Finally, no more reruns ofChip and Joanna Gaines!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Hey Chip!
It’s become quite the controversy.
Chip and Joanna Gaines.Lisa Petrole/Magnolia Network
I mean, it’s like politics.
You’re on one side or the other.
there’s no in-between.
Chip and Joanna Gaines.Joanna Gaines/Instagram
How did you first come up with the word magnolia?
JOANNA GAINESOne of our first dates.
Chip and I were driving by and it was blooming these gorgeous white fragrant blooms.
He picked a bloom and it was like the first flower I ever got from him.
Did it take your breath away when the idea of your own online grid was pitched to you?
CHIP GAINESI don’t think we understood the gravity of it.
Everybody was pawing at us for more television.
He said you two are business people and he refers to his networks as businesses.
Did you ever consider a show focused entirely on shiplap?
JOANNA GAINESThe Shiplap Show!
CHIP GAINESI’m pro this!
Jo is trying to move in a different direction, so she would be a little resistant.
But as far as I’m concerned, I could look at it all day long.
It’s like Shark Week.
Who doesn’t want to see shiplap week?
Did your mind just wander with possibilities?
JOANNA GAINESMy mind doesn’t typically wander.
It’s a show about cooking?
We can call it “The Cooking Show.”
I like to keep things very simple.
I don’t take it lightly.
Like I really give a shot to think, okay, what is the story we’re telling?
What is the talent doing?
What are they passionate about?
It’s fun to see these shows come alive.
You’re giving Clint Harp a show calledRestoration Road!
He’s so talented.
People will want to know if he’s single.
CHIP GAINESHe’s not single.
He’s got multiple kids, but we get that a lot.
He’s the most talked-about NON-eligible bachelor.
If you happen to see an episode ofFixer Upper, John was a guy that worked with us.
I mean, folks from all over the planet from every spectrum of life started reaching out via Twitter.
Who is this guy?
We will have eligible bachelors and not-so-eligible bachelors.
We attempt to cover the gamut.
Chip, do you miss the simple pleasure of ripping down a wall?
Joanna, do you miss staging houses alone with no cameras around?
CHIP GAINESI would say I do miss it, the no cameras thing.
We enjoy that relationship now.
I mean, at the beginning six or seven years ago, I was terrified of it.
And I’m a really outgoing, kind of personable guy.
But there’s something about that intimate relationship with a camera operator with a red light and you.
There’s no feedback.
I live off of people’s reactions and expressions and the camera doesn’t give you any of that.
So I would say it took me a minute to get acclimated to that system.
But the idea of having that opportunity without the cameras?
Let’s just be regular folks doing really hard work.
I just like being at the shop every day.
I feel like I’m a shopgirl.
I love being behind the counter.
I love interacting with customers.
As Magnolia has grown, that’s not necessarily my reality anymore, but I miss that.
A rerun ofFixer Upperaired this last weekend where Chip goes up in the fighter jet.
I have to ask you, did you vomit?
And boy, I was at the top of my game.
I told the pilot right off the bat, there’s nothing I can’t do.
I literally almost fainted and puked simultaneously.
When I got out of that plane, it took me like a week to fully recover.
That, of course, begs the question: Did you consider a Chip the Explorer show for Magnolia?
CHIP GAINES:I like the sound of that!
There’s not a whole lot of challenges that I would say no to.
Something between Fear Factor and Bear Grylls and maybe like Expedition Unknown.
If you were to mix all those into a pot, we could probably come up with something.
The Fieldhouse:At The Fieldhouse, physical and personal challenges are tackled head-on.
(re)motel: Passionate motel owners across America restore and redesign their historic properties.
