Chip and Joanna Gaines appear decided to quell divorce rumors by any means obligatory. The previous “Fixer Higher” hosts have been on the quilt of a particular version of Folks, which had all of the markings of working injury management. They have been featured sitting on a patio desk along with the title: “Chip and Joanna Gaines — Their Subsequent Chapter: Marriage 2.0” plastered throughout the quilt. Chip was seated on the bench, and Joanna, on the desk, because the couple appeared moderately uncomfortable subsequent to at least one one other.

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To advertise the quilt story, Joanna shared it to her Instagram web page. The uneasy-looking picture coupled with the odd phrasing of the headline had followers questioning if Chip and Joanna’s marriage was on the rocks. “Simply interested by ‘marriage 2.0’. What’s that? Did they cut up & get again collectively?” one Instagram person requested. Others identified that “The Tales We Inform” writer typically appears distant towards her husband. “I want she confirmed extra emotion for Chip,” a fan wrote. “Chip seems so uncomfortable,” one other added.

The duvet story itself was suffering from delicate purple flags concerning the Magnolia Community couple’s marriage. A big chunk of it centered on Chip and Joanna invigorating their marriage by embarking on a brand new pastime collectively: dance classes. “I employed this couple; they got here to our workplace and taught us find out how to dance,” Joanna advised Folks. “Simply she and I with this couple. You speak about awkward,” Chip added. Chip mentioned it took a number of weeks to get comfy holding sturdy eye contact whereas dancing together with his spouse. The contrived cowl picture, and story about “awkward” dance classes, all rang like a last-ditch effort for a struggling couple. In fact, there have been different indicators of marital woes main as much as the “Marriage 2.0” piece.

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Simply weeks earlier than their cowl shoot, there have been indicators that Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines had marriage points, as she snubbed him on Father’s Day. Taking to Instagram, Joanna posted a touching tribute to her personal father. “To a tremendous lady dad, husband, grandfather, buddy, businessman and a hippie at coronary heart—you’ve taught us a lot. Blissful Father’s Day!” she wrote within the caption. The primary slide within the four-photo submit was a snap of Joanna together with her mother, dad, and sisters, and she or he included three different household pics. Not solely was Chip not talked about within the caption, however he was additionally nowhere to be seen within the pictures. Whereas it was clearly considerate for Joanna to provide a shoutout to her personal dad, she normally finds a method to incorporate her husband, as nicely. For Father’s Day 2023, the previous HGTV host posted a pic of her pops, Chip, and his dad to Instagram. “Three of the perfect. What a legacy,” Joanna wrote.

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The cracks of their marriage might have began to point out, however the “Fixer Higher: The Fort” hosts beforehand mentioned they’d not contemplate divorcing. “One factor that I’d say is our superpower is that Jo and I usually are not quitters,” Chip mentioned throughout a joint Entry Hollywood interview with spouse Joanna in July 2021. “[T]hat divorce or leaving each other shouldn’t be actually an choice for us,” Chip mentioned, mentioning that the couple got here to that consensus early on. That mindset may additionally imply that, even when their marriage had change into a “Fixer Higher” itself, the pair can be hesitant to separate.