Bobby Berk: Behind Netflix's FIRST Reality TV Show 'Queer Eye' & Secrets from 8 Years on Camera

Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey

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Society & Culture, Relationships, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year you naughty chickens!! 2️⃣6️⃣❗️This week, Harry is pulling back the curtain on more of your favorite reality TV stars and programs with Queer Eye alum and new HGTV host Bobby Berk! Bobby breaks down the behind-the-scenes of his near decade on reality TV, from the WILD audition story that landed him the once-in-a-lifetime role on Queer Eye, the insane press schedule that followed and brought him all over the world, and the true correlation between design and relationships. Harry and Bobby break down: -All of the odd jobs Bobby had before his design career exploded -The best advice he ever got in his reality TV career -How Netflix tricked him into doing a religious episode -How he has set boundaries in Hollywood -His thoughts on relationships, dating, & design in a game of 'Relationship Junk or Jackpot' We hope you enjoy, you naughty chickens!! Rate, follow & subscribe! 🐓

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.0	You love watching yourself?
0:02.0	Yeah, like, look at this idiot.
0:04.0	That's what I think though, but instead of, ha ha ha, I'm like, look at this idiot.
0:08.0	I have declined shows because I knew the people that I was going to be working with with the type of people that were always late.
0:15.0	I'm like, no, I won't do it.
0:17.0	What?
0:18.0	Yeah, I did that for nine seasons.
0:19.0	I won't do it again.
0:21.6	My whole life revolved around the church and then when I came out, the church completely turned
0:28.6	its back on me.
0:29.6	It was devastating.
0:30.6	Meet Harry Jousey, reality TV heartthrob.
0:34.6	He's been loved, ghosted, canceled cancelled and kissed. He's spill his guts.
0:39.9	I did what?
0:40.8	In a world of ghosting and dodging red flags, Harry's filling his boyfriend's holebox.
0:46.1	One lesson at a time. It's Harry Jousey, boyfriend's material.
0:50.9	Okay, guys, what is going on, you naughty little pumpkins?
1:44.8	Happy New Year this week. I'm joined by designer, television host, bestselling author, and Emmy Award winner. You may know him from eight seasons of Queer Eye, his new show, Junk or Jackpot, premiered December 26th on HGTV. It's Bobby Burke. How are you doing? Sorry, I've butcher that. It's okay, good. Thanks for having you, man. Wow. Okay, John Sina is the EP on the show. He created the show. Yeah, yeah. How does that come about? He was out at dinner with some friends one night, and they started talking about crazy collections, including some of his own, and crazy collections of some of his fan base. And he was like, yeah, I've got to get rid of some stuff. I want to make rooms or some other things. And I just, I won't allow myself to do that until I get rid of some things. And then he's like, that's actually kind of a good idea for a show. So he flushed it out a little bit more and went to HGTV and then wanted me to host it.
1:59.3	And when Daddy asked you to host something, you say yes, Daddy. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to do that next time. Yeah, yeah. Just walk up to John Cena and say, hi, Daddy. Wait, so you guys know each other? I mean, we don't know each other well. Yeah, yeah. We know each other. This is crazy.
2:01.7	We're not like BFFs, but yeah.
2:03.1	I'm like, yeah, I mean, it's a little gay buddy.
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