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Goreski on It's a Brad, Brad World

Reality star excited to have new show as he strikes out on his own
Brad Goreski
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With his new Bravo show, It's a Brad Brad World airing its second episode tonight, Brad Goreski chatted with Gay Star News about how things have been going since last week's premiere.

'Life has been really good,' he said during a chat at Friday's NBC-Universal party in Pasadena. 'The show premiered really, really well and the response has been great which is all you can hope for.'

Goreski is happy to talk about the new show which follows Rachel Zoe's former assistant as he strikes out on his own as a stylist. But he has been flooded with questions about the bad blood between he and Zoe after he left her to do his own thing and doesn't want to go there anymore.

For the record, he felt he handled his departure with grace but was surprised it was portrayed unflatteringly on the show. He and his former boss are no longer speaking.

Week one of Goreski's show drew 1 million viewers, slightly more than the season three premiere of The Rachel Zoe Project in the first season without him.

He claims to be far too busy right now to obssess about ratings and critics.

'Now I'm kicked inot awards season high gear,' he says. 'I have my first Golden Globes fitting and Sundance [Film Festival] and photo shoots. I'm glad I have a lot to keep me busy. I feel pressure to turn out really good work. I just want to make sure what going out there is really strong with my name attached to it.'

For next week's Golden Globe Awards, Goreski is styling actress Jessica Alba as well as Callie Thorne, star of the USA Network series Necessary Roughness. For Wednesday's People's Choice Awards, he styled Shay Mitchell of the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars.

While his years on The Rachel Zoe Project focused on Goreski at work, his new series also has cameras following him home where he lives with partner of more than 10 years Gary Janetti, a television writer and producer.

'We're exactly the same way without the cameras,' Goreski says. 'Maybe sometimes we're too much ourselves in front of the camera. When you decide to allow cameras into your home, if you're not being yourself the audience can see that. The last thing we really want to become is actors in our own home.'

Because he has become so comfortable with cameras around, Goreski would welcome a second season of the show should ratings hold up.

'I'm so happy with the way it is right now,' he says. 'We'll see how the season turns out. Should Bravo want to do a season 2, I would be really, really happy.'
 

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