Earlier this week, the dynamic fashion duo of Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn announced that they would be leaving their hit show “Project Runway” after 16 seasons to develop a new project for Amazon Studios.
At the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, the pair elaborated on what spurred the move to streaming and what to expect from the new fashion-oriented reality show.
Describing her relationship with Gunn as like husband and wife, Klum said that “Project Runway” “was our baby, and our baby is 16 years old now, our baby can walk and it’s going to walk by itself. We love our baby, we love our baby and we wish our baby good luck, but now we’re ready to pop out a new one.”
Gunn added that although the two are onto their next project, they end on good terms with their former bosses at Lifetime, where “Project Runway” has been for the last 11 seasons.
“We have only the deepest affection for Lifetime,” he said. “They’ve been such a wonderful, wonderful partner and collaborator, and that makes us sad, leaving Lifetime.”
The duo says that the exit from “Project Runway” started immediately, with next week’s Primetime Emmy Awards, where the show is nominated for best reality competition program, “our second foot out the door.”
(Excerpt) Read more in: Variety