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Bobby Berk is responding to the criticism he received for announcing his new HGTV show one day after Queer Eye 's cancelation

"Show announcements don’t happen on a whim," he tells PEOPLE during the At Home with Narwal event in Los Angeles on Aug. 21

On July 10, PEOPLE exclusively revealed the interior designer would star in his own show, Junk or Jackpot? , set to premiere later this year

Bobby Berk is getting candid about the timing of his recent HGTV show announcement.

In June, PEOPLE exclusively revealed that Berk, 43, would be hosting his own HGTV series called Junk or Jackpot? The announcement came one day after Netflix revealed Queer Eye , the hit makeover series Berk starred on for eight seasons, was officially ending after 10 seasons.

“I have to say, I

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