Tim Gunn hosted 16 seasons of the fashion reality TV show, and he tells PEOPLE exclusively that he's not returning

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.