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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Jai Rodriguez is the Fab Fiver whose area of expertise is... um, well, we're not exactly sure, but it involves taking the straight guys aside for heart-to-heart talks in which he advises them to take up swing-dancing lessons. He recently sat down for a surprisingly frank interview with AfterElton.com, revealing that the hit reality series would soon be szhuzhing no more:

AE: How will Queer Eye continue to break new ground?

JR: Well, we haven't been asked back for 2007. [...]

AE: Since the success of Queer Eye, Bravo has gone onto numerous gay friendly shows. Do you think they are so gay friendly because of the success of Queer Eye?

JR: Queer Eye made Bravo. If they don't recognize that, they're idiots. But I think their programming is fantastic. [...]

AE: Jake or Heath? [...]

JR: I don't think either of them are cute. If I saw them at a gay bar and didn't know they were famous, I wouldn't go "Oh my God, they're stunning"!

It may smack of hubris to suggest that a single makeover show—regardless of huge ratings or the groundbreaking strides it made in perpetuating long-held "Gays can turn anything pretty" stereotypes—could "make" an entire network. Then again, the bitter sting of cancellation often has a way of coaxing out the icy truth, and Rodriguez does have a point—Bravo's current identity as a saucy guide to urban pursuits was molded in Queer Eye's image. Far less forgivable is Jai's forsaking of ultimate objects of Gay desire Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, whom he dares to classify as "not cute"—a Gay blasphemism of the highest order, and one that will ensure banishment to the outermost fringes of Gay society, where even Midwest pride parade committees will think twice about paying his personal appearance fee.