Bobby Berk’s father has died, the Queer Eye star shared on Instagram Thursday.

“RIP Dad. Can’t consider you’re gone. We didn’t all the time have essentially the most in widespread or perceive one another however I all the time knew you liked me,” he wrote alongside a gallery of throwback images along with his father.

He continued, “You taught me the worth of honesty and laborious work and with out you I wouldn’t be the place I’m right now. I really like YOU.”

Among the many private snapshots he included are a latest photograph of him and his dad donning white cowboy hats in a Western put on retailer and several other classic images from his early childhood.

A number of of Berk’s well-known associates shared their condolences within the feedback.

“Sorry honey. Loss like that is so laborious regardless of the circumstances. Hugging you!” wrote Jennie Garth.

Carson Kressley, one of many stars of the unique Queer Eye for the Straight Man, wrote, “I am so sorry to listen to and I’m sending you plenty of love. I understand how you’re feeling.”

Tiffany Thiessen chimed in, “So sorry candy buddy. Sending you a lot love. Wrapping my arms round you.”

“I’m so sorry Bobby. Sending love your approach,” wrote Hack My Dwelling host Mikel Welch.

The inside designer was adopted by his aunt and uncle, Connie and Jerry Berk, after his organic mom had him at age 16. “To me they’re mother and pop,” he shared of his adoptive dad and mom on an episode of the All Issues Vanderpump podcast in 2020. Connie and Jerry even have a daughter of their very own, who Berk is aware of as his older sister.

His relationship along with his dad and mom was removed from straightforward. He has spoken brazenly about leaving house at 15, dwelling in his automotive and crashing with associates after feeling as if he could not safely come out in his small Missouri city.

He is since reconnected along with his household and even gave his dad and mom’ house a makeover in 2020. “I’ve an ideal relationship with my dad and mom now,” he stated on the podcast, including with a smile, “My dad simply loves my husband. I feel he likes my husband greater than me,”

Berk married his longtime associate, surgeon Dewey Do, in 2012. The pair have lived in Los Angeles collectively whereas Berk frequently decamps to varied U.S. cities for every season of Queer Eye.