As Bobby Berk enters the next phase of his onscreen design career, he wishes no shade to the Fab Five. The Queer Eye alum, who exited the series back in 2023, recently clarified that he did not intend to announce his new HGTV series the day after Deadline reported that Netflix is renewing the reboot

Interior designer Bobby Berk was one of the original five hosts of Netflix’s reality show “Queer Eye” — aka the Fab Five — but left after the Season 8 in 2023 and is now set to host his own HGTV show.

The interior designer tells PEOPLE the date of his show announcement was already set and he had no knowledge of 'Queer Eye' ending