Antoni Porowski is opening up about the alleged behind-the-scenes drama of strange eye and the exit of Bobby Berk after eight seasons.
Speaking to ET at the Disney/ABC Upfronts in New York City, the 40-year-old culinary expert shared that more than five months after Berk, 42, announced his departure of the hit Netflix show, the cast is getting along great with the new addition of Jeremiah Brent.
“Honestly, we’re going out, we’re going to dinner – I was about to name the restaurant but I’m not going to, but it’s our favorite place – and we all went out together and we all loved it. I’ve been sharing a trailer since day one,” he said. “Sometimes we won’t get along, but at the end of the day we’re a family and we’re like a middle-aged boy band, you know what I mean?”
Porowski added, “Through thick and thin, we are in this together.”
The statement comes about two months later a powerful exhibition was published by Rolling Stone in which it was alleged that co-star Tan France was campaigning to replace Berk with Brent, 39, and receiving help from Porowski.
According to the play, “Unbeknownst to Berk, at some point castmate France — with supposed support from (Porowski) — campaigned to replace Berk with interior designer and friend Jeremiah Brent, three sources say, with a of them calling it ‘mean girl antics’. “
As for how Brent is adapting to filming in Las Vegas, Porowski says that Nate and Jeremiah by design star is dealing well with the “very interesting” season in the heat of Nevada and is integrating even better into the group.
“I adore him. I met him very casually a few months before it all started, so we had a bit of a friendship there,” he said. “We’ve been in Las Vegas the last two months where it’s really hot and really dry and he’s been killing it.”
The same Rolling Stone story about leaving Berk, Jonathan Van Ness – another member of strange eyeThe original Fab Five – was accused of being “emotionally abusive” and having “anger issues” on set. At that time, a person close to the situation shared with ET that the alleged issues involving JVN, 37, created disagreements and “embarrassments” between the beauty guru and his co-stars.
A source told ET: “Some of the cast and crew of strange eye it seems Jonathan Van Ness has had a sense of entitlement for some time. This caused tension and embarrassment between them.”
The source added: “They feel Jonathan can quickly react negatively if something doesn’t go as Jonathan or planned. Some of those who worked with Jonathan felt intimidated by Jonathan, and like Jonathan, he is difficult to deal with. work with.”
strange eye has not yet received a season 9 release date.
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