ITS SHAPP LAG, ISNT IT?>>> WE
JOANNA GAINES.
WAITING FOR THEM ALL MORNING,
ACTUALLY FOR MANY YEARS.
>> YES.
>> WE HAVE.
ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE
COUPLES.
CHIP AND JOANNA MARRIED FOR, OH,
THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
18 YEARS, FIVE KIDS RAGING IN
AGES 16 TO 3.
>> HOW SWEET AND THEIR FIXER
UPPER SHOW BECAME AN INSTANT
HIT.
PUT HOME RENOVATION ON THE MAP
AND AFTER ENDING THAT SHOW TO
TAKE A LITTLE TIME OUT OF THE
SPOTLIGHT, THEIR BACK, BABE,
WITH THEIR BIGGEST PROJECT YET,
AND WERE SO GLAD THEY MADE IT
TO STUDIO 1A TO HANG WITH US FOR
A COUPLE OF HOURS.
FIRST OF ALL.
>> HI.
>> THE BIGGEST CHANGE OF ALL IS
HAPPENING IN THAT CHAIR.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> WE NEED A FRENCH BRAID, A
LITTLE BIT OF -- EXTRA
CONDITIONER.
>> AND WE DIDNT KNOW FABIO WAS
COMING.
>> LIKE HER STYLE.
>> ITS LIKE THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY, SADLY IN SOME WAYS.
NOBODY CAN AGREE.
EITHER IN THIS CAMP OR THIS
CAMP.
TWIT SIR SIMILAR IN THAT REGARD
WITH MY HAIR.
EITHER YOU LOVE IT OR --
>> YOU HATE T. WHAT DOES JOANNA
SAY?
>> ITS GROWN ON ME.
>> NO IT HAS NOT.
>> YEAH.
ITS GROWN ON ME!
HES ABOUT TO SHAVE IT.
>> I ACTUALLY LIKE IT.
I THINK ITS CUTE.
>> THANK YOU, WELL ITS --
>> GOING TO MISS IT FOR SURE.
>> ITS A 50/50.
EITHER IN ONE CAMP OR THE OTHER.
>> I SAY CUT IT.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH, CUT T. AND MY FACE,
MY -- OH, I JUST DONT LIKE IT.
ITS ALL -- I NEED YOU TO CUT>>
IT YOU GREW IT OUT FOR A REASON,
THOUGH, RIGHT? >> WELL, TWOFOLD.
>> WELL, TWOFOLD.
ITS EVOLVED INTO A REAL FILAN
TLOP EXCITE
EXCITED ABOUT RAISING THE MONEY
PART OF IT, BUT THE PANDEMIC HIT
AND CUT IT OUT OF OUR ROUTINE
LIKE MOST PEOPLE.
AFTER IT GOT A LITTLE LONGER AND
ALSO LONGER YOU KNOW WHAT?
IM GOING TO GO FOR IT.
GROW THIS OUT UNTIL, HODA, LIKE,
I LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BRING IN
BUCKET LISTER-TYPE SITUATIONS
INTO MY LIFE.
WHEN I DIE IM GOING TO SAY,
REMEMBER THAT SEASON I HAD THAT
LONG HAIR AND WHEN IM BALD AS
BAT HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AFTER HE SHAVE IT LITERALLY WITH
RAZOR BLADES AND IM BALD, THEN
ILL SAY IVE NEVER BEEN BALD
BEFORE EITHER.
>> TALK ABOUT YOUR KIDS.
FIVE OF THEM AND SIX YOURE
ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO.
>> LITTLE MAGGIE.
>> LITTLE MAGGIE!
>> THE MAGNOLIA NETWORK FEEL ON
THE BIG DAY?
>> THIS MORNING I SAT THERE, IN
THE BATHROOM, CRYING.
I WAS LIKE, WHY AM I CRYING?
IT FELT LIKE I WAS GIVING
BIRTH -- I ALWAYS CRY WHEN I
GIVE BIRTH.
A BABY TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN
THE MAKING AND -- HERES THE
DEBUT.
WERE SO EXCITED.
>> IT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE
MAKING.
>> YOU KIND OF SHOCKED THE WHOLE
WIDE WORLD WHEN YOU LEFT,
BECAUSE YOU LEFT AT THE HEIGHT
OF YOUR POPULARITY.
PROBABLY FIGURED OUT, NOBODY
DOES THAT.
YOU WERE SO POPULAR.
YOUR FANS DEVASTATED.
THEY LOVE UD SO MUCH.
WASNT AT ALL CLEAR YOU WOULD
COME BACK TO TV.
>> SURE.
>> YOU WERENT SURE WERE YOU
GOING TO BUT CAME BACK BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A WHOLE NETWORK, DO A
LOT OF SHOWS BUT FIXER UPPERS,
TOO.
>> GETTING TO HIGHLIGHT OTHER
PEOPLES STORIES.
WHEN YOU MEET THE PEOPLE ON THE
NETWORK AND SEE THEIR STORIES.
>> HODA GOT TO ONE YESTERDAY AND
WE ALL CRIED.
PASSIONATE, POWERFUL.
>> INSPIRING PEOPLE.
WERE EXCITED ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING
THEM.
>> THE PEOPLE WHO YOU HAVE ON
YOUR SHOW ARE ALL WINNERS.
I WAS JUST THINKING TO MYSELF,
LIKE, BUT YOU GUYS -- YOU SAID
SOMETHING INTERESTING.
YOU NEEDED A BREAK TO DECIDE
THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO ON.
>> YES.
>> AND IN THAT BREAK, YOU GUYS
WERE, I THINK, AT A REAL LOW
POINT?
WHICH SURPRISED ME TO HEAR.
I DIDNT KNOW THAT, BUT WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THAT MOMENT?
>> SURE.
>> FIVE SEASON IN, WHICH
TRANSLATES TO SIX YEARS OF BEING
ON TELEVISION OR FILMING ON TOP
OF OUR GROWING FAMILY, AND OUR
BUSINESS.
I THINK WE WERE JUST EXHAUSTED.
WHEN YOU START GETTING IN THAT
RING UP OF JUST DOING AND THEN
YOU FORGET THE WHY, WHICH I
THINK BY SEASON FIVE WE WERE,
LIKE, JUST SHOWING UP.
I FELT INSIDE, FLEDGLING.
SOMETHING THE NOT RIGHT INSIDE
AND WE BOTH KNEW WE NEEDED TO
STEP BACK AND KIND OF EVALUATE
WHAT WE WERE SAYING YES TO AND
THE WHY, AND SAID FOR A FULL
YEAR WERE GOING TO NOT TAKE
ANY -- SAT BACK.
FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS.
>> SOMETIMES THATS THE
OPPORTUNITY WE WERENT CHASING
IT.
IT SORT OF CAME IN THROUGH THE
BACK DOOR, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE
WE WERENT CHASING IT, WHEN IT
FELT LIKE IT WAS NO LONGER --
FILLING US THE WAY WE HOPED IT
WOULD AT SOME POINT IN THIS, ON
THAT JOURNEY, IT WAS EASY FOR US
TO KIND OF STEP AWAY FROM IT,
BECAUSE IT WASNT LIKE THAT WAS
THE NET GOAL NO MATTER WHAT.
IMAGINE SOMEBODY IN LAW SCHOOL
WANTING TO BE AN ATTORNEY AND
FINDING INGING OUT TAKING THE BA
DONT KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THAT.
WELL, YOU COMMITTED TO THAT
PLACE.
FOR US, IF THIS ISNT GOING TO
BE OUR FUTURE LETS STEP BACK
AND SEE WHAT OUR FUTURE IS.
>> WHAT WAS THAT TIME?
THAT SPACE?
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT
YOURSELVES AND YOUR FAMILY?
>> SO MANY PEOPLE, I WANT TO SAY
THIS PART.
LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCED
THAT IN THE LAST YEAR AND HODA
TALKED ABOUT THAT.
ITS LIKE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT
GOING INTO THE PANDEMIC, OH, MY
GOSH.
WERE GOING TO ALL HAVE TO CLICK
TOGETHER AND DO THIS THING?
CLICK TOGETHER IN THIS
ADDITIONAL SPACE?
MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY HS COME
BACK TOGETHER.
KIND OF FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AT LEAST IN GENERATIONS.
RIGHT?
ALL OF THIS STUFF HAPPENED.
WE JOKED IT WAS LIKE, WHEN THE
PANDEMIC CAME DUE, LIKE WHEN IT
ACTUALLY STARTED EVOLVING, JO
AND I WERE LIKE, OH, MAN.
THIS LAST SEASON PREPARED US FOR
THIS SEASON.
IT WAS LIKE THE SWEETEST SEASON.
IT TOOK A MINUTE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE ALL ANXIOUS
TO DO OTHER THINGS.
AS WE STARTED GELLING AND
GETTING USED TO FAMILY DINNERS
AGAIN AND USED TO JUST BEING
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY LIKE
PLAYING CHECKERS BECAUSE WE A
BIT BORED WE WERE LIKE WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL GIFT.
IT BECAME A GIFT.
SORRY.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY?
>> NOTHING PUP SAID IT ALL.
>> SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PARENTS AND
HANDS-ON PARENT.
I LIKE THE ADVICE YOU HAVE, JO.
A LOT OF KIDS ON DEVICES AND
YOUR SON ON HIS A LOT.
EVERY TIME HE FELT A BUZZ
CHECKED HIS POCKET.
YOU HAD A SOLUTION.
>> YEAH.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE --
>> SORRY, HOLD ON.
>> EXACTLY.
RIGHT.
JUST CREATED --
>> ITS MY MOM.
HOLD ON.
ILL CALL YOU BACK.
OKAY.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> BACK TO YOUR HAIRDRESSER.
>> YES.
JUST, WE HAVE A LITTLE STATION
WHERE EVERYONE CHARGES THEIR
PHONE AND FINALLY DECIDED, WE
DONT LIKE HOW OUR KIDS STAY
ON -- ALMOST LOOK LIKE ROBOTS
WITH ALL OF US.
JUST LIKE WHEN IT BUZZES YOUVE
GOT TO CHECK IT AND WHEN THEYRE
READING, THEYRE CHECKING IT.
JUST BECAME A HOUSE RULE WHEN
YOURE AT HOME, ALL OF THE
PHONES GO IN ONE SPOT.
IF YOU WANT TO CHECK A TEXT OR
EMAIL, YOU GO TO THAT SPOT BUT
ITS NOT ON YOUR BODY.
NO PHONES ON BODIES.
THATS THE RULE AT HOME.
>> THATS GOOD.
ISNT THAT GOOD?
>> THEYRE DEVELOPING, GROWING.
AT THEIR GROWING AT 14, 15, 16,
I DONT WANT THIS TO BE PART
OF --
>> RIGHT.
BRILLIANT.
WERE GOING TO VISIT WITH YOU
ALL DAY.
FUN VISITING NOW.
YOULL BE BACK ON THE THIRD HOUR
AND BACK WITH ME AND JENNA ON
THE FOURTH -- JENNAS DIEING!
WHENS IT HAPPENING?
>> THE ORIGINAL SUPER FAN.
>> BECAUSE OF HER MOM.
>> YEAH.
WERE SO HAPPY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.