Anybody taking a look at Chip Gaines would envy his lavish way of life. As a former HGTV star who made tens of millions flipping homes on “Fixer Higher,” he and his household are undoubtedly among the many wealthiest actuality stars on the market. From occurring unique holidays to proudly owning a number of properties, Chip has accomplished fairly effectively for himself after constructing the Magnolia empire along with his spouse, Joanna Gaines, however he did not all the time have a simple life. “I bear in mind once we first obtained married the one cash we had was what was in Chip’s pocket. He all the time had a wad of money, however we had been broke,” Joanna instructed Individuals in 2016.

Together with his loud and boisterous persona, the daddy of 5 has turn into an HGTV fan favourite, however sadly, Chip misplaced a few of that fan base when he tweeted a tone-deaf assertion in response to Barstool Sports activities joking about Baylor College’s basketball coach. “Cash is boring.. everyone’s obtained cash. We have God on our aspect,” he quipped. An X consumer, previously Twitter, shot again, “Man I really like your present and all, and I completely get joking about basketball — however this tweet isn’t cool. The vast majority of folks on this nation fear about cash as a result of they do not have sufficient of it.” That wasn’t the one pushback Chip obtained from the web for his careless remark, and sadly, being scrutinized as a star is without doubt one of the many challenges he is needed to take care of after turning into a actuality tv star.

Being a well-known face does have its perks, however in line with Chip Gaines, there are some horrifying facets to it as effectively. In an interview with “As we speak,” he recalled shedding his son Duke in a public setting after getting swarmed by followers. Though he repeatedly requested them if they’d seen Duke, his concern wasn’t getting via as a result of they had been so enthralled by assembly the “Fixer Higher” star. “The expertise of that had turn into somewhat bit regular for us as a result of we positively had gotten to that place in our careers to the place we had been recognizable in public, however in that actual second, I form of misplaced contact with Duke,” Chip defined. He added, “And it form of pressured me to reconcile with whether or not or not all of this was price it in a few of these form of large life choices it’s a must to make in these circumstances.”

Regardless of being public figures, Chip and Joanna Gaines attempt to hold their 5 youngsters out of the highlight as a lot as potential. “They’re so younger, and we need to give them the possibility to have a traditional childhood,” Joanna shared with Individuals. The truth is, the children won’t even know the way well-known their mother and father are, because the Gaines household follows strict guidelines and has restricted display time. “So they do not actually perceive that now we have a present. They do not get it,” Joanna acknowledged.

HGTV’s “Fixer Higher” put Chip Gaines on the map, however starring within the present started shedding its luster towards the top. In 2017, he and Joanna Gaines introduced on their web site that they had been stepping away from tv to focus extra on their household and different companies. Nonetheless, Chip revealed to Cowboys & Indians that he had a completely totally different cause, saying, “TV was a humorous factor for me. I am an genuine, honest individual. So, so long as issues are pure and natural, I am in my component. However the extra staged one thing turns into, or the extra required one thing turns into, it packing containers me up, and I felt like towards the top of the ‘Fixer Higher’ journey, I felt caged, trapped.”

In an look on “From the Woodshed,” Chip spoke extra about why he needed to stop the present. He shared that because the tasks piled up, he began to get burned out, and it did not assist that they had been combining filming the present and building, which weren’t all the time cohesive. “Once we obtained into that specific season, and I feel it was the third or fourth, man, we had been behind on the season we had been wrapping. We had been attempting to get forward on the season we had been about to do. We had been screwed. We had been doing tasks backward,” he acknowledged. 

Earlier than his life as an HGTV star, Chip Gaines labored in garden care till he realized how way more he may earn in actual property. Sadly, the unsteady nature of the enterprise, mixed with having children at a younger age, put undue stress on his marriage to Joanna Gaines, they usually virtually did not make it. “We fairly shortly needed to say, ‘We’re both going to go at one another and blow this factor up, you and I attempting to battle one another about each nook and cranny, or we will work out find out how to come collectively as a group,'” Chip instructed Individuals.

The couple needed to overcome main hurdles earlier than discovering their footing as companions in marriage and enterprise. “Early, I’d purchase these homes, and she or he would throw a form of mood tantrum. I’d carry her to this home, and it was a complete no-brainer. Clearly, it wanted some work,” he shared on “The Kelly Clarkson Present.” He then revealed that Joanna would simply begin crying when he confirmed her his newest buy, however in her protection, one was a very horrific home that had beforehand been inhabited by frat guys with pets. “I did cry myself to sleep,” she admitted.