Chip as well as Joanna Gaines dealt with accusations of homophobia and racism against the two in an interview together with the Hollywood Reporter.
The “Fixer Upper” couple are on the cover of the Hollywood Reporter’s July magazine. Their upcoming network, the Magnolia Network, releases on July 15, on the same date the Magnolia application will be launched as well. Season 2 episodes of the show will release on Discovery+ outside USA from the 9th of April.
When Mikey O’Connell interviewed them, the two talked about many subjects, such as the reason they took a few steps back from the camera for a couple of years as well as the hopes for their upcoming network.
Though the couple likewise utilized the interview to dismiss accusations of homophobia as well as racism they have experienced within the past few years.
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The couple said that the accusations that get to them such as being racist or are against the LGBTQ community, and that keeps them upset, especially because it’s totally the opposite of who they are in reality!
In the month of May, when The Dallas Morning News found they donated thousand dollars to Chip’s sister’s fund at school, which was operating on an anti-critical race idea, the Gaineses experienced backlash after that. They didn’t comment about the donation on the Hollywood Reporter interview. Reps for your Gaineses didn’t respond back to Insider’s demand for comment on this issue when contacted for a previous case.
Additionally, the couple never ever showcased an LGBTQ+ participant on the first “Fixer Upper,” as well as the pastor, who they stated he was good friends with them, supports conversion process treatment for queer youngsters, as per BuzzFeed’s report.
The Gaineses, have 5 kids, believing they have arrived at a place where their massive following has led them to push back again on whatever they talk about on social networking, that has 18 million consolidated followers on their private Instagram alone – and that doesn’t include Magnolia and Magnolia Network.
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Reps for your Gaineses again didn’t right away react to Insider’s demand for comment on the negative comments they’ve experienced, as well as the couple declined to comment on all those cases in the interview with the Hollywood Reporter, but Chip proceeded to suggest that he as well as Joanna are taking all measures in an attempt to create the organization a lot more reflective of the world.
Chip told The Hollywood Reporter:
As an American white male, it’s hard to be perfectly diverse, in our own company, we’ve got nearly 700 employees, and one of our biggest passions is making this group represent all people.
The main reason why variety and having a diverse employee set-up is on the couples’ mind is due to the increase in violence against Asian Americans, as The Hollywood Reporter observed. Joanna is half Korean, as her mom emigrated from South Korea on the US in 1972.
Joanna said:
Growing up as half-Asian, half-Caucasian, I get what that feels like to not be accepted and to not be loved. That’s the last thing I want anyone to ever feel.
Joanna likewise spoke of her mother’s experience with racism in the interview, she said her mother is a really strong person, but even seeing one negative comment would really upset her. Joanna reportedly told The Hollywood Reporter that this is the reason why she couldn’t help her when she would return home and complain about being called names because the exact same was happening to her.
