Tim Gunn hosted 16 seasons of the fashion reality TV show, and he tells PEOPLE exclusively that he's not returning Tim Gunn is setting the record straight on whether or not he'll be appearing on the upcoming season of Project Runway.

This is per an interview Gunn gave to People this week, in which he talked about feeling “initially devastated, then kind of humiliated” when he found out that producers of the new version of the show explicitly didn’t want him back in any major capacity.

Freeform, Disney+, and Hulu didn't make it work for Tim Gunn to return to the Project Runway revival alongside Heidi Klum.

According to Tim Gunn, the iconic Project Runway cohost was not asked back for the show’s reboot.

You won’t see Tim Gunn telling fashion designers to “make it work” on Freeform ’s upcoming Project Runway revival. Gunn, who long served as mentor to the show’s contestants, revealed he wasn’t invited to join returning host Heidi Klum in Runway ’s new iteration.