16 Facts About Bobby Berk

Bobby Berk is an American interior designer, television personality, and writer.

Bobby Berk grew up in Mount Vernon, Missouri in the middle of Amish farm country.

Bobby Berk cites that being gay in the Bible Belt and attending an Assemblies of God church throughout his childhood was difficult, and that he faced both internal and external homophobia growing up.

Bobby Berk landed in Springfield, Missouri, and got a job at Applebee's in Branson, sleeping in his car or staying with friends.

Bobby Berk drove home for school as a sophomore and attended Kickapoo High School for junior year.

Bobby Berk then worked as a telemarketer for MCI Communications.

Bobby Berk later launched Bobby Berk Interiors + Design, specializing in interior design services, whose headquarters is in Downtown Los Angeles.

Bobby Berk appeared on television networks such as HGTV, NBC, CBS, and Bravo.

In 2018, Bobby Berk began starring as the interior design expert on the Netflix reality series Queer Eye.

Bobby Berk announced in 2023 that he would be departing the series after its eighth season, which aired in January 2024.

Bobby Berk elaborated on his decision when the season released, explaining that he had already planned his next projects and thus chose not to re-sign his contract upon Netflix's decision to renew Queer Eye a year after their original contracts ended in 2022.

In 2021, Bobby Berk competed in season six of The Masked Singer as the wild card contestant "Caterpillar".

Bobby Berk was eliminated alongside Willie Robertson as "Mallard" in the Group B semi-finals.

In 2022, Bobby Berk was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design.

Bobby Berk endorsed Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

On June 23,2020, Bobby Berk and Queer Eye co-star Jonathan Van Ness praised recent US Supreme Court decisions which ruled that LGBT employment discrimination was a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.