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\n\tAfter starring in the same show for nearly a decade, Antoni Porowski \u2014 who says he \u201cgets off\u201d on the unknown \u2014 finds himself in a remarkable transition period in his career.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn his first post-\u201dQueer Eye\u201d adventure, he traveled the world to Mexico City, London, Paris and New York City as part of his new show, \u201cBest of the World With Antoni Porowski,\u201d which he hosts and executive produces for National Geographic: It premieres on June 7, streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu,<\/p>\n

\n\tFour months after the \u201cQueer Eye\u201d chapter of his life closed, which introduced him to a legion of LGBTQ+ fans and foodies, Porowski admits he\u2019s still left with more questions than answers. Karamo Brown, who was on the Emmy-winning show with Porowski since 2018, unexpectedly pulled out of a \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d segment in January due to fears of bullying, saying in a statement he\u2019d felt he\u2019d been \u201cmentally and emotionally abused for years.\u201d Brown\u2019s action added fuel to reports of behind-the-scenes tension after a 2024 Rolling Stone investigation dug into cast member Jonathan Van Ness\u2019 alleged emotionally abusive behavior. (Van Ness has denied the allegations.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor anybody who\u2019s paying attention to how all of that ended, I was sad that I felt like it served as a distraction in honoring the countless people who\u2019ve worked on the show from day one up until the very end, and those who have come and gone \u2014 both in front of and behind the camera,\u201d Porowski tells Variety<\/em>. \u201cIf I\u2019m honest, I think I\u2019m left with more questions than answers, but what I hope is that the people who honor the show understand the help that we did and the commitment we [had].\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOriginally created in 2003 for Bravo, Netflix\u2019s reboot of \u201cQueer Eye\u201d began airing in 2018, following the core fab five of Porowski, Van Ness, Brown, Tan France and Bobby Berk (replaced by Jeremiah Brent in Season 9) as they gave people makeovers. The show celebrated community and inclusivity, with many of the featured contestants meeting openly queer people for the first time.<\/p>\n

\n\tAcknowledging any \u201cQueer Eye\u201d fans who felt the drama and controversy overshadowed the last season, Porowski says, \u201cI refuse to let however it ended be a distraction from the messaging because the messaging, I swear to you, was always real and always coming from a truthful place. That\u2019s what I choose to take with me from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, Porowski says he\u2019s only in touch with \u201csome\u201d of the cast, although he doesn\u2019t give names, saying rhetorically, \u201cWho knows what the future holds?\u201d When asked about keeping up with his former co-star\u2019s own post-\u201cQueer Eye\u201d projects, he says he was impressed by Brent\u2019s new Portuguese farm, which he refurbished with his husband, Nate Berkus: \u201cHe did such a beautiful job. I know how much [he] is obsessed with preservation and attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe leap from ensemble to solo hosting duty happened quickly; roughly three months after production on \u201cQueer Eye\u201d Season 10 wrapped in Washington, D.C., Porowski began his journey around the world.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBest of the World\u201d follows Porowski experiencing different cultures and, of course, trying some delicious food. He asks locals across all four places he visits to explain the history behind every delicate dish he tries. This makes the show a clear extension from his previous National Geographic entry, 2025\u2019s \u201cNo Taste Like Home With Antoni Porowski,\u201d and the Netflix cooking competition he hosted in 2022, \u201cEasy-Bake Battle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tDuring this transition period, Porowski says he\u2019s interested in telling \u201chuman stories. I was taught the importance of that on \u2018Queer Eye,\u2019 connecting with other people and just understanding other perspectives and ways of doing things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTraveling the world during a period of political unrest, especially in the U.S., opened Porowski\u2019s eyes to other lived experiences.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s no shortage of petrified fear, anxiety and stress that I experience on a daily basis, in small ways and big ways, as soon as I open my phone and look at social media and all the atrocities that are happening [here],\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not to take away from the reality of the fact that all of that stuff is very real and very much happening. But when I travel the world and suddenly I put on a local news station, I learn that there are atrocities happening everywhere. And there are people that are thriving everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix\u2019s reboot of \u201cQueer Eye\u201d quickly resonated with a wide range of viewers, but especially those in the LGBTQ+ community; it won the GLAAD award for best reality program in 2019. Porowski continues to draw on his own queerness and desire to find community in \u201cBest of the World.\u201d The London episode, quite memorably, ends at an electric drag bar on a night out.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPart of my history and my identifying as a queer person, and also being a public figure and the attention that draws and the electricity it brings into a room can cause me anxiety, sometimes, if I\u2019m not fully at peace with myself,\u201d he says. \u201cBut showing up there was so beautifully chaotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSome drag queens and kings were ultra-refined and had their steps perfectly choreographed, and others were just so wacky and all over the place,\u201d he adds. \u201cThere were several moments where I forgot the cameras were rolling and I was just screaming at the top of my lungs, not conserving my energy. I literally couldn\u2019t speak the next day because I yelled so much. It was a lot of honey and ginger chamomile tea as I was passing out in my London hotel that night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking back on the show that introduced the actor into millions of households across the world, Porowski wants \u201cQueer Eye\u201d fans to remember that the fab five \u201cwere cast as complete strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe only person I\u2019d ever heard of was [Jonathan Van Ness] with \u2018Gay of Thrones,\u2019 because I used to watch it,\u201d he says. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know who we were, and we\u2019re very different people, different ways of navigating the world as is the case. We were put into this thing together, and we all dealt with things in very different ways. Yeah. I think I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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