{"id":43065,"date":"2024-01-04T18:32:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1954629"},"modified":"2024-01-04T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:18:27","slug":"is-season-8-bobby-berks-last-queer-eye-why-fab-five-star-quit","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/is-season-8-bobby-berks-last-queer-eye-why-fab-five-star-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Is season 8 Bobby Berk\u2019s last Queer Eye? Why Fab Five star quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The TV star has quit the show after six years. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 04 January 2024 at 17:32 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The Fab Five will be back on our screens for another season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/queer-eye-episodes-ranked\/\">Queer Eye<\/a> \u2013 but this will be the last we see of one of the experts following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/queer-eye-bobby-berk-leaving-season-9-newsupdate\/\">Bobby Berk\u2019s decision to quit the show last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Bobby wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s with a heavy heart that I announce that season 8 will be my final season on Queer Eye. It\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Bobby has left the reality TV show \u2013 which sees the experts applying their respective expertise to help improve the lives of individuals across the US and Japan (for the spin-off) \u2013 Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown and Tan France are expected to return for season 9, which was confirmed last year.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for everything you need to know about Bobby\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is season 8 Bobby Berk\u2019s last Queer Eye?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Yes<\/strong>, Queer Eye season 8 will be the last to feature Bobby Berk.<\/p>\n<p>On 13th November 2023, Bobby revealed that he was leaving the reality TV show \u2013 which he has been a part of since its premiere in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>His last season will be season 8, which is set to air on Netflix on <strong>Wednesday 24th January<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s with a heavy heart that I announce that season 8 will be my final season on Queer Eye. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\u2014 Bobby (@bobbyberk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobbyberk\/status\/1724110155363815553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<h2><strong>Why did Bobby Berk quit Queer Eye?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In his post on X, Bobby revealed that his decision to leave was a \u201cnecessary one\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Following the announcement, a report on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bobby-berk-left-queer-eye-after-challenges-with-cast-and-schedule\/\"><span class=\"s2\">US Weekly<\/span><\/a>\u00a0claimed Berk was \u201casked to leave\u201d the Netflix series \u201cbecause he wasn\u2019t vibing with the cast\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"ui-provider cbi cbj cbk cbl cbm cbn cbo cbp cbq cbr cbs cbt cbu cbv cbw cbx cby cbz cca ccb ccc ccd cce ccf ccg cch cci ccj cck ccl ccm ccn cco ccp ccq\" dir=\"ltr\">However, a separate source also told the publication that Berk was not asked to <\/span>leave the show, stating the \u201cdecision was amicable\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Berk has not commented on the rumours.<\/span><\/p> <p><strong>Queer Eye season 8 will air on Netflix on Wednesday 24th January. <a title=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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