Tim Gunn Claims He ‘Wasn’t Requested Again’ to ‘Challenge Runway’ Reboot
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In keeping with Tim Gunn, the enduring Challenge Runway cohost was not requested again for the present’s reboot.
“Heidi [Klum] despatched me a textual content saying, ‘There’s speak about bringing Challenge Runway again with us, with you and me, and would you do it?’ And I mentioned, ‘Would I do it? After all, there’s not a second of hesitation in me,’” Gunn, 71, mentioned in an interview with Folks revealed on Saturday, February 15.
“So Heidi and I had been texting and texting, and several other months later, she despatched me a textual content asking, ‘Are you cheerful along with your contract?’ I’m a truth-teller. I don’t even mince phrases,” Gunn advised the outlet. “I mentioned, ‘Effectively, I haven’t seen a contract.’ And he or she mentioned, ‘You haven’t?’ No.”
He continued, “So I referred to as my agent and he knew issues had been happening, however he contacted the chief producers of this new present, and so they mentioned, ‘We don’t need him.’ And [my agent] mentioned, ‘Effectively, he’s achieved 19 seasons of Runway, 16 with Heidi. The 2 of them received an Emmy collectively as hosts, and now you’re going to separate them?’ They usually mentioned sure.”
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Gunn cohosted Challenge Runway for 16 years alongside Klum, 51, earlier than the pair departed the sequence in 2018 for Prime Video’s vogue competitors sequence Making the Reduce.
“Our followers are upset, , as a result of now we have a terrific viewers,” Klum solely advised Us Weekly on the time. “Folks cherished us for 16 years. I assume they had been perhaps upset that they’ll by no means see us once more, however Tim and I are sticking collectively.”
Us confirmed in January 2025 that Klum would return to host Challenge Runway for the primary time in eight years for the Bravo present’s twenty first season — with out Gunn.
“So I wasn’t requested again,” Gunn advised Folks on Saturday. “Nonetheless, a number of weeks after that dialog, they went again to [my agent] and mentioned, ‘Effectively, we’ve considered it and we’d be prepared to supply Tim a small cameo in a single episode.’ What do I do? Wave from a bus? Because the designers are going into Temper [Fabrics]? Heidi involves see me on the retirement residence and we play croquet? So no thanks. And as Heidi would say, you’re both in otherwise you’re out. And I’m out. So I wasn’t requested to hitch.”
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Gunn claimed that he was “initially devastated, then form of humiliated” by the snub, however famous, “I assumed, how fortunate am I to have had the experiences that I’ve had during the last 20 years? That is phenomenal.”
“I ended the boo-hooing,” he mentioned. “I assumed, it’s actually throwing hubris within the face of an indignant God to mourn not being on this new present. So I’ve come to phrases with it. Am I disenchanted? Positive. And most of all, it’s about not working with Heidi, however we transfer on and issues occur for a purpose. I don’t know what the reason being but, however will probably be revealed.”
Gunn added that Klum “was actually upset” by the choice. “She saved saying, ‘I’m combating for you, I’m combating for you,’ which is gorgeous of her and nothing that I ought to anticipate,” Gunn continued. “And I mentioned, ‘Heidi, simply take excellent care of your self. Don’t fear about me. I’ll be nice.’”
He concluded, “I’ve her again and I’m along with her in spirit all the time.”
