Netflix to make romcom based on sexually fluid dating life of Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski

Reality show star is working on the project with the writers of Pen15 and Black-ish

Netflix is producing a new romantic comedy inspired by the romantic life of Queer Eye‘s Antoni Porowski.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that the film will be called Girls & Boys, and is loosely based on Porowski’s experiences in the dating world as a sexually fluid man.

On Queer Eye, Porowski is the resident food and wine expert, helping the show’s makeover subjects (or “heroes”, in the series’s lingo) spice up their diet.

He developed the story for Girls & Boys alongside Kenya Barris, who is best known for his work on the sitcom Black-ish.

Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan, who wrote for the Hulu series Pen15, have been signed on to write the screenplay.

Last year, Porowski gave an interview to GQ magazine in which he expressed discomfort with the label of ”gay”.

“I feel like if I do refer to myself as gay, which would make it easier for people to understand sometimes, I feel like it dishonours women that I’ve been in love with,” he said, adding that he preferred to live without a label, although “fluid” or “queer” felt like the best fit for him.