Making It Work...For Nothing!

This is kind of an interesting tidbit:

Fashionista and resident cliche abuser Tim Gunn, worked for free on the first season of Project Runway. True story! He didn't earn one nickel for shelling out all of that advice, introducing the challenges, or breaking up fights between Wendy and Kara Saun, etc.

To the credit of the money-hungry producers, Tim Gunn had a real day-job as the chair of the Fashion department at the New School. And who knew the show would take off like it did?

During season two he earned $2,500 an episode, a siginificant increase but a paltry sum by reality show standards.

But I'm sure there's no love lost between Gunn and the Weinstein folks. He's parlayed a moonlighting gig into a book deal, spin-off TV show, and a cushy exec job at Liz Claiborne.


Oh, and since Bravo is done trying to get you to watch Project Runway, don't forget that it's on tonight at 9/8 central.

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