Jeremiah Brent Got to 'Laugh and Cry' on His 'Beautiful' First Season with 'Queer Eye'

Jeremiah Brent, who replaced interior design maven Bobby Berk for the upcoming ninth season of "Queer Eye," says he welled up plenty during his first season with the show, which he called "beautiful."

"I can tell you how much I cried, which was an uncomfortable amount," Brent told Page Six "at the launch of his new collection with Crate & Kids at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles Monday," the outlet reported.

"I got to laugh and cry and be silly, funny and vulnerable and strong and all these different things and it was really beautiful," Brent said.

Saying that things "couldn't have been better" with the show's longtime cast, all of whom except for Berk returned after the show's eighth season, Brent enthused, "I think people are going to see a really strong bond."

"There was a lot of chemistry," Brent continued. "I love them. They are dear friends."

As for the season's production, "There was a lot of joy," Brent declared. "These four have been doing this for so long and they show up and do the work, they care."

"It's not BS, it's real and people's lives change because of it," Brent said. "So, it's just really exciting to be a small part of it."

Or perhaps not so small, after all. Said Brent: "I pushed hard this season to and go further and try things."

"I really tried my hardest to do some really beautiful designs, and I'm proud of what i did."

"Brent's co-stars" – Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness – "were all in attendance at the ritzy Hotel Bel-Air launch of the designer's new line with Crate & Kids," Page Six noted, "which was completely inspired by his and husband Nate Berkus' children, Poppy, 9, and Oskar, 6."

"I wanted to create something that was sophisticated, still playful, but something that could really transition with children and families," Brent explained, pointing out that children quickly grow out of things. "So, I wanted things that could be in your home for a long time."

Brent's addition came in the wake of rumors that Tan France and Bobby Berk had some sort of feud that precipitated Berk's exit – rumors that were compounded by speculation that France had put his thumb on the scale to help Brent land his spot on the show.

France denied that in an Instagram post where he declared, "Netflix and the production companies did a full-on casting. I didn't prop my friend up for the job. They ended up getting it because they were the best person for the job."

For his part, Berk explained to Vanity Fair that his departure had nothing to do with any feud; rather, the cast's contracts had expired and Berk had new projects lined up when the cast members were presented with the option to re-up.

No release date has been announced yet for the show's return, though production has concluded on the new season.