[JOANNA GAINES] The shows I was always drawn to when I was younger
were the ones where you'd have this really nerdy character
that kind of hid in the background,
and then you have this kind of jock everyone loved,
most popular guy in school,
and he sees this person, this girl who looks scared
and who definitely isn't trying to get any attention on herself,
and he sees the potential in her.
And somehow he uncovers this whole new identity for this girl.
[♪ music ♪] [A WHITE CHAIR FILM]
That's hard. My favorite thing about Chip.
If you give Chip a boundary, he's going to break that boundary.
If you give him a rule, he's not going to follow it.
And if you tell him he can't go past this line, he'll put his toe over it.
[CHIP GAINES]
Joanna is like the purest, most stable person I've ever met.
[Joanna] I like safety. I like knowing what's coming.
I don't want to be surprised.
I don't know if we would have dated in college
if we would have known each other.
[Chip] My wife is a bit of a wallflower.
You know, I joke with her pretty publicly
that she was almost awkward when we first met.
[Joanna] He always jokes I'm the guy in the relationship
because when he wants to talk and dig,
I don't want to talk. I just want to eat my fries. [laughs]
[Chip] I would have been the guy on a horseback
riding off into the wilderness.
I mean, that's who I sort of was by nature.
And Jo could not be more opposite than that.
[Joanna] Fear and failure doesn't even cross his mind.
He doesn't let that even go through one ear and out the other.
[Chip] That little voice in your ear that talks when you're being quiet—
my little voice tells me how handsome I am.
It tells me how funny I am.
It tells me how rich I'm going to be.
You know, it's just constantly talking.
[Joanna] You can't censor Chip.
[Chip] I used to drive my truck and I would play a little game with myself
to see how out of gas I could get
without in fact running completely out of gas.
And she was like, "Why would anybody want to play that?"
[Joanna] For someone who is a rule follower to a T,
it's an adventure.
[Chip] I think like loving somebody is top rolled down,
James Dean and whomever,
flying through the mountains going too fast, reckless.
And your idea was, no, bubble tape.
Yeah, sitting around. [Joanna] Wrapped up.
[Chip] Eating Church's chicken.
[Joanna] If I didn't have Chip Gaines in my life,
I'd still be dreaming in my head
but not acting out on any of that, not living it out.
You push me. You push me out of my comfort zone.
I like comfortable. I like predictable.
And you push me. [Chip] Am I any of those?
[Joanna] No. [Chip] Not comfortable or predictable?
[Joanna] You're comfortable in that you're consistent
in just who you are as Chip.
But you're definitely not predictable.
[Chip] I think that's one of the reasons that I love her
like I do. I mean, I feel like she knows me in a way
that has caused me to stop acting.
You know? I feel like I've really been an actor.
I've been a character my whole life.
I've always tried to prove something to someone.
Do the microphone things that makes me feel uncomfortable.
Remember the time that I came home from that guys' trip
in East Texas? Do I look fat? [Joanna] Just, no, just—
make sure your jeans aren't too tight. You know what I mean?
[Chip] Do I feel—do I look comfortable?
[Joanna] No, just your jeans were real tight right there. [laughter]
Just like that. [Chip] I'm fine. It's the only—
[Joanna] Watch your everything. [Chip] I'm watching.
When I caught her, I finally felt content for the first time in my life.
I felt like I could be exactly who I was.
Look at you sexy mama. [Joanna] Showing some skin. [laughs]
[Chip] I see that. That's interesting.
I have learned so much about order and structure
and processes through my wife.
And God is all of those things to me now.
But at the beginning, God was just chaotic to me.
He was wild. He was untamed. He was unruly.
And I liked that.
[Joanna] I feel like God had a funny way of bringing me Chip
to almost have this reality of what it's like
to follow Christ, which is a lot of the things
are going to push you to a place of discomfort.
A lot of things are going to push you to a place of freaking out.
It takes someone who's externally this— [Chip] Right.
[Joanna] whatever that is. [Chip] processes, yeah.
[Joanna] Because it helps me get it out there
because it's healthier to be out there
than it is just let it all kind of play in my mind.
I don't want to be in the box anymore.
I don't want to play it safe
because where the impact is is over here on the other side.
[Chip] You were like a flower in desperate need of water.
You blossomed in a way that was really fascinating to watch.
[Joanna] I was made for a reason,
and I need to let whatever God has created me for—
that needs to be known. I don't need to stay hidden.
[AT CHIP'S REQUEST, JOANNA AGREED TO HAVE THEIR HOME]
[RENOVATION BUSINESS BECOME A REALITY SHOW FOR HGTV.]
[MORE THAN 25 MILLION VIEWERS TUNED INTO WATCH]
[FIXER UPPER THIS PAST SEASON.]
[Chip] You look really pretty. They did good on your makeup.
[Joanna] Thanks Chip.
My walk with God when I was little
and all the way up until like my 20s was always
if you play by the rules, you'll be blessed.
But then I met Chip, and I feel like now
it's when you take a step out in faith
when it makes absolutely no sense,
I think that's where the greater reward is.
There's no telling where that will take you.
[whistle]
[Chip] You're easy to look at.
[Joanna] My name is Joanna Gaines, and I Am Second.
[Chip] And I'm Chip Gaines, and I Am Second.
[smacks]
[Chip] That was legit. [Joanna] I don't think so.
[Chip] I think so. [Joanna] Let's try that again. [Chip] Boom.
[I AM SECOND]