Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis is the Cozy — and Confrontational — House Porn We’ve Missed
Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis, in which the former house flipper has become home designer to the stars — and for fans of its mercurial star, it’s a welcome return to form.Lewis has made the jump from Bravo to Amazon’s Freevee service, but the formula of his new series is very familiar.
The series functions more like a sequel to Bravo’s Flipping Out than a reboot. A handful of familiar faces have returned alongside Lewis, including his design assistants Tyler Meyerkorth and Megan Weaver as well as his long-suffering (but beloved) housekeeper-turned-nanny, Zoila.
He’s also added new assistant Shane Douglas to the mix, whose dry wit makes for many of the new series’ funniest moments.Because the shows are so similar in style and format, it’s impossible not to draw comparisons between them — and omissions from the new cast initially feel glaring.
The final season of Flipping Out marked the end of Lewis’s long-term relationship with partner Gage Edwards and his friendship slash professional partnership with Jenni Pulos, the results of which were heartbreaking and at times difficult to watch.
