The stars of Netflix’sQueer Eyemake over their subjects’ lives in the course of one week. But while it makes sense for the heroes to learn a new recipe or overhaul their wardrobes in such a short period of time, fans everywhere have wondered: How on earth is it possible to remodel an entire space in just a few days?
“No, I’m just kidding,” he continues, adding that the Fab Five — that’s grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness, culture guide Karamo Brown, fashion maven Tan France and food and wine pro Antoni Porowski — really don’t meet their subjects until their time together starts, to keep everything as real as possible.
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That’s less than three days for the whole home makeover.
As for how exactly that’s humanly possible, Berk explains that “there is, of course, some pre-planning going in. I do get measurements of the space, I get measurements of the windows, I send the team in to get an actual floor plan.”
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Remember the episode in season one with Remington, who inherited his grandmother’s home from the ’70s? “I found out that Tuesday that his favorite show wasMad Men, he wanted to have an advertising agency and his dream vacation was Cuba,” Berk says, so, “That’s how I ended up with a mid-century Cuban design.”
And yes, all of that workdoesmean that Berk is putting the finishing touches on the home while the subject is pulling into the driveway to finally see their new space. “I’m literally, like, steaming the last little wrinkle out of the curtain when they’re pulling up with them,” Berk laughs.
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“Jonathan might do a twenty minute haircut — although, his haircuts always take way longer than that. He is a perfectionist when it comes to cutting hair. It’s so cute how stressed he gets if like, one little hair isn’t the right length,” he continues. “[But] I could spend an entire week redoing a massive home, and Jonathan could have way more of an impact on that guy’s self-esteem and self-perception with a haircut than I could with a whole home.”
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As for whichQueer Eyeguy has the hardest job? Berk maintains that it’s Karamo Brown who has the most difficult journey. “Every week, he has to reinvent what her does, because his job is really to get at the core of how we can help them emotionally with their self-esteem and their self-care and their love.”
Berk continues, “He has to, every week after we met our subjects, figure out ‘What am I going to do to help this guy.’ Whereas every week I might not know how big the job’s going to be, but I know I’m remodeling something. So, I’m in the game already.”
source: people.com
