivated to watch you all portray to be a big happy family on every episode knowing it\u2019s all fake. If you can\u2019t work out your own mess, how can you be in charge of fixing someone else\u2019s life?\u201d<\/p>\n Antoni responded: “A lot of us come from complicated families and still have jobs and positive things we\u2019re passionate about. Authenticity is about being honest about the complexities of life and knowing two things can exist at the same time.”<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This just gets messier and messier <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":43556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1438,1549],"class_list":["post-43546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-netflix","tag-queer-eye"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/22\/antoni-porowski-speaks-out-on-queer-eye-drama-ruining-the-show-amid-karamo-brown-feud\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Antoni Porowski speaks out on Queer Eye drama ruining the show amid Karamo Brown feud","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/22\/antoni-porowski-speaks-out-on-queer-eye-drama-ruining-the-show-amid-karamo-brown-feud\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/22\/antoni-porowski-speaks-out-on-queer-eye-drama-ruining-the-show-amid-karamo-brown-feud\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-01-22T102820.166-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-01-22T102820.166.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["netflix","queer eye"],"dateCreated":"2026-01-22T11:14:49Z","datePublished":"2026-01-22T11:14:49Z","dateModified":"2026-01-22T11:14:49Z"},"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-01-22T111256.289.png\")