well it was bound to happen.. Queer Eye consultant, Thom who is by far my favorite of the Fab 5, redecorated their recent victim’s home entirely with Restoration Hardware. That’s where I work, in case I haven’t mentioned it recently. Of course it looked lovely when he was done, but… blah. I’m so sick of that earth-tone, matchy-matchy, cool, calming, colors, blah, blah, blah.
But to tell you the truth, Queer Eye in general seems a little blah to me this season. I don’t know if it’s all the extraneous and blatantly obvious product placement, or if perhaps I’ve just outgrown it (seems unlikely), but sadly it just seems less.. Fabulous! They almost never groom the guys anymore, it’s a haircut at most. And the ‘big event’ they are getting them ready for rarely seems like much of an ‘event’ at all – “Okay, so tonight we have to get you ready for your neighbor’s nephew’s junior high graduation. Clearly you’re going to need a pedicure.” In fact I never say “Wow!” anymore, except of course for Thom’s transformations, which are still phenomenal. Even if it’s not my taste, like floor to ceiling silver sage courtesy of Restoration Hardware, it always looks amazing. And I still adore Carson, but while that sharp gay wit is still funny, I think its quite possible that the 5 of them have become even more gay. The hair with all the product, the clothes, oops I mean the couture, all of it has become a bit.. flamboyant. I think they’ve lost touch with the straight man. But I guess that’s what makes them gay, eh?

Anywhoo, bottom line..
“Celebrity Poker Showdown” - HOT “Queer Eye” – NOT
[we even bought software to play texas hold ‘em at home. naturally we chose the “dogs playing poker” version. you know like the velvet painting. it’s funny you’re playing poker with a table full of dogs, and sometimes one cat, and they all have their own ‘tells’ so you can figure out when they’re bluffing and all that good stuff.]

and ps: “Blow Out,” bravo’s other new reality tv induction is not even worth mentioning so now I wish I hadn’t. but since I have, I will just say that at the point that narcissist with scissors actually said to his staff in all seriousness, “We’re like doctors” I wanted to give him a bad dye job! He is such a joke.