TheQueer Eyedrama keeps getting bad .
Tan Franceissued a statement denying that he tried to getBobby Berkto leaveQueer Eye.
For context, Bobby announced his departure from the hit Netflixreality showin November 2023. Bobby’s replacement, designerJeremiah Brent, wasannouncedby Netflix last month. Bobbylatertold Vanity Fair that he decided not to renew his contract for the show because he thought that Season 8 would collectively be the group’s last, and was somewhat surprised that the other cast members decided to go ahead with Season 9.
In the same interview, Bobby confirmed amid rampant speculation — garnered from the pair’s social media behavior — thatsomethinghad happened on set with Tan. “Tan and I had a moment,” he told the publication. “There was a situation, and that’s between Tan and I, and it has nothing to do with the show. It was something personal that had been brewing — and nothing romantic, just to clarify that."
Then, earlier this week, Rolling Stone released areportonQueer Eyebased on interviews with production sources. They claimed that Bobby was “butting heads” with both Tan and Jonathan Van Ness. Three sources further claimed that Tan and Antoni Porowski “campaigned to replace Berk with interior designer and friend Jeremiah Brent,” with one source calling it “mean girl antics.”
Earlier this morning, Tan posted a video onto his Instagram captioned, “And that’s all I wanna say on this matter.”
“Yes, I’ve heard what’s going on,” he began. “I just want to address one point real quick. My former colleague getting fired had nothing to do with me trying to get my friend hired. Netflix and the production companies did a full-on casting. I didn’t put my friend up for the job. They ended up getting it because they were the best person for the job.”
“Am I so happy that they have the job? Uh-huh. I really am. I think they’re going to be incredible on the show, but I didn’t get them hired by getting rid of somebody else,” he continued. “And this all started because of a comment on a gossip blog that just got reposted, reposted, and then it’s almost become gospel. So from the horse’s mouth: I’m telling you that that’s not at all how it went down. And that’s all I’ll say on the matter. If you need to dig deeper, if you still don’t believe me, so be it — but that’s it.”
The video was quickly “liked” by Jonathan and Antoni.
We’ll keep you posted with any updates.
voice for Bobby declined to comment .
UPDATE Bobby tweeted the following:
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