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Tim Gunn is getting candid about not being asked to return for Project Runway <\/em>season 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n\n
The fashion guru said on the Dear Chelsea<\/em> podcast that it was “devastating at first” to be told by producers, “We don’t want him.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n\n
Host Heidi Klum returned for season 21 alongside judges Nina Garcia and Law Roach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Go ahead and ask Tim Gunn<\/a> why he won’t appear on the new Project Runway<\/em><\/a>, he’ll be “perfectly transparent about it.”<\/p>\nThe fashion guru, who served as the designers’ mentor on 16 seasons of the reality competition series, thought he’d be returning alongside host Heidi Klum<\/a> for the show’s 21st season<\/a> after eight years away \u2014 but he “wasn’t invited to return to the party,” he told Chelsea Handler<\/a> on Thursday’s episode of the\u00a0Dear Chelsea<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n“My agent called the producers to say, ‘We understand\u00a0Heidi [Klum]\u00a0signed up. We haven’t heard a thing about Tim,’ and they said, ‘We don’t want him.'”<\/p>\n
While the rejection was “devastating at first,” Gunn said he’s begun to look for the silver lining, accepting that “things happen for a reason.”
<\/a><\/p>\n“I feel extremely lucky to have had 19 seasons of the show, 16 with Heidi,” Gunn explained. Not to mention the “beautiful Emmy sitting on my kitchen counter.”<\/p>\n
He added that he has “no complaints. I feel very, very, very lucky.”<\/p>\n
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Tim Gunn is getting candid about not being asked to return for Project Runway <\/em>season 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The fashion guru said on the Dear Chelsea<\/em> podcast that it was “devastating at first” to be told by producers, “We don’t want him.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Host Heidi Klum returned for season 21 alongside judges Nina Garcia and Law Roach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Go ahead and ask Tim Gunn<\/a> why he won’t appear on the new Project Runway<\/em><\/a>, he’ll be “perfectly transparent about it.”<\/p>\n The fashion guru, who served as the designers’ mentor on 16 seasons of the reality competition series, thought he’d be returning alongside host Heidi Klum<\/a> for the show’s 21st season<\/a> after eight years away \u2014 but he “wasn’t invited to return to the party,” he told Chelsea Handler<\/a> on Thursday’s episode of the\u00a0Dear Chelsea<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n “My agent called the producers to say, ‘We understand\u00a0Heidi [Klum]\u00a0signed up. We haven’t heard a thing about Tim,’ and they said, ‘We don’t want him.'”<\/p>\n While the rejection was “devastating at first,” Gunn said he’s begun to look for the silver lining, accepting that “things happen for a reason.” “I feel extremely lucky to have had 19 seasons of the show, 16 with Heidi,” Gunn explained. Not to mention the “beautiful Emmy sitting on my kitchen counter.”<\/p>\n He added that he has “no complaints. I feel very, very, very lucky.”<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em>
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