Bobby Berk does all the work; it rhymes so it must be true.
This is the untold truth of Bobby Berk.
Speaking toArchitectural Digest, Berk acknowledged that his industry friends agree with fans that he clearly works the hardest.
And it’s hard to disagree with them.
I do have to do some pre-design work on these.
There’s no way … that I can just make all that happen in that week.
Amaxillofacial surgeon, Do is difficult to pin down.
When it came time to shoot Season 3, however, the design expert noted there was less tension.
“There weren’t as many political differences.
It wasn’t because we weren’t looking for them they just didn’t happen,” he shrugged.
Berk acknowledged, “We didn’t go into season one thinking, ‘Hey!
Let’s be political.’
It just happened naturally.”
“They just don’t treat their employees very well.
It’s just not a great atmosphere to work in,” he said.
Just not a happy, pleasant atmosphere to work in."
But when he was a teenager, he soon found people who supported him for who he was.
As Berk recalls, thankfully this all happened pre-Internet.
“There was a little bar called Martha’s Vineyard and at one point I was doing drag.
This was before cellphones,” he said.
Happily, for a kid desperately looking to belong, Berk found his place there.
“That’s where I found the most acceptance and love.
His drag name was Jessica Grant, which, er, isn’t the most creative.
“If I were to do it again, would I come up with a better name?
Yes,” Berk laughed.
into a haven for the group to chill out in between changing people’s lives.
But Bobby Berk makes magic happen with relatively little.
The majority of that money goes on construction because the projects have to be turned around so quickly.
“My construction costs cost probably eight times more than what [it] normally would cost.
As revealed byVariety, the lads made around $7,500 each per episode for the first two seasons.
As Jonathan Van Ness confirmed in an essay forWealth Simple, the Fab Five earn equally.
Brown confirmed as much in an interview withInsider, they all got increases.
Even though thestyle, obviously, was a bit outdated the green shag carpet, those curtains.
But she handmade all those curtains.
Everything in that house, she designed.
However, Remi only ended up on the show by chance, thanks to his well-meaning mother.
We’re doing this makeover show.'
And she’s like, ‘I sure do, my son.’
This house is amazing,'” Berk revealed.
Tan knows he’s picking out clothes.
Jonathan knows that he is going to do ahaircutand grooming.
Antoni knows he’s going to be cooking.
If he could swap jobs, Berk would choose to either doAntoni Porowski’s or Tan France’s.
Or, ideally, both.
“Tan-toni,” he joked, before conceding, “Probably Antoni, because I enjoy cooking.”
And Antoni just has really impeccable taste.”
I might have the most time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it’s not the most important."
Berk toldCosmopolitanproudly, when they asked whose home he’d take a look at, “None of them.
All their houses look great.
They’re all on top of it now I taught them well.”
But I never, growing up in Missouri, thought of it as a career path."
After moving to New York, Berk made ends meet working odd jobs.
After finding his footing at furniture company Portico, Berk realized he wanted to branch out on his own.
It’s been a fun journey," he said.
Speaking toRefinery29, theQueer Eyestar revealed the one item he’ll never skimp on is actually relatively low-key.
“The thing I always recommend splurging on is your bedding, your mattress.
You spend a huge chunk of your life in bed resting and you want to wake up feeling good.
More than anything else, the all-new Fab Five preaches a message of tolerance and love.
Bobby Berk explained toNylon, “We really wanted to do something different.
We really wanted to give people hope and joy.
Make people happy and make people humanize each other again.
I think that’s why it’s really resonating with people.”
Likewise, he sees this new iteration as fighting for more than just tolerance of the LGBTQ+ community.
We’re normal people just like you we’re husbands; we’re fathers.
Now, we’re fighting for acceptance,” he explained toMy Domaine.
As he acknowledged, the great strength of the show is its ability to bridge the gap.
