Antoni Porowski is part of “Queer Eye” with Jeremiah Brent: “We’re Like a Middle Aged Boy Band”

Antoni Porowski is part of “Queer Eye” with Jeremiah Brent: “We’re Like a Middle Aged Boy Band”

Antoni Porowski on what it’s like to have Jeremiah Brent as Bobby Berk’s replacement on the show: “I love him,” Porowski told Entertainment Tonight.

“Speaking to ET at the Disney/ABC Upfronts in New York, the 40-year-old culinary expert said that more than five months after Berk, 42, announced her departure from the hit Netflix series , the cast gets along great. with “Brent.

Dropping the detail that the fabulous five – each of whom specializes in a different area related to personal care, fashion or decor – have “shared a trailer since day one,” the food and beverage professional admitted, “Sometimes we’re We’re not going to get along, but at the end of the day we’re family and we’re like a middle-aged boy band, you know what I mean?

“Through thick and thin, we’re in this together.”

ET recalled a Rolling Stone article that claimed Berk’s fellow “Queer Eye” cast member Tan France planned to replace him with Brent, implicating Porowski in the alleged machinations.

France denied lobbying for Brent to get the job, saying in a video posted on X: “My ex-fired colleague had nothing to do with me trying to hire my friend.”

The rumor that France was lobbying to replace Berk with Brent didn’t seem to contradict a report from Us Weekly last November that, according to anonymous sources, “there was a loss of interest from Bobby in filming the show,” that ” his heart wasn’t in it,” and that he “didn’t vibe” with the rest of the cast.

But Berk explained in comments to Vanity Fair that his departure was a matter of the cast’s contracts expiring, then being renewed as the show was picked up for a ninth season. Berk, with other projects already lined up, chose not to continue with the show.

With production underway on “Queer Eye” season 9, Porowski told ET that he’s getting along well with the new addition.

“I love him,” Porowski said of Brent. “I met him very casually a few months before it all started, so we had a little friendship there.”

As for the energy of the show itself, “I’ve been in Vegas for the last two months where it’s really hot and really dry and he’s killing it,” Porowski said.

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