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.

Heidi Klum is back to doing what she does best! The German-American model is making a comeback on Project Runway, and a source exclusively tells Life & Style about how thrilled she is to return. “After almost a decade away,

Sounds like Tim Gunn wasn’t able to make it work with the new Project Runway. Gunn, the fashion guru who served as mentor on 16 seasons of Runway, won’t return for the new Freeform revival, he tells People magazine.

The TV personality admitted that he was "initially devastated," but has since had a change of heart about the situation.

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.

Tim Gunn, the beloved Project Runway mentor, has been left out of the show’s revival. The fashion consultant won’t be joining forces with Heidi Klum when the series returns on Freeform, Disney+, and Hulu.