Chaos engulfed the new, Berkless Fab 5 when culture expert Karamo Brown sat the season 10 press tour out, citing fears of &34;being bullied.&34; Bobby Berk shares winking post amid Queer Eye cast drama Chaos engulfed the new, Berkless Fab 5 when culture expert Karamo Brown sat the season 10 press tour out, citing fears of &34;being bullied.&34; By Ryan Coleman :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RyanColemanauthorphoto0081ce8f0254478080f35972c433877b.jpg) Ryan Coleman Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

Chaos engulfed the new, Berk-less Fab 5 when culture expert Karamo Brown sat the season 10 press tour out, citing fears of "being bullied."

Bobby Berk shares winking post amid *Queer Eye *cast drama

Chaos engulfed the new, Berk-less Fab 5 when culture expert Karamo Brown sat the season 10 press tour out, citing fears of "being bullied."

By Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

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Bobby Berk and the new 'Queer Eye' Fab 5. Credit:

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All is not well in the world of *Queer Eye* — again. But alum Bobby Berk seems to be doing just fine.

The lifestyle makeover reality reboot's original design guru appeared to give a cheeky social media nod at the drama firestorm currently raging around the other members of the Fab 5 on Wednesday, when he shared a picture of himself cheesing for the camera in a *Queer Eye *season 6 promo with the caption, "How's everyone's week going?!"

Berk then asked his 2.6 million Instagram followers if they've "seen my new show *Junk or Jackpot*?!" before tagging the series' network, HGTV, and streaming homes, HBO Max, and Discovery+.**

Fans instantly made the connection to Tuesday's *Queer Eye *drama in the comments that flooded the post.

"Bobby out here using the drama algorithm," read one, while another asked, "Just out here minding your own business with your new show, huh?"

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*Queer Eye* launched its 10th and final season Wednesday. Though the series has been a hit for Netflix and made stars of its cast, rumors of tension, conflict, and discord have followed the cast.

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Most recently, culture guru Karamo Brown was a notable no-show for a series of press engagements on Tuesday, meant to promote the forthcoming season premiere. Brown shared a statement explaining his absence with *CBS Mornings *and *Today *as the remaining members of the cast — Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, and new design expert Jeremiah Brent — appeared without him.

"I hope everyone remembers the main theme I have tried to teach them over the past decade, which is to focus on and to protect their mental health/peace from people or a world who seek to destroy it; which is why I can't be there today," Brown's statement read.**

Cohost Gayle King also noted that Brown's assistant said he was "worried about being bullied."

Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, and Antoni Porowski for 'Queer Eye' in 2023.

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His former castmates all remarked on the statement and his absence on *CBS Mornings*, with Porowski saying, "Our *Queer Eye* family, we've been doing this for almost a decade...and families are complicated, and we're definitely not excluded from that."

Van Ness added that Brown "has taught people to center what they need, and I'm actually really proud of him. Center what you need, do the things you need to do to take care of you — I'd be lying if I didn't feel like that sometimes."**

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