Speaking out. Joanna Gaines addressed past allegations of racism and homophobia against her and husband Chip Gaines, and she wants fans to know she doesn’t take them lightly.“Sometimes I’m like, ‘Can I just make a statement?’” the Magnolia Table author, 43, said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Wednesday, June 30. “The accusations that get thrown at you, like you’re a racist or you don’t like people in the LGBTQ community, that’s the stuff that really eats my lunch — because it’s so far from who we really are.
That’s the stuff that keeps me up.”The reality TV star was seemingly referring to the controversy surrounding Fixer Upper, which aired from 2013 to 2018 on HGTV.