Jeremiah Brent Is Officially Joining the Cast of Queer Eye Following Bobby Berk’s Exit

• Netflix announced Tuesday that Jeremiah Brent will be joining the cast A strange eye with stars Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness
• The interior designer and HGTV star will take over the role of decorating guru, previously held by Bobby Berk
• Berk announced his departure from the makeover show in November 2023 after eight seasons

Bobby Berk is officially passing A strange eye torch to Jeremiah Brent.

On Tuesday, Netflix confirmed in a press release that the interior designer and HGTV star will take on the role of decorating guru following Berk’s departure. Berk announced that he will be leaving the hit Netflix makeover show after eight seasons in November 2023.

Brent will head to Las Vegas later this spring to begin production on Season 9 of the unscripted series, according to a statement.

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Jeremiah Brent (left) and Bobby Berk (right).

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Brent is an obvious choice as he has years of design experience behind him as the founder of his own company and is a certified home decor TV star.

Father of two stars alongside husband 10 years his junior and fellow HGTV designer Nate Berkus Design by Nate & Jeremiah and Nate and Jeremiah’s house project. The couple also competed on HGTV’s reality competition show Rock the Block.

Brent has also appeared as an interior design expert on Netflix Say yes, in which he helped couples bring their dream weddings to life. The series was developed by the same creators as A strange eye.

His latest project is a new book, The space that holds youwhich was published on February 20. The book explores themes such as the meaning of home and includes intimate conversations about the feelings and memories that make up an individual’s space.

Brent started out as an assistant to fashion stylist Rachel Zoe and appeared on The Rachel Zoe Project. He married Berkus at the New York Public Library in May 2014. The couple, who moved from New York to Los Angeles and back during their relationship, currently live in a stylish Manhattan penthouse with their two children, Poppy, 8, and Oskar, 5.

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In November, Berk announced that season eight would be his final Queer Eye ion in a candid Instagram post.

“The love I have received from you over the last 6 years has been absolutely surreal,” he wrote alongside a series of photos. “You pitched in and were devoted fans and together we were able to share the healing powers of design. I learned about kindness, love and acceptance from you and it changed my life for the better.”

He continued, “It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Season 8 will be my last season on Queer Eye. It was not an easy decision to be at peace, but a necessary one. Although my journey with Queer Eye is over, my journey with you is not. You’ll be seeing more of me very soon.”

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Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan van Ness in ‘Queer Eye’ season 6. Ilana Panich-Linsman/Netflix

“I love you all very much and I will meet you all in Nola for one last season. #foreverthefab5,” he concluded, referring to his co-stars, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antonio Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness. The group of experts became the new Queer Eye Fab Five when the reboot premiered in 2018.

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Despite her decision to leave the show, Berk has nothing against her co-stars, according to a source close to the situation

“Bobby’s departure is not related to relations with his colleagues. The parting was amicable,” a source told PEOPLE exclusively at the time.

A source confirmed that Berk “has a handful of projects in development and is also busy with his company.”

Berk cleared up rumors about his relationship with his co-stars vanity fair interview earlier this month.

During the conversation, he opened up about the alleged fight with his co-star Tan France.

“I hope this interview helps quell some of the speculation,” Berk said. “I want people to know that Tan and I will be fine.” Although he made light of the “situation”, he said the two had moved past the problem.

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“Tan and I had a moment. A situation happened, between Tan and me, and it has nothing to do with the show. It was something personal that was brewing – and nothing romantic, just to be clear.”

“Should I have stopped following Tan? No,” Berk continued. “Maybe I should have just shut him up. But that day I was angry and that’s the end of it. We became like siblings – and siblings will always fight.”

On his choice not to sign additional seasons like his colleagues, he said: “There were definitely emotions. But each of us had our own reasons for doing what we did,” he said. “I can’t be mad—for a moment I was.”

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