jeff lewis
LOS ANGELES – Jeff Lewis isn’t quite like his reality TV peers.
The obsessive-compulsive star of ‘Flipping Out‘ is something of a black sheep among the Bravolebrities. He’s not as fabulous as ‘The Real Housewives‘ nor as chic as the fashionistas of ‘The Rachel Zoe Project,’ and his palate is less refined than any ‘Top Chef.’ (He feasts on McNuggets in Tuesday’s fourth season premiere.)
While most cogs in Bravo’s reality TV drama factory uniformly pop up on gossip blogs and in the pages of tabloid magazines between dispatches about Jennifer Aniston and the Kardashians, the sharp-tongued real estate investor and designer has rarely received such attention since adding reality star to his resume four years ago.
“I don’t want it,” he says. “There are red carpet events I could go to every single night. I don’t have that kind of time. I stay really focused. The goal of this whole thing for me, of course, is another stream of income, but you know what? I’m also building a business. I have to make money. I’m not just some wealthy socialite.”
As the show’s neat-freak leading man, Lewis has become infamous for his monstrous meltdowns and sarcastic jabs, usually directed at goofy right-hand woman, Jenni Pulos. He seems self-aware, however, and probably isn’t the totally delusional nut job that last season’s average of 1.27 million viewers came to love and/or loathe.
