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Bobby Berk Net Worth
Name | Bobby Berk |
Net Worth | $10 million |
Occupation | Television host, Author, Interior designer |
Age | 42 years |
Height | 1.83m |
Bobby Berk is an American Emmy-nominated television host, author and interior designer. He stars in the Netflix series Queer Eye as the interior design expert. He was born in Houston, Texas to a young mother and then adopted by his maternal aunt and her husband, Connie and Jerry Berk.
He grew up in Mount Vernon, Missouri in the middle of Amish farm country. 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.
Berk left home at the age of fifteen. He landed in Springfield, Missouri and got a job at Applebee’s, in Branson, sleeping in his car or staying with friends. He drove home for school as a sophomore and attended Kickapoo High School for his junior year. He then worked as a telemarketer for MCI Communications. It was through this job that he first met his biological father. Just before he turned eighteen, he moved to Denver, Colorado, where he got a gig at t he Bombay Company.
He relocated to New York City in 2003. He found employment at Restoration Hardware and Bed, Bath and Beyond before moving on to Portico, a high-end home furnishing company. With no high school diploma or formal training he worked his way up to creative director. After Portico folded in 2006, he launched his online store, Bobby Berk Home, 2006, opening his first store in SoHo, Manhattan a year later. Midtown Miami, Florida followed in 2010 as well as Midtown Atlanta, Georgia.
He launched Bobby Berk Interiors + Design, specializing in interior design services, whose headquarters is in Downtown Los Angeles. He has appeared on television networks such as HGTV, NBC, CBS, and Bravo. He has been the design expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye since 2018. Berk appeared in Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” music video.
Berk has his line of wallpaper, furniture, and art, and runs an interior design business. In 2021, Berk competed in season six of The Masked Singer as the wild card contestant “Caterpillar”. He was eliminated alongside Willie Robertson as “Mallard” in the Group B semi-final episode.
In 2022, Bobby received an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design. In 2023, Berk announced he was departing Queer Eye after its eighth season. He endorsed Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
On June 23, 2020, Berk and Queer Eye co-star Jonathan Van Ness praised recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions which ruled that LGBT employment discrimination was a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, both of them still urged the United States Congress to pass the proposed Equality Act, which Berk claimed would amend the Civil Rights Act so it “would extend healthcare and housing rights.”
His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential TV hosts in the United States. Bobby Berk
Age
Bobby Berk was born on August 25, 1981 (age 42 years) in Houston, Texas, United States.
Bobby Berk Wife
As of 2023, Bobby Berk is married to Dewey Do. The couple has no children.
Bobby Berk Salary
Bobby Berk’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $302,000 dollars annually.
Bobby Berk Net Worth
How much is Bobby Berk worth? Bobby Berk’s net worth is estimated at around $10 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a television host, author and interior designer.
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