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topicnews · July 16, 2025

Chip Gaines defends his Magnolia network from his and Mrs. Joanna Gaines in the middle of setbacks

Chip Gaines defends his Magnolia network from his and Mrs. Joanna Gaines in the middle of setbacks


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The counter reaction to Chip and Joanna Gaines' new Magnolia Network Reality series “Back to the Frontier” has moved the pair's extensive lifestyle empire into the spotlight.

The couple was criticized last weekend after Chip advertised the new series in which three families like pioneers live. People flooded his post and promoted the show with frustrations about an same-sex couple, which was filled as one of three couples in the reality series.

Reverend Franklin Graham, President of Samaritan's wallet and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, described the Casting decision as “very disappointing”.

Say chip and Joanna Gaines

A counter reaction from the new Magnolia Network -Reality series by Chip and Joanna Gaines, “Back to the Frontier”, has moved the pair's spacious lifestyle empire into the spotlight. (Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

“While we humans should love, we should love them enough to tell them the truth of God's word,” he wrote on social media. “His word is the absolute truth. God loves us, and his design for marriage is between a man and a woman. To promote something that defines God as sin is sin in itself.”

Chip reacted quickly to the criticism, wrote to X, “said Qustns [sic]Listen to .. maybe even learn. To ask too much for modern American Christian culture. Judge 1., later/never understands it is a sad Sunday where 'non -believers' were never confronted with hatred or vitriol until they are introduced to a modern American Christian. ”

The Gaines won fame for the first time more than 10 years ago when they were occupied in the HGTV series “Fixer Upper” in 2013, which showed the couple that the couple was revitalized over their Magnolia Homes Business in Waco, Texas, ongoing houses.

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Magnolia network signs

The couple started the Magnolia Network in 2022. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Magnolia Network)

After five seasons, they decided to leave the show and then signed Discovery + and started the Magnolia network 2022.

Together with the network, the couple also has the five hectare magnolia market in the silos, which include shops in the silos, the Silos Baking Co. Bakery, in the Magnolia Press Café, and they also have the Magnolia table restaurant away several miles.

The silos in the Waco

Magnolia market at the silos in Waco, Texas. (Getty)

Seat area on the silos

Seat area on the Magnolia Market. (Getty)

Magnoia table restaurant

Magnolia table restaurant in Waco, Texas. (Getty)

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They also own the Magnolia Journal Magazine, have written a number of lifestyle books, including Joanna's “Home Body” and chips “No Pain, No Gains”.

Stove and hand at the destination

A sign for Chip and Joanna Gaines' “Hearth & Hand with Magnolia” collection can be seen in a destination in Chicago. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The couple also opened a Boutique Hotel, Hotel 1928 in 2023 after renovating a historical hotel in Waco with 33 rooms. The couple also offers holiday rentals in Waco, including Hillcrest Estate and Hillcrest Cottage, the original carriage house for the property.

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The couple opened the hotel in 1928 in 2023. (Magnolia network)

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“TV shows affect culture, but Chip and Jo affect people's life,” Discovery, David Zaslav, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021.